50,000 Telecom workers join countrywide strike
By Khalid Bhatti 21/07/2008 Thousands of telecom workers employed by PTCL workers are on the strike. PTCL is the largest telecom company in Pakistan. Most telecom offices and telephone exchanges…
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Socialist Movement condemns the killing of Benazir Bhutto
By Khalid Bhatti 29/12/2007 Pakistan People’s Party leader killed in suicide attack; political crisis and chaos deepen further Benazir Bhutto, leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was killed in…
Protest against murder attempt on union rights campaigner
By Khalid Bhatti 01/08/2007 More than 250 TURCP (Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan) members and political and social activists attended a protest demonstration in late December 2006, organized by TURCP…
Breakthrough first National Convention of Trade Union Rights Campaign Pakistan (TURCP)
by Khalid Bhatti 28/11/2006 The TURCP organised its first national convention on 23 November 2006 in Lahore Press Club. More than 300 trade union leaders and activists attended the convention…
Violence erupts in Baluchistan Province after killing of nationalist leader
By Khalid Bhatti 04/09/2006 The Pakistani province of Baluchistan has been shut down by a strike and violent protests since the killing of Akbar Bugti (who was the Chief of…
PTCL Unions Action Committee Betrayed the Workers
PTCL Struggle: Almost all the leaders of action committee have announced to accept the process of privatization on 3rd August in a press conference. They have accepted this privatization in…
The struggle against privatisation of Pakistan Telecoms
For over 6 weeks, 65 000 telecommunication workers were involved in a bitter struggle against the Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd (PTCL) and the government in an attempt to defeat the…
Pakistan Telecommunications Headquarters Reoccupied
In an indication of huge anger at the government serious escalation, 4000 workers have re-occupied the PTCL headquarters. This was a result of the breakdown in negotiations today. These workers…
Telecom strike remains solid as one union leadership betrays struggle
By Khalid Bhatti 16/05/2005 In a shameful betrayal of the struggle against the privatisation of Pakistan Telecommunications (PTCL), the national leaders of the Employees Union, one of the unions in…
Over 300 Telecommunication Workers and Trade Unionists Arrested
Government starts military crackdown as it announces unilateral date for privatisation of Pakistan Telecommunications. Over the weekend the number of telecommunication workers taken into custody by the police has risen…
Workers of the world unite : No to PTCL Privatization
By Khalid Bhatti 24/05/2005 Keep fighting till complete victory Long live Workers Revolution Long live Workers Internationalism Long live Workers Unity Stop Massacre of 30000 jobs The sword of privatization…
Telecommunications are not for sale!
By Khalid Bhatti 17/05/2005 The Anti Privatization Campaign launched by an alliance of nine unions in the telecom sector has received a tremendous response from workers throughout the country. Workers…