Growing Strike Forces Bangladesh Universities to Close
Thousands of university workers joined teachers on strike Wednesday and forced the shutdown of universities across Bangladesh, already hit by doctor and newspaper employee walkouts.
About 12,000 workers struck the nation’s eight universities, which had been operating for 20 days without 8,000 teachers who walked out demanding special pay. The latest walkout forced the universities to shut their doors. The strike came four days after nearly 12,000 doctors went on strike in support of interns demanding permanent jobs. The doctors also demanded the resumption of halted classes.
Bangladesh went without newspapers for the fourth day. Three unions representing pressmen, reporters and other employees went on strike to demand resumed publication of the Daily Observer newspaper--closed four months ago by a dispute between pressmen and owners who planned to computerize it.
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