Jawad Ahmed saddens, enthralls workers’ crowd in SITE Labour colony
KARACHI (PR): A large crowd of factories workers along with women and children belonging to families of the deceased workers of Ali Enterprises Baldia factory fire incident was once saddened and many were witnessed crying and weeping on a song “Pukar” by singer Jawad Ahmed at his concert for labour here on Monday. The factories [...]
KARACHI, May 9, 2012: Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) conferred Faiz Ahmed Faiz Labour Awards on the veteran trade union leaders, active trade unionists and activists of civil society organizations, who struggled for the rights of workers on the occasion of International Labour Conference to celebrate 30 years of PILER. Eminent human [...]
Continue reading …Labour leaders ask political parties to include labour rights issues in their election manifestoes
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KARACHI (May 4, 2012) – Workers representatives and trade union activists have asked the leading political parties to include labour rights and implementation of the existing labour laws in Pakistan in their election manifestoes, where as representatives of political parties assured to include labour rights in the election manifestoes. Political parties and trade unions representatives [...]
Continue reading …Climate Change expert emphasizes community’s role to minimize affects of disasters
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KARACHI: (May 4, 2012) – An expert and researcher from Bangladesh Mr. Khurshid Alam, working in the field of disaster management on Friday emphasized the need for helping community in playing their role during disasters to minimize the effects of any emergency. “Local knowledge should be used while taking designing any disaster management plan. Because, [...]
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KARACHI, April 15: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Relief Haleem Adil Shaikh said here Sunday that the provincial government will set up relief and emergency centers in all districts, supervised by a vigilance committee headed by Deputy Commissioners, comprising representatives of civil society and notables of the areas. Speaking at the certificate distribution ceremony [...]
Continue reading …International Labour Conference: Feudal lords main hurdle in rural development – Kaiser Bengali
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KARACHI (May 3, 2012) – Tribal chiefs and feudal lords in Sindh are the main hurdle in the rural development and they are opposing the rights to agriculture workers, said Kaiser Bengali while giving his presentation on the Second Day of the Two-Day International Labour Conference “Labour in the Age of Globalization,” jointly organised by [...]
Continue reading …PILER condemns anti-terrorism trial of Ittehad Town Workers; Calls for immediate release of workers; Demand immediate restoration of labour inspection
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KARACHI, March 26, 2012: The Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) has condemned the brutal treatment meted out to the six power-loom workers who are being tried by the Anti-Terrorism Court after being falsely booked under extortion charges in Ittehad Town, Karachi. In a statement issued here Monday, PILER demanded immediate release of [...]
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