The All-Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions has demanded that President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz call a tripartite conference to resolve the complicated labour issues before the start of the WTO regime.
Talking to newsmen here on Sunday, APFTU secretary-general Khursheed Ahmad said low wages of the employees, contractual system in the industrial units, ill-conceived policies of the government and a number of other issues were the main hurdles in the promotion of industrial and agricultural sectors.
He further said there was a dire need to convene a conference of government officials, employers and employees so that the issues could be resolved amicably. "Rapidly increasing unemployment and prices have hit hard the industrial workers and they are forced to commit suicides," he added.
He pointed out that due to poor command of the officials concerned, the prices of essential items had gone beyond the reach of the poor. But the authorities concerned were playing the role of silent spectators.
He demanded of the government to immediately announce Rs 6,000 as minimum monthly salary for an industrial worker.
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