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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 |
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The PPP government in Pakistan has just announced a programme of
sweeping privatisation, involving 22 publicly owned companies and
services, together with other anti-working class policies. The PTUDC
met in Multan, raising the need to unite the workers against these
attacks.
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Monday, 23 February 2009 |
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This article by the Action Committee of the Dismissed
Workers at Unilever in Pakistan, written by its President Muhammad Azeem and Secretary
General Jehanzaib Khan), gives an account of the ongoing protests to get the
sacked workers reinstated.
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Monday, 16 February 2009 |
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We reported the other day about the dramatic events at the Badin Army
Sugar Mills. Workers protesting for their rights were fired at, many
being injured and having to receive hospital treatment. They need the
solidarity of workers around the world. Please send emails now.
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 |
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Workers struggling for
the right to have a union at the Army Welfare Sugar Mills in Badin in Pakistan,
after getting a court decision that reinstated their union, were met by armed
goons hired by the bosses, some of them receiving serious injuries and being
hospitalised.
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009 |
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The PTUDC
in Karachi met recently, electing an executive body with
representatives in key industries and workplaces, and also passed a
resolution. We also provide photos of the event.
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Lal Khan was speaking
in Birmingham on June 1 at a meeting organised
by the local PTUDC, where he outlined the developing crisis in Pakistan and
highlighted the need for socialism as the only answer to the problems of the
workers and peasants.
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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The strike of the NCPG
workers at Pakistan Telecommunications Ltd., which started on May 5, is
continuing amid serious threats by the company administration and is now in its
fourth week.
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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The workers at the Shahdadkot
Textile Mills have been struggling against the privatisation and subsequent
closure of the plant. During the elections the PPP candidates promised action
once elected but none has been forthcoming. The only solution is
nationalisation.
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 |
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Another example of the growing militancy of
Pakistani workers is the strike at PTCL where the "daily wage" workers have
been on strike for two weeks, demanding they be taken on as permanent workers.
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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May Day in Pakistan saw rallies, meetings and seminars the length and
breadth of the country, where the PTUDC, the BNT, YFIS-Pakistan, the comrades
of The Struggle and many other youth and trade union organisations
participating with a militant and determined mood.
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
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We received this appeal from the temporary,
"daily wage", workers in the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. They have been
working there for years but can be sacked at a moment's notice.
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