QUETTA, May 2: Various organisations organised rallies and seminars here on May 1 to mark the International Labour Day and pay homage to the martyrs of Chicago who sacrificed their lives for the rights of workers.
Demonstrations were also held in other district headquarters of Balochistan.
Speaking at the programmes held in Quetta, representatives of the Balochistan Labour Federal, Pakistan Workers Confederation, All Pakistan Labour Federation and National Organisation of Postal Employees vowed to continue their struggle for the rights of workers.
They said those who sacrificed their lives in Chicago on May 1, 1886, were demanding better working conditions, pay raise and protection for jobs but force was used against the peaceful protesters.
The speakers said workers still faced such problems and whenever they raised voice for their rights governments used force against them.
They said workers in Pakistan had been struggling for their rights for past six decades, but successive governments had always tried to suppress their movements. They alleged that governments had always tried to protect the interests of employers.
The speakers termed International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) pro-imperialistic organisations and accused them of encouraging governments in Pakistan to make anti-labour laws.
They said trade unions of the country would never allow the government to privatise profit-making national enterprises.
Published by Daily Dawn on May 2, 2015
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