Labour Day: the many challenges before trade unions
Once again the Labour Day has arrived that is being observed to commemorate the sacrifices of the labour leaders who were hanged for raising a voice for their rights in…
Of unions and wordplay
HEADS of universities and the organisational units within are typically more educated than the general population. Today, many are well-travelled, either because they hold one or more foreign qualifications, attend…
Sindh Labour Code
OVER the last four decades or so, at least three labour commissions were formed to consolidate and simplify labour laws. However, the suggestions they made and the draft legislation they…
Labour settlements
THE collective bargaining agent union, popularly known as the CBA, is a representative body of workers in an industrial and commercial establishment. One of the most critical of labour laws,…
The Labour victory
The Labour Party has won a landslide in the British general elections. With this vote, British voters have ended a 14-year-long Conservative rule, the ruling Conservative Party facing a humiliating…
Labour Day thoughts
Do you think the country’s labour class, especially daily wagers, spent the Labour Day holiday celebrating and commemorating their “struggles for fair wages and better working conditions”? That is, after…
Labour settlements
THE collective bargaining agent union, popularly known as the CBA, is a representative body of workers in an industrial and commercial establishment. One of the most critical of labour laws,…
Tales from a labour activist
There are plenty of biographies written by civil and military bureaucrats. But they tend to focus on their achievements instead of failures and present a picture in which others are…
Reconceptualization of labour issues
In the plethora of news stories and talk shows about the arrest of Imran Khan and related violence, there was hardly any mention of some real issues that the working…
Labour movements
AS we approach May Day, it is fitting to revisit its origins and the struggle of workers to achieve an eight-hour workday. American workers resorted to their first general strike…
