DHAKA: The employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will observe work absentia on August 6 if their 14-point demands are not met by August 5.  

Biman Workers League Present Mashiqur Rahman announced the new ultimatum on Thursday noon.    

Earlier in the morning, hundreds Biman staff staged   demonstration in their main office Balaka for second consecutive day to press home their demands.              

As per the schedule of their movement, agitating staff gathered in the office and started demonstration from 9:00 am.   

The agitated employees barred officials of the national flag carrier to enter the office.
   
They were chanting slogans against the authorities as they hand over grand handling into the private sectors.

Leaders of the staff said if there demands are not met they might announce tougher programme on Thursday.    

On Wednesday, they observed sit-in programme peacefully at same place on same demands.          

Earlier on Tuesday, they also besieged the Biman Flight Catering Center (BFCC) to press their demands.

They also besieged the office of chairman Jamal Uddin Ahmed and managing director Mosaddek Ahmed on the same demands.

Biman Shramik League President Mashiur Rahman announced the programme at airlines’ headquarters in Balaka Bhaban in the city on June 25.

Their demands are introducing organization organogram (Maps and Directions), uniform bonus, cent percent medical allowance, making the job permanent for casuals, increasing food allowance and providing facilities to Biman Flight Catering Centre (BFCC) employees as equal as the employees of the national carrier.  

They also demanded dearness allowance from the government declared date.

In January in 2013, Biman employees staged strong movement demanding the introduction of uniform allowance and increasing food allowance.

At one stage, they demanded stepping down of Biman chairman Jamal Uddin.

The then civil aviation minister Faruk Khan agreed to meet the demands.

Later, the demands were not passed in the meeting of Biman’s board of directors. Biman sources said that some of directors agreed to meet the demand but its chairmen opposed.

BDST: 1425 HRS, JUL 24, 2014