Tag: workers strike
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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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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…
