Karachi PC Hotel Campaign May Day 2008 Message

The Karachi Pearl Continental (PC) Hotel campaign is now the most well-known labour dispute in Pakistan. Workers have been struggling for 7 years for union recognition and the right to a collective agreement. The owners and management have repeatedly refused to recognise the union and have engaged in long term anti-union actions, which has included harassment, intimidation and false imprisonment of union members. The video here is of Jasper Goss of IUF Asia/Pacific delivering a May Day message at the People's Labour Bureau May Day Rally. The message was boradcast live across Pakistan on national TV.

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Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Pearl
• Continental
• Hotel
• Karachi
• workers
• trade
• union
• IUF
• Pakistan
• Hashwani