Category: Campaigns
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Karachi: Workers protested for the implementation of Rs.25,000 minimum wage
On 23 December 2021, Workers under the banner of the Red Workers Front protested against the non-implementation of the minimum wage. Sindh provincial government decided to increase the minimum wage to Rs. 25,000 (140 USD) per month. However, after six months, workers are not paid the increased minimum wage by employers. Workers were outraged by…
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Massive rally of industrial workers in Karachi
n a thousand factory workers from Korangi and Landhi industrial areas of Karachi was held under the banner of the Workers’ Solidarity Committee.
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Amar Fayaz Campaign: A day of action in front of Pakistan High Commission and Consulates in Canada.
Today, 17 December 2020, a day of action was successfully organised by Fightback activists in different cities across Canada. Student, youth and workers staged protests in front of Pakistan High Commission and Consulates demanding answers on the state abduction of Amar Fayaz. Protests were held in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa and further actions happened…
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Amar Fayaz Campaign – Support received form Labour and Trade Union Movements
Support from international labour and trade union movements starts arriving for Amar Fayaz. Concerned citizens, activists and PTUS supporters reached to their trade union branches, leaders and member of parliaments to show support for Amar Fayaz. Below are some of the supports we received for Amar Fayaz Campaign. Motion in the British Parliament 6 socialist…
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Amar Fayaz Campaign: Protests organised in front of Pakistan missions abroad by Comrades and PTUS Supporters
Protests happened in front of Pakistan Embassies, Consulates and High Commission demanding Amar Fayaz release. Austria Canada United States Germany Sweden The Pakistani Embassy in Sweden also covers Finland United Kingdom Belgium MEXICO
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Amar Fayaz Campaign – Huge international support received on digital and social media
Left-wing activists, Socialists and progressives showed immense support though online and social media. Due to the Covid restrictions, people organized online meetings to support Amar Fayaz Campaign and demanded his immediate release. In every meeting, people discusses Pakistani state brutality, the pathetic situation of human rights and the recent enforced disappearances of student and workers…
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Amar Fayaz abducted by state authorities !! – International solidarity appeal
On 8 November at around 1:30 a.m., men in two security services vehicle along with three police cars, abducted comrade Amar Fayaz in Jamshoro, Sindh. He was sitting near the gate of Liaqat Medical University in Jamshoro when this incident happened. No one knows his whereabouts since then even Amar’s family – wife and a…
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Pakistan: health workers continue struggle against privatisation
A powerful movement of health workers is going on against privatisation in Pakistan. The government is snatching the basic right of healthcare from the working class in a country where already more than 80 percent of the population has no access to basic health provision. Rather than building new public hospitals and spending more on…
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Jammu and Kashmir : Brutal victimisation against workers for raising genuine demands
Electricity workers of Azad Kashmir region organised a protest against the illegal arrest of President of non-gazetted (contractual) workers Ejaz Shahsawar in which a large number of union workers participated. Electricity workers and staff in Azad Kashmir and neighbouring regions condemn this act of barbarism and threaten to strike if Ejaz is not released. According…
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Bail Granted to Rawal Asad
Today 6 March 2019 at around 15:00hrs, Multan court heard bail petition filed by lawyers of Rawal Asad. The judge briefly listened to the case and immediately decided to bail Rawal Asad. This is a great news for Rawal, his family, friends and all activists and supporters who were demanding Rawal’s release. There is a…
