Daily waged workers
of Nestle Pakistan’s Sheikhupura factory are facing
numerous problems. Their wages are not increased,
denied of benefits such as weekly and annual
holidays.
Labour Education ( November 2011)
Laborers are living awful lives
throughout the country. At one level they are not
being paid in relation to inflation and at the other
end they forced to work as daily wagers in
factories. Working as daily wagers they are denied
of not only weekly holiday but of monthly holidays
too. There is no process to raise their wages. All
these problems are also being faced by the workers
of Nestle Pakistan Sheikhupura Factory. The factory
has 5- 6 thousand workers. 30-40 women are working
in the administration and most of them are daily
wagers. They have been working for approximately 14
years and their daily pay is 317 rupees. They don’t
have access to social security and EOBI. Only
relatives and influentially strong are permanently
hired. Since 4 months at least 60 workers are
jobless. They are living in rented houses and are in
dismal living conditions. In these pathetic and
pitiable conditions they are demanding that their
worker’s be freed and their jobs to be restored,
previous four months salaries to be paid, permanent
worker status should be granted, annual and weekly
holidays to be given.
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