Workers of the Crescent Textile Mills staged a sit-in outside the office of district Nazim and took out a protest rally against their retrenchment and failure of the management to provide 'legitimate rights' to them. The protesters, carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans, marched through Sheikhupura road, Jail road, Circular road and Kutchery road. They raised slogans against the mills management and warned of action if their demands were not accepted timely.
The protestors said that hundreds of workers were sacked without any justification about a couple of years ago and the practice was still going on unabated.
They said in December, 2003, an agreement was signed between the mills management and the workers at a meeting, presided over by district Nazim Zahid Nazir, and it was agreed that the terminated employees would be reinstated.
But, they said, the agreement has yet to be implemented after the passage of over 13 months, they added.