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Please Protest:  Interwood Furniture Company's brutal actions against trade union: Today, 23rd May, few of the Interwood Furniture Company workers who are sacked from job due to unionization were gathering at some distance from the factory for going to the labour department... read more


Union busting at Inter Wood Furniture Factory; Union members on hunger strike in Lahore: In a recent move, the notorious bosses of Inter Wood Furniture Factory in Lahore ordered closure of factory on morning of 15th May to break the will of workers who have organized the Inter Wood Workers Ittehad Union... read more


Military Operation Cannot Eliminate Taliban: At the time when President Zardari was on US visit along with ISI head, a heavy military operation started in Swat. This operation is different in nature than the previous ones. Firstly, because this operation was launched in hast after US...read more


Relief Camp set up at Regal Chouck Lahore: Several social and labour organization have set up a relief camp at Regal Chouck Lahore today. They are appealing to all their members to bring food and related items to the camp. The relief items will be distributed among the IDPs at Murdan...read more


Hoisting red flag amid green shadows,Peasant movement going from strength to strength: The historic and victorious lawyer's movement was a rainbow of various political colour. One could see all sorts of political trends trying to give their colors to lawyer's movement. There were greens like Jamaat-I Islami and Muslim Leag...read more

Sri Lanka Cricket Team Attacked, serious security lapses leaves Pakistan cricket future in dark: The attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Liberty Chouck Lahore on March 3  left eight policemen killed and six Sri Lankan cricket players injured in a direct firing lasting 25 minutes.. read more


Defending despotic decisions is problematic: The Pakistan People’s Party leadership has a problem on its hands. There are not many ways to defend the governor of Punjab’s 25 February 2009 ruling, which imposed a two-month suspension of the Punjab Assembly... read more

Faiz Amn Mela will be held on 13, 14 March, 2009 in Lahore: Faiz Amn Mela for 2009 will be held in Lahore on 13 and 14 March; a seminar on the topic of "Threats to Global Peace by Imperialism"  at Alhamra and Poetry and Singing on 14th March...read more


A government in pandemonium: The first nine month of Pakistan Peoples Party rule. Instability, price hike, growing unemployment and rising debts are the hall mark of the first nine month of Pakistan Peoples Party..read more

All Roads to Long March: Lawyers have learned something from working class politics. "It has to be a decisive action after preparations". It took long time for lawyers movement to understand the importance of Dharna and long march, and of decisive nature... read more

US WAR ON PAKISTAN CONTINUES: On January 1, US drones pounded Waziristan in Pakistan's Tribal Areas. Death toll was 5. It was an obnoxious new year message (reiterated on Jan. 2 with 3 more deaths) to Pakistan: 2009 would not be different from...read more
Implementation of the Rs. 6,000 per month minimum wage for unskilled workers: A press conference was held in the premises of Lahore Pres Club on 29th October 2008, to launch the campaign for implementation of minimum wage Rs. 6,000 for unskilled workers... read more

 

    
May Day 2009
May Day 2009 in Pakistan is celebrated with a new upsurge in labour movement. There are daily demonstrations across Pakistan by various sectors of the working class on the issues of shorter working day, against contract labour and privatization.... more

 

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