Khulna: The indefinite strike enforced by the employees of seven state-owned jute mills in the district to press home their five-point demand entered third day on Wednesday.

The CBA and non-CBA Oikya Parishad of the seven jute mills—Crescent Jute Mills, Platinum Jute Mills, Khalispur Jute Mills, Star Jute Mills, Eastern Jute Mills, Jessore Jute Mills and Carpeting Jute Mills—enforced the strike on Monday morning.

The CBA leaders threatened to continue their road blockade programme from 6:00am to 2:00pm until 7 April.

The demands of the workers include adequate allocation for the jute industry, payment of their arrears, formation of a wage board and stopping the move to privatise the state-owned jute mills.

Earlier on March 16 they had given the government a 3 April deadline to meet their demands.