Tag: Workers

AWP holds protest against Gaza killings

The Awami Workers Party (AWP) on Thursday held a peaceful protest against the Israeli aggression in Gaza. The protest, held outside the Lahore Press...

Workers unions hinder Japanese investors in Pakistan: envoy

Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Hiroshi Oe on Thursday expressed reservations over strong workers unions in Pakistan and said Japanese investors wanted to invest in...

Protest against Israeli aggression

In order to express solidarity with Palestinian people against Israeli aggression at the Gaza Strip, Awami Workers Party (AWP) held a protest demonstration on...

Wal-Mart workers’ Black Friday strike

America’s biggest retailer may be in for an unexpectedly painful holiday season. Protesting low wages, spiking health care premiums and alleged retaliation from management,...

Return of the Left: Will the hammer & sickle be enough?

The Pakistani Left has been rejoicing. They are hailing the creation of Awami Workers Pakistan (AWP) as a step in the right direction for...

European workers stage austerity protests

Workers across the European Union are staging a series of protests and strikes against rising unemployment and austerity measures. General strikes in Spain and Portugal...

Reversal of fortunes sends Spaniards to Latin America

But since the decade-long boom turned to bust roughly four years ago, many of those immigrants have returned, joined by a growing number of...

No holiday for sanitary workers on Eid

The City District Government will deploy around 1,553 sanitary workers in different areas of the city to keep the town neat and clean during...

PPP is party of labourers‚ workers: Kaira

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) is a party of laborers and workers and has always devised policies...

Baldia Town factory owners ‘go underground’

After appearing in a police station, here the proprietors of the “holocaust factory”, which became a homicidal gas chamber for hundreds of workers, have...

Factory fire highlights risks for workers

The death of 289 workers in a devastating factory fire has highlighted Pakistan's dismal approach to industrial safety and raised fears for the clothing...

Fight dengue, forget salaries!

Hundreds of staffers hired to fight dengue in various districts have been facing a salary delay of one month, belying the tall claims of...

Over 150 PPP workers killed in city: Wassan

Former Sindh home minister Manzoor Wassan has claimed that more than 150 Pakistan Peoples Party workers have been killed in targeted assaults in Karachi...

Over 150 PPP workers killed in Karachi: Wassan

Former Sindh home minister Manzoor Wassan has claimed that more than 150 Pakistan Peoples’ Party workers have been killed in targeted assaults in Karachi...

SC orders govt to pay lady health workers’ salaries by midnight

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government to deliver the delayed salaries of lady health workers to their residences by midnight. A three-member...

Ford announces sacking of 440 workers in Australia

Car manufacturer Ford announced Tuesday that it would sack 440 Australian workers as it scaled back production due to muted demand, despite a multimillion-dollar...