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More than 300 workers
die in Pakistan due to fire in two
factories, Criminal negligence by government
and employers, they should be brought to
justice for killing workers:
By Khalid Mahmood
(13/09/2012)More than 289 textile workers in Karachi and
25 shoe makers in Lahore died due to fires
in....
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Every government
suppresses trade unions
(By Salman Ali)
Altaf Baloch has lived an
eventful life working and fighting for the
cause of labour unions and paying a price
for it in the
shape of spending many years in jail. He has
suppor....
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A Long Struggle
ends in a Win
(By:Salman Ali)
National Database and Registration Authority
( NADRA) is the leading organization in
Pakistan that keeps the record of all the
citizens of Pakistan. It issues national
identity cards, passport.....
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PTCL United Workers
Alliance rejects Etisalat unemployment plan
Company plan to kick out 16000 more workers,
Nationalise PTCL, United Alliance demands at
a press conference in Lahore:Today
on 31st July, leaders of six
different trade....
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Intro: Pakistan Industrial Relations Act (PIRA)
By: Salman Ali
(23/07/2012)
In 2010 Punjab government
passed the new labour law PIRA which LEF
believes that they want the laborers to work
hard for their rights. It’s simply against....
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Discussion with
labour students on Pakistan Penal Code
Section 509: An orientation
session was conducted at Suttermill and
Youhanabad in last week of June. The
topic was
“Protection against Harassment of Women at
Workplace ...
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LEF documentary on
Power loom workers selected for Berlin Film
Festival:(Khalid
Mahmood 13\02\2012)
Labour Education Foundation’s documentary
“Rise of the Oppressed” on power loom
workers of Faisalabad directed by Ammar Aziz
has been selected......
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Labour Party Pakistan under attack, Help us
to fight back:
(Farooq Tariq 15\11\2011)
Several supporters and members of
Labour Party Pakistan are locked up if
different jails of Pakistan....
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ITGLWF Condemns Jailing of Pakistan Power
Loom Union Leaders:
The
International Textile, Garment and Leather
Workers’ Federation has strongly condemned
the brutal campaign waged by employers....
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“Registration
as workers is the legal right of Home Based
Workers”. This was
demanded by women present at the first ever
celebration of Home Based Workers Day
jointly organized Home Net Pakistan and....
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Nobody in
Pakistan postal services is in the position
to solve the problems of union.
Saeed Hameed Ahmed has been striving for the
worker rights of Pakistan postal services
since 1957. He formed an....
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Ship
breaking industry earning Billions annually
is being ignored by the Government
institutions.
On 27th September a seminar was
held in Karachi on the topic of working
conditions and rights of...
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We will
protest until our demands are met.
All primary teachers
Association Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa is on
protest since October 1st and
from 22nd October classes are
being boycotted too.....
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Daily
waged workers of Nestle Pakistan’s
Sheikhupura factory are facing numerous
problems. Their
wages are not increased, denied of benefits
such as weekly and annual holidays....
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Six power loom workers’ leaders sentenced
for 10 year each by Anti-Terrorist Court in
Faisalabad
By Khalid Mahmood (01\11\2011)Anti-Terrorist
Court’s judge Mian Muhammad Anwar Nazir
sentenced six Labour Qaumi Movement’s
leaders for 10 years each under terrorism
charges in Faisalabad...read
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