The Unrest in Bangladesh Garment Industry
Dozens of people were bloodied and hospitalized. The officers were cracking down on protests at two garment factories inside this industrial area in western Bangladesh. But they were also protecting…
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Bangladesh Garments Industry : A Country within a Country called Export Processing Zones
Exports and profits continue to rise but workers left behind Three decades ago, Bangladesh created a network of export zones to attract foreign investment with tax incentives and other benefits.…
Stop victimization and union busting of lady health workers
By Khalid Bhatti 15/06/2013 We will defend our rights and continue fighting The local health authorities in Digri, District Mir Pur Khas of Sindh province has started vicious campaign and…
Political Situation in Pakistan
Brief Perspective The political, economic and social crisis has further deepened. The infighting among the different sections of ruling classes and state institutions has intensified. Tensions between civilian government, judiciary…
Work Places Or Death Chambers For Workers
Factory fire killed 300 workers, hundreds injured The garment factory inferno in Karachi’s Baldia Town, which took the lives of at least 275 workers, including a number of women and…
Millions protest against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s regime
Millions protest against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s regime 08/03/2011 Public sector workers join growing movement On Friday 4 March, four million people protested against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s regime…
Huge demonstrations against regime
Huge demonstrations against regime 02/03/2011 Mass anger after 20 killed by security forces Tuesday 1 March saw the biggest demonstrations, so far, in the mass opposition movement in Yemen,…
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.…
Victory for KESC workers
4,500 sacked workers reinstated After a five-day sit-in outside the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) headquarters, thousands of workers forced the management to reinstate 4,500 sacked workers. Thousands of workers…
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…
Punjab governor’s assassination silences another liberal voice
By Khalid Bhatti 11/01/2011 Religious extremism on the rise The brutal murder of Punjab Governor, Salman Taseer, by a staff member of Punjab’s supposedly professional elite force, has exposed every…