Category: Industrial Workers
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Karachi: Thal Engineering workers protest in Karachi against Lay-offs
Thal Engineering Company is tier 1 supplier to major automotive brands such as Jaguar land Rover, Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Suzuki, Daihatsu and Daewoo. In a continued wave of sackings, a further 21 workers were fired from their job by the management. Resultantly, workers of Thal Engineering staged a protest in front of Karachi press club.…
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Anti-worker practices by Metro group of Germany in Pakistan
Metro Cash and Carry Pakistan belonging to German retail conglomerate Metro AG, the owner of retail chains like Metro, Makro, Real, Media Markt and Saturn, have opened their stores and operations in Pakistan since 2006 and from 2011 have partnered with the notorious Habib group which is famous for its anti-workers and hostile management. The…
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Pepsi-Co Faisalabad: brutality against workers, 175 forced sacking
Pepsi-Co Company took a revenge against workers who campaigned for the reinstatement of their sacked fellow workers through holding a large demonstration on 29 January 2018 in Faisalabad. Pepsi-Co administration fired 175 workers forcefully without any prior notice or following legal steps. The sacked workers are now protesting against administration’s brutality. The workers are saying…
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Victory for Pepsi-Cola workers in Faisalabad
A great victory has been won by striking workers of the Pepsi-Cola factory in Faisalabad, industrial hub of Pakistan. On 29 January 2018, almost 250 workers completely shut the factory down in solidarity with three colleagues who had been laid-off by the administration without prior notice. The three workers who were fired actively motivated their…
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Pakistan Steel Mills – Story of Neglect and Destruction
Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is the largest single industry of producing raw iron and finished steel products in Pakistan. If this fact is put into figures, it translates into production capacity of 1.1 million tonnes of iron along with 5.5 million tonnes of iron finished products. The PSM is facing bankruptcy and the lives of…
