Tajul Islam () was a shifting worker at the

Adamjee Jute Mills Adamjee Jute Mills was a jute mill in Bangladesh. It was established in Narayanganj in 1950 by the Adamjee Group. It was the second jute mill in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) after Bawa Jute Mill, which was the first Jute Mill in East ...

in Bangladesh. He was killed on February 29, 1984, at the mills by the armed cadres loyal to the autocratic regime of

Hussain Muhammad Ershad Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 ...

and died receiving treatment on March 1. After completing higher education in economics at

Dhaka University The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka was founded in 1921 ...

, he became involved in trade unionism in 1974 and went on to become the leader of the Adamjee Majdur (Worker) Trade Union. In 1984, eleven workers’ federations called a strike at all mills and factories on March 1, the same day, he was killed to press their five demands that included trade union rights and a minimum wage scale of Tk 650. The then 15-party and 7-party alliances expressed solidarity with the programme that also demanded withdrawal of martial law.

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