The water transport workers have withdrawn their indefinite strike late at night on Saturday (Nov 30) following a successful talk with the government.

General Secretary of Bangladesh Water Transport Workers’ Federation Chowdhury Ashiq Alam confirmed the withdrawal of the strike to Bangla Tribune.

The authorities had a marathon meeting with Director-General of the Department of Labour AKM Mizanur Rahman.

The workers have long been demonstrating over their demands, but the launch owners only gave assurances instead of meeting those, Chowdhury Ashiq Alam, earlier alleged.

He said the government in a meeting last Wednesday decided to include the workers’ appointment letter, identity card and service book in an annual survey checklist to monitor these.

The government has also decided in principle to provide the workers with a food allowance.

The decisions would be implemented by Mar 2020 through inter-ministerial meetings, Alam added.