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{{Infobox union
| name = BJSL
| location_country = [[Bangladesh]]
| affiliation = [[Awami League]]<br>[[International Trade Union Confederation|ITUC]]<br>[[Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation|BRTWF]]
| members = 150,000<ref>{{cite book |last1=C. Docherty|first1=James|last2=van der Velden|first2=Sjaak|date=2012|title=Historical Dictionary of Organized Labour|location=Plymouth|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=316|isbn=978-0-8108-6196-1}}</ref>
| sec_gen = [[K.M. Azam Khasru]]
| full_name = Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League
| native name = বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় শ্রমিক লীগ
| native_name_lang = bn
| image =
| founded = 1969
| dissolved =
| nickname = Sramik League
| merged =
| headquarters = 23 Bangabandhu Avenue<br/>Dhaka
| key_people =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

The '''Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League''' ({{lang-bn|বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় শ্রমিক লীগ}} "Bangladesh National Worker's League") is a national [[trade union]] federation in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite book |year=2005 |title=Trade Unions of the World |publisher=John Harper Publishing |edition=6th |page=26 |isbn=0-9543811-5-7}}</ref>

<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/06/16/criminalisation-is-a-stumbling-block-to-a-healthy-political-culture-in-bangladesh-says-high-court|title=Criminalisation is a stumbling block to a healthy political culture in Bangladesh, says High Court|newspaper=bdnews24.com|access-date=2016-11-20}}</ref> Nationally, it is affiliated with the [[National Coordination Committee for Workers' Education]] and internationally with the [[International Trade Union Confederation]]. [[K.M. Azam Khasru]] is general secretary of the union and [[Fazlul Haque Montu]] was its president until his death in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/may/01/shajahan-work-together-achieve-development-goal|title=Shahjahan: Work together to achieve development goal |work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2016-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120213527/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/may/01/shajahan-work-together-achieve-development-goal|archive-date=2016-11-20|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2020/11/20/sramik-league-president-falzul-huq-passes-away|title=Sramik League President Fazlul Huq passes away|newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|date=2020-11-20|access-date=2020-12-12}}</ref>

== History ==
The Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League was founded in 1969 by [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2016/10/13/pm-no-false-case-filed-bnp-chief/|title=PM: No false case filed against Khaleda Zia |date=2016-10-13|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-20}}</ref> It is politically tied to the [[Awami League]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/124903/Hasina-says-her-govt-files-no-false-case-against|title=Hasina says her govt files no false case against Khaleda|newspaper=Prothom Alo|access-date=2016-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120215347/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/124903/Hasina-says-her-govt-files-no-false-case-against|archive-date=2016-11-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> The union was absolved in 1975 with [[BAKSAL]] due to an amendment to the constitution of [[Bangladesh]]. BJSL also had an armed wing [[Lal Bahini]] during 1972–1975.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

==References==
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{{Bangladesh Awami League}}
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[[Category:National trade union centres of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:International Trade Union Confederation]]
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1969]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Awami League]]
[[Category:Labour relations in Bangladesh]]

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