Pearl Continental Workers' Occupation
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HOW MUCH DOES YOUR STAY AT THE PEARL CONTINENTAL COST YOU?
Because the workers who clean the rooms, make the meals and run the hotel only get Rs. 7800 per month for nine hour shifts each day. And, when they tried to organize a union to fight for their rights, some were fired and others thrown in secret prison on false charges. 150 of them are now occupying the basement of the Pearl Continental Hotel to demand that its owners, the Hashwani Group, abide by the law. This is following an attempt by the PC to fire four workers, all union activists. Food has become scarce while they have been on strike and management has refused to allow outside deliveries to be made.
The current Human Resources Director at the PC is a retired Major Zia Jan who came to the PC after busting a union at the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC). Major Zia recently told the striking workers that they ought to be ashamed of themselves for fighting the PC.
The workers are being filmed and monitored by security. They are afraid that they will soon be subject to Ranger or police brutality. The families of the workers who protested outside the hotel in solidarity have already been baton-charged by the police.
We, the undersigned, demand that the PC Hotel abide by the law and accept the workers' demands, which are as follows:
1. GIVE US OUR JOBS BACK!
Firing of union activists while negotiations are ongoing is illegal.
2. RECOGNIZE OUR UNION!
The courts already do. Itвs time for the PC to abide by the law.
3. COME TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE!
The PC refuses to negotiate the charter of demands. The 2002 and 2006 demands are still pending.
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For more details and updates as they become available, please see: http://progpak.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/pc-workers-occupation/
Because the workers who clean the rooms, make the meals and run the hotel only get Rs. 7800 per month for nine hour shifts each day. And, when they tried to organize a union to fight for their rights, some were fired and others thrown in secret prison on false charges. 150 of them are now occupying the basement of the Pearl Continental Hotel to demand that its owners, the Hashwani Group, abide by the law. This is following an attempt by the PC to fire four workers, all union activists. Food has become scarce while they have been on strike and management has refused to allow outside deliveries to be made.
The current Human Resources Director at the PC is a retired Major Zia Jan who came to the PC after busting a union at the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC). Major Zia recently told the striking workers that they ought to be ashamed of themselves for fighting the PC.
The workers are being filmed and monitored by security. They are afraid that they will soon be subject to Ranger or police brutality. The families of the workers who protested outside the hotel in solidarity have already been baton-charged by the police.
We, the undersigned, demand that the PC Hotel abide by the law and accept the workers' demands, which are as follows:
1. GIVE US OUR JOBS BACK!
Firing of union activists while negotiations are ongoing is illegal.
2. RECOGNIZE OUR UNION!
The courts already do. Itвs time for the PC to abide by the law.
3. COME TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE!
The PC refuses to negotiate the charter of demands. The 2002 and 2006 demands are still pending.
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For more details and updates as they become available, please see: http://progpak.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/pc-workers-occupation/
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195.
Asim J
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Great effort. I can't find words to appreciate the fighting spirit of the PC workers in the face of such big guns as the Hashwani group.
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Sultan Salahuddinayyubi
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Pear Continental hotel must accept the fully justified demands of the workers and reinstate the PC-Four
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