KARACHI, Oct 16: Eminent labour leader Habibuddin Junaidi on Tuesday said that the policies of privatisation and downsizing imposed by the present rulers had rendered more than 0.8 million labourers jobless. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, he said that workers had been suffering for past 10 years due to the privatisation and downsizing which had affected hundreds of thousands of families as the policies had resulted in the closure of more than 4,000 industrial units.

He said that promulgation of Industrial Relation Ordinance-2002 and inclusion of Article 27-B in the Banking Companies Ordinance were hanging over workers like a sword.

He appealed to all labour organisations and every worker to join hands against privatization and downsizing.—PPI