Tag: Worker solidarity
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URGENT SOLIDARITY APPEAL – Release Arrested Leaders of the Awaami Action Committee Gilgit Baltistan!
Leaders Arrested for Standing Against Exploitation Working class activists worldwide protest the arrest of the leaders of the Awaami Action Committee Gilgit Baltistan (AAC-GB) by police in Pakistan. We send our solidarity to the arrested workers leaders, who are facing repression for opposing the plunder of the land and resources of the region by the…
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Balochistan: Grand Health Alliance’s Remarkable Success – Achievements and Lessons
The protest movement launched by the Grand Health Alliance (GHA) in Balochistan against the privatization of hospitals, which began in October 2024, temporarily concluded on January 22, 2025, with successful negotiations. PTUS congratulate the Health Department employees and GHA leadership on this achievement. It is important to note that the Grand Health Alliance—a coalition of…
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Balochistan – Dukki Coal Miners Massacre: Who Are the Killers and Why the Criminal Silence on Their Arrest?
On the night of October 10-11, unknown armed individuals targeted various coal mines in Dukki, resulting in 21 miners killed and several injured. The majority of the killed workers were from Loralai, Qilla Saifullah, Zhob, Harnai, and Kuchlak, while three workers were from Afghanistan. In this attack, the armed individuals used rocket launchers, hand grenades,…
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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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Faisalabad: Allied Hospital’s 220 Employees Terminated Without Payment of Three Months’ Salaries
Firewall Security Company has forcibly terminated 220 employees of Allied Hospital without paying three months’ salaries. It is being reported that the company’s contract has expired. Workers were already facing severe difficulties due to extremely low salaries of PKR 25,000-35,000 (USD 89-125), but then they started receiving salaries with delays, and for the past three…
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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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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…
