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Article

11 Jun 2009

Author:
Umer A Chaudhry, The News [Pakistan]

Victimising labour [Pakistan]

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani...expressed his government's resolve...to revise anti-workers legislation. But...in Lahore...A labour leader...was arrested...charges of dacoity...His real crime, however, was that he assisted the disorganised workers of a firm to form their first trade union...What are the legal safeguards available to workers to limit the arbitrary power used against them when they attempt to build trade unions in their factories and industries? Without these issues being taken up, any labour policy proposed by the government will remain incomplete.