PIA Strike Continues Despite State Repression
Four workers killed, eight injured as security forces open fire on PIA protesting workers An all-out strike continued at the state-owned national air lines PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) for the…
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Airlines workers win
By Khalid Bhatti 18/02/2011 Four-day strike called off. Government accepted all three demands Thousands of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) workers ended their 4-day strike as the government accepted their demands.…
Sacked workers vent anger in Karachi
Stand off continues as workers’ siege of company headquarters enters third day On Wednesday 19 January, the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation (KESC) sacked 4,000 workers without prior notice. Thousands of…
Railway workers on the move
By Rukhsana Manzoor 22/01/2011 20,000 jobs under threat – protesting workers forced the authorities to retreat Thousands of railway workers took to the streets of Lahore against the planned retrenchment of…
Release the arrested trade union leaders
By Khalid Bhatti 25/09/2010 Stop terrorising the workers movement The four leaders of a cement factory in Lucky Marwat have been arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act on 19th September in…
Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages
By Khalid Bhatti 31/07/2008 Telecom workers win strike with 35% increase in the wages 8,000 contract workers’ ‘regularisation’ confirmed A two week long strike and protest movement by telecom workers…
May day 2007
By Khalid Bhatti 03/05/2007 Workers want fightback by union leaders against neo-liberal policies of the military May Day is the most important activity for the working class in Pakistan. Hundreds…
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…
No to the 12 Hour Working Day, No To the Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002
By Khalid Bhatti 20/11/2006 Trade Union Rights Campaign meeting attracts over 100 activists Trade Union Rights Campaign Organised a trade union meeting in the industrial area of Kot Lakhpat in…
Government Starts Crackdown against Telecom Trade Unionists
By Khalid Bhatti 11/06/2015 The stakes have been raised sharply in the battle between Pakistan’s telecommunications workers and the Musharraf government over the question of the privatisation of the industry.…
Solidarity Protest with Telecommunications Workers in Lahore
Ten unions announce support for Telecommunications strike The Trade Union Rights Campaign-Pakistan organised a protest demonstration against the privatisation of Pakistani Telecommunications Company Limited and also showed their solidarity with…