40% OF BASIC PAY WAS
SANCTIONED AS HARDSHIP ALLOWANCED FOR ELECTRICS
DISTRIBUTION WORKERS EMPLOYED IN PESHAWAR ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY
40%
of Basic Pay has been sanctioned as Hardship Allowance for the Electricity
Workers employed in Peshawar Electric Supply Company as a result of bilateral agreement between Pakistan WAPDA Hydro
Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) and the Federal Minister for Water and
Power, Government of Pakistan and the PESCO management. A large meeting was held at this occasion
on 24th November, 2012 at Peshawar. It
was also addressed by Chief Executive Office, PESCO along with Mr. Khurshid Ahmad, General Secretary of the
Union and Mr. Gohar Taj, Chairman of the Union and Mr. Iqbal Khan
Provincial Chairman of the Union. It was participated
by many thousands workers.
PAKISTAN WORKERS
CONFEDERATION DEMANDS PROMPT PAYMENT TO THE DEPENDENTS OF THE DECEASED WORKERS OF GARMENTS FACTORY, BALDIATOWN, KARACHI AND LEATHER FACTORY, LAHORE
Pakistan
Workers Confederation has urged the Chief Ministers of Sindh and Punjab to intervene to get paid all lawful dues to the
dependents of the deceased workers of Garments Factory, Baldia Town, Karachi
and Leather Factory, Lahore. The
Confederation has also pointed out that the majority of ht workers have not
been covered under the Social Security Employees Scheme, Old Age Benefits, etc
due to the apathy of the employer and the Regulatory Body of those
Schemes.
PAKISTAN WORKERS
FEDERATION. CENTRAL PUNJAB REGION HELD MEETING
A
large meeting of the affiliated trade unions of Pakistan Workers Federation was
held on Bukhtiar Labour Hall, Lahore, which
passed various resolutions urging the Government
to end sky rocketing price hike, high inflation and aggravating unemployment
in the country and overcome the serious energy load-shedding and ensure
effective enforcement of labour laws through independent labour inspection machinery. The House also urged all the political
parties to include concrete programme of action for welfare of the
workers in the election manifestos in the forthcoming
elections. The meeting was addressed by M/s Osama Tariq,Ali Khan,Khushi Muhammad Khokhar, Asad Ali Shah and veteran
trade union leader Mr. Khurshid
Ahmad,
Osama Tariq Secretary
Information - Pakistan
Workers
Confederation - Bukhtiar Labour
Hall 28 Nisbet Road
Lahore, Pakistan
