" The policy makers and all the political parties should adopt National
Economic Self Reliance Policy ensuring
the workers and peasants and poor segments of the society elimination of
exploitation and irrational gap
between the rich and poor and the provision of basic needs. Free equal standard
education to their children and gainful employment to each young and
equal pay for equal work for women and social
protection and demanded to adopt policy which may help to achieve National
Economic Self-Reliance and free the
country from the yoke of IMF & World Bank high Debits and develop national industries, agriculture & Trade in order to
provide Decent Work to the young workforce entering into the labour market @ 1.8
Million every year and demanded to impose taxes upon federal lords and crony capitalists
and elite of the country since 80% Tax Payers out of 1.2 Million total tax
payers are wage earner.
The meeting expressed a great
to the plight of the Industrial and commercial workers over the denial of their
medical facilities after their
retirement while no increase in the pension had been made for them so far since
last two years drawing paltry sum of Rs.5200/- PM under Old Age Benefits
Institution whose 40 Billion rupees
had been plundered by its previous management.
It further expressed its concern
over the :failure of the Government to provide safe healthy
working conditions to the workforce causing one of the highest number of fatal
and non-fatal accidents of the industrial workers and occupational disease in
the country in Mining, Textile,
Transport, Electricity, Chemical, Engineering etc on account of failure of the government to comply with the principles of ILO
Convention No. 81 & 155. It strongly demanded that high inequalities
existing between the rich and poor in the society were required to be abolished
and there is urgent need to introduce
agrarian reforms and abolish feudalism.
These views were expressed to day in National Seminar on the subject of National
Action Plan For Social Justice and Decent Work held under the aegis of All Pakistan Workers
Confederation today 11th October, 2017 at Bakhtiar Labour Hall Lahore
which was addressed by Veteran Journalist and representative of Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan LA Rehman, Dr. Pervez
Tahir Renowned Economist and Khurshid Ahmed General Secretary, Ms. Rubina Jamil President, Rana Muhammad Saleem,
Osama Tariq, Ch. Khushi Muhammad Khokhar, Akbar Ali Khan, Ch. Muhammad Anwar, Niaz Khan, Yousaf Baloch and others.
The seminar was attended by the
representatives belonging to the various Trade Unions of the Public and private
sectors from the various parts of the
country. The house by a resolution expressed a great concern over the rising inflation of essential commodities and urge the Government to check profiteers, hoarders
and freeze prices of essential commodities
and get implemented labour laws through efficient labour inspection machinery and adopt compliance and uniformity in
the labour legislation in all the provinces in conformity with ILO core convention after the 18th Constitutional
amendments and ensure safe working conditions
to the worker and get respected the fundamental rights of the workers in the
legislations and bring US Dollar 200 Billion remitted in the Foreign Banks by
the elite of the country and introduce far reaching reforms to ensure Decent
work and Social Justice to the workers and poor segments of the society and
abolish irrational gap between the rich and poor. The house appealed to the
working class and all democratic
force to forge unity and strengthen their struggle to abolish an egalitarian
society free from exploitation and social democracy and social justice and
dignity of working men and women. At this occasion Maria Helene Andre Director ILO ACTRAV sent a special message
and appreciated the struggle of
the working class for social justice and Decent Work in the country."
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