Zardari warns against lay-offs in the name of privatisation

ISLAMABAD: The observance of the international Labour Day is an occasion to pay homage to the workers and wage earners as well as to renew our pledge to defend the dignity and ensure decent living to the workers of the country.

In a message on the on the eve of the international Labor Day on Monday, May 1, the former president vowed to not to permit sacking of workers in the name of privatisation.  The party will strive for protecting the rights and privileges of the working classes and to expand them even further.

The party will always stand by the working classes as they continue their struggle for dignity and rights, he said. Zardari said the PPP was keeping an eye on the privatisation process and would not permit the regime to sack workers in the name of privatisation. The party saved workers’ jobs and would not allow retrenchments. 

The former president said that both the founding chairperson and his daughter Shaheed Benazir Bhutto promised workers right to job security, decent wages and right to dignity and a rightful place in society. They also struggled alongside the labour for the attainment of these rights. “We will ensure that the promises made by our Shaheed leaders are fulfilled in letter and spirit,” he said.

The struggle for improving the working conditions of workers and protection from exploitation is a continuous one and the party will continue its struggle to secure the rightful place of workers in society,” he said.