This week another two polio workers were killed by a land mine while doing their job in the Alingar area in Tehsil Safi near the border with Afghanistan. While the rate of unionisation is low, workers in Pakistan nevertheless continue to organise for better wages and conditions. They also have to battle repression from the capitalist class and the state with assassination attempts against labour activists and the use of anti terrorist laws to stifle workers and community activists like Baba Jan and the Faisalabad 6.
This week another two polio workers were killed by a land mine while doing their job in the Alingar area in Tehsil Safi near the border with Afghanistan. While the rate of unionisation is low, workers in Pakistan nevertheless continue to organise for better wages and conditions. They also have to battle repression from the capitalist class and the state with assassination attempts against labour activists and the use of anti terrorist laws to stifle workers and community activists like Baba Jan and the Faisalabad 6.
