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Punjab Engineers won their rights through immense struggle
All engineers working in Punjab province public sector organisations initiated a province -wise campaign to demand technical allowance in April 2019. They staged a massive protest in front of Punjab Secretariat and Punjab Assembly building. The participants were undeterred by all threats of the government and police and continued their struggle. There are many ups…
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Rising Workers Movement in Kashmir
Due to the global economic crisis started a decade back, the situation of Kashmir has become extremely bad for its workers. Massive inflation is affecting all households. The national and the regional government is imposing massive austerity on all public services. In recent days, a massive youth and workers movement in Kashmir was observed. Workers…
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Privitisation of healthcare in Punjab: Workers organised and braced for retaliation.
In May 2019, all affiliated organisations of Punjab health workers formed a Grand Health Alliance (GHA) and conducted its first general meeting. The organisations in the alliance include Punjab Young Doctors Association, Grade 4 Para Medical Association, Health Professional Alliance, Young Nurses Association, Health Support Staff Association and many more. The alliance was in response…
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Workplace deaths: Electricity companies ignoring the crisis
In the last two weeks of July 2019, about five incidents happened in electricity companies in which workers were dead. Despite all verbal promises by government authorities and electricity company administrative heads, the lives of workers are still in danger. The deadly incident happened in electricity companies that are handed over to the private sector,…
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Closure of factories triggering unemployment crisis in Pakistan.
Each day, the economic crisis in Pakistan is becoming severe, and it is impacting every industrial sector and households. The decline in general economic condition is accelerated by an increase in foreign loans by the government, increasing current account deficit and continuous decline in value of the currency. The clouds of hyperinflation have devastated the…
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Mining disasters in Baluchistan
In July 2019, 11 miners who were stuck during a disaster in a coal mine located in the region of Degari Baluchistan, nine of them were announced dead, and two were in a serious condition. Three of the miners who were rescued earlier, among them, only two survived. Poisonous gas filled the mining chamber that…
