May Day observed with call to protect rights of workers
Lahore
May 2, 2021
LAHORE : While May 1 is observed a holiday all over the world to honour the workers who won the right to eight-hour work day for workers across the world in May 1886, for labourers in Pakistan May 1 is still not a holiday. Most of them were at work on this day and many had a 12-hour work day which is very common. For those in whose name this holiday is observed, do not get a holiday.
Workers from across the country spoke about their working conditions in a virtual conference on this occasion arranged by Labour Education Foundation in the wake of Covid-19. Workers shared their ordeal and called for concrete steps to stop exploitation. Saba works in a garments factory and was there to raise her voice against the exploitation of workers. Her co-workers, mostly women, are made to work from 7am to 7pm without break, she said. “They say it is Ramazan and there is no need for a lunch break. They are called on