Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus said that the talent and hard work of workers and owners remain behind the progress of each sector in the country.
“The talent and toil of workers and owners remain behind the progress of each sector, including garment, agriculture, industry, construction, transportation and technology,” he said in a message on the eve of the ‘Great May Day-2025’ and the ‘National Occupational Health and Safety Day’.
Dr Yunus said that to rebuild this country, everyone must strengthen the atmosphere of unity, mutual respect, and trust.
If the trend of unity and cooperation continues, then building a new discrimination-free Bangladesh, dreamt by students, workers, and people in the July-August movement, will not remain a mere dream but a reality, he said.
“This year, along with the Great May Day, we are simultaneously observing the ‘National Occupational Health and Safety Day-2025’,” the CA said.
“We are committed to ensuring fair recognition and social protection of workers,” he added.
Dr Yunus said ensuring a safe and healthy working environment is not only the right of workers but also a condition for the development of industry and the economy.
He said that the improvement in the living standards and welfare of workers is reflected in the entire industrial sector and the country’s economy.
The Chief Adviser believed that the country’s progress would be further accelerated with the partnership of workers and employers in Bangladesh’s development journey.
He wished the overall success of all the programs undertaken on the occasion of the ‘Great May Day 2025’ and the ‘National Occupational Health and Safety Day 2025’.
Tomorrow, historic May Day, will be observed appropriately in the country and elsewhere across the world.
The theme of the day is “Workers and owners united; let’s rebuild this country anew.”
The day is being observed across the globe since 1886, commemorating the supreme sacrifices of the workers at Hay Market, Chicago, in the USA for an eight-hour working day and upholding the rights of the working people.
To press home their demands, working people had to sacrifice their valuable lives in tragic bomb attacks and police atrocities on May 1, 1886, and the following days.
The day is celebrated with due dignity in Bangladesh and worldwide as a day to realize the rights of working people.
Cox’s Bazar Life Desk/BSS
