01st December, 2021 PROTEST AGAINST UNION BUSTING AND THE UNFAIR DISMISSAL OF 16 WORKERS BY ATG WATHUPITIWALA Several State and Private Sector Trade Unions, Political parties from the ruling and opposition, workers and women’s rights organisations, lawyers, factory workers from the Wathupitiwala and Katunayake Free Trade Zones, and people from the Wathupitiwala area, gathered in front of the Wathupitiwala BOI entrance today, to protest the unfair dismissal of 16 Workers by the ATG Wathupitiwala Factory, in August this year. This was one of the first such protests held in the…
Join Zoom Meeting Organised by Asia Commune : Saturday 04th December 2021 Topic: The present situation & Future in Afghanistan, in terms of Socio Economic Development https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81627802385?pwd=U0VwaC9ZTVgyQVk1Nm5IdXVoVUZaZz09 Meeting ID: 816 2780 2385 Passcode: 110104 Speaker: Shakil Wahidullah, Journalist, Book Writer and A member of leftist political party called Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party Moderator : NAWAZ ARAIN, Nowadays President, Global Foundation Pakistan GFP, Social Researcher & has Worked more than 20 years at Grassroots Level. Initiated and participated several Forums, Networks around South Asian countries, Ex, youth Convener World Social Forum WSF, 2006, Presently Founder member of Asia Commune…
Report by Nawaz Arain. From City Lahore, Capital of Punjab Province ( Pakistan) Pakistani Students just raises VOICES & demand for peace across the all over Pakistan for their [students] Fundamental Rights in Pakistan. This organised by ” Progressive Students Collective” On 26th November 2021. After a long period of time the Students across Pakistan initiated this MARCH for their constitutional rights. Thousands of Progressive students & activists were participated in MARCH and it was arranged in different cities Lahore, Pak Paton, Islamabad etc. In terms of Solidarity with female…
By Swastika Arumugam Women workers are harassed on the factory floor on a regular basis by supervisors and factory managers. Harassment is the means through which unachievable production targets are obtained from our sisters in these sites. As we celebrate 16 days activism against gender based violence we women in the middle class must remember we are complicit in the violence maintained on working class women in factories. We have the power to do something by recognising the dignity of our sisters across the class divide. One of the most…