Category: Industrial Workers
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Karachi: Successful strike by Artistic Milliner workers for implementation of wage increase notification
The Sindh government issued a notification to increase the minimum monthly wage to 37,000 rupees (132 USD) in all private industries and factories from 1st July 2024. However, despite this, most factories in Karachi are still paying workers a minimum wage of merely 32,000 rupees (114 USD), or even less in some places. Workers across…
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Five-Day Strike of All Primary School Teachers Successful! Intensify the Struggle!
Thousands of teachers protested in front of Peshawar Assembly Hall on the call of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa All Primary School Teachers Association. Meanwhile, all primary schools across the province remained closed. Teachers’ demands are as follows: PTUS, while fully supporting all teachers’ demands, expressed solidarity with them and stood shoulder to shoulder in this struggle. Due…
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Lahore: APCA Protest for Approval of Demands
On October 31, as part of weekly district-level protests across Punjab, APCA (All Pakistan Clerks Association) joined with various organizations in Lahore to protest against the black law of Leave Encashment, privatization of government schools, and other workers’ demands in front of the Civil Secretariat Lahore. The central rally started from the McLeod Road office…
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Hyderabad: WASA Workers Deprived of Salaries
For the past 8 years, WASA (Water and Sanitation Authority) workers have been facing difficulties in receiving their salaries. Workers have to stage protest demonstrations approximately 10 to 30 times annually to receive their wages. When workers raise their voices, the administration pays two months’ salary as a token gesture to temporarily halt the protests.…
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Lahore: Metro Employees Forcibly Terminated Without Salary Payment, Employees Protest, Metro Service Suspended
The security company’s contract with Punjab Mass Transit Authority had expired and was awarded to a new company. Metro service employees work under various private companies, which are no less exploitative of employees. Workers are being paid less than the government-mandated minimum monthly wage of 37,000 rupees (132 USD). Cleaning staff and security guards are…
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Punjab Government’s Anti-Worker Policies Lead to Termination of 750 Water Management Employees… What’s the Solution?
750 employees working under the National Program for Improvement of Water Courses (NPIW-II) in Punjab’s Agriculture Department’s Water Management section, who had been employed on contract for twenty years, have been forcibly terminated by the Punjab government. Despite the government providing a written one-year extension to the National Program for Improvement of Water Courses 2,…
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Karachi: Bahria Town Employees Protest Against Non-Payment of Salaries and Dismissals
Over 600 workers were forcibly dismissed from Bahria Town company without three months’ compensation. Bahria Town is the country’s largest real estate company. All dismissed workers’ homes relied on their monthly salaries. One worker said, “I bought a home appliance on installment; now I can’t pay.” Another stated, “I’m the sole breadwinner; without my salary,…
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Crisis in Public Healthcare: Hospital Tragedies and the Privatization
Last month, three children allegedly died due to incorrect injections in the children’s ward of a government hospital in Khanewal, and a nurse was arrested for their deaths. After the nurse’s arrest, nurses in government hospitals across Punjab began protests. In these protests, nurses demanded their colleague’s immediate release and announced continuing the protest series…
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Rawalpindi: The Miserable Condition of Workers in Rawat Industrial Area
Workers in the Rawat Industrial Area are facing severe financial difficulties. On the one hand, there’s a storm of inflation, and on the other, workers’ monthly salary is only 12,000 to 15,0000 PKR. The working time is more than 12 hours daily. The minimum wage is 32,000 PKR for a full-time involving 8 hours daily…
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Tando Adam: Power Loom Workers Struggle
In Tando Adam City, more than 4000 workers are associated with the power looms sector. These workers are not provided with proper wages as determined by the minimum wage laws. They are not provided with any health and safety equipment or facilities. Labour laws in any form or share are not being implemented; this includes…
