Aligarh, January 27: Various faculties, departments, offices, residential hostels and schools of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were decorated with colourful lights as the university community joined the festivities to mark the celebrations of
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Although multinationals campaign for free hiring and firing rights, they implemented the upward wage revision promptly.
PAKISTANI businesses perceive trade unions as a drag on growth, a redundant institution led by hooligans known for blackmailing the management, a legal burden impinging on their freedom, a regressive force against technological advancement and a tool in the hands of hostile political entities.
Experts warn of adverse consequences if trade unions are deprived of their role in growth and exports. They believe vibrant labour bodies are crucial for the defence of democracy and extending its gains.
“The world is watching. If the stories of the workers’ exploitation start spilling on social media, perpetrators will be dumped by their global suppliers and clients in the West. Besides, it’s stupid to dare the desperate,” a minder of labour affairs said privately.
Call for universalisation of social security, unemployment allowance
Karachi
May 1, 2021
Trade union and labour leaders on Friday demanded of the federal government to pay an unemployment allowance to all workers who had lost their jobs during the coronavirus and to universalise social security by making changes in the constitution.
Addressing a joint press conference at the Karachi Press Club, Karamat Ali from the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, Habib-ud-Din Junaidi from the People’s Labour Bureau, Nasir Mansoor of the National Trade Union Federation, Farhat Parveen from the NOW Communities, Zahra Khan from the Home-Based Women Workers Federation, and Jannat Hussain from the Pakistan Trade Unions Defence Campaign pointed out that the workers have been hit hard due to the Covid-19 pandemic and they were not receiving any support from the government.