KARACHI, Aug 28: The All Pakistan Trade Unions Organisation has demanded that the minimum wages of the workers should be fixed at Rs8,000 per month and that too should be increased automatically every six month in proportion to the price hike.
The governing body of APTUO demanded this through a resolution in a meeting presided over by its president Habibuddin Junaidi, a release said on Monday.
Condemning the amendments in labour laws with regard to increase in working hours for women, the meeting called for withdrawal of such anti-labour laws. It demanded repealing the IRO 2002 and restoration of IRO 1969.
It praised the Supreme Court verdict on privatisation of Pakistan Steel and demanded of the government to stop further process of privatisation of other national assets and review the agreements of already sold industrial units, banks and other organisations.
In another resolution, the APTUO termed the ban on teachers’ unions in Sindh unconstitutional and demanded its withdrawal forthwith.
Similarly, the meeting demanded repeal of Article 27-B of Banking Companies Ordinance 1962.—PPI
