Tag: #Workers
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Karachi’s factory lays off hundreds of workers due to financial crisis
Administration of a cement factory in Karachi’s Malir district has laid off hundreds of workers in the name of the financial crisis due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. According to details, the decision was taken in an emergency meeting with the employees. During the meeting, it was decided that the management could not pay their…
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Workers will die of hunger not the disease: Siraj-ul-Haq
Lahore, 1st May: Pandemic has crippled not only the health sector but the economy of the world has been affected badly. In Pakistan, the working class had been hit the hardest due to the economic crunch. According to the report of Baaghi TV, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Senator Siraj-ul-Haq has said that the coronavirus has…
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Lockdown and the injustice of a media channel
Lahore, 27th March: Keeping in view the current situation in Pakistan after the outbreak of the COVID-19, a lockdown has been imposed in the country and all the educational institutes, recreational places, shopping malls, and businesses have been shut down for two weeks. According to the reports of Baaghi TV, many of the firms have…
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Trump hits Thai seafood industry over worker rights
Washington, Oct 26 (AFP/APP): Donald Trump will suspend trade preferences for Thailand’s seafood industry after it failed to take steps to improve worker rights, dealing a blow to the multi-billion dollar sector. Thailand is the world’s third largest seafood exporter but its supplier status has been badly tainted in recent years by reports of slave…