KARACHI - “Labourer is a friend of God” but he is being denied proper wages due to which the labour class is facing economic devastation in Sindh.
This was stated by labourers of rice mills, truck loaders and other workers while addressing a rally which was taken out on Saturday from a rice mill and after marching through various roads culminated in front of Benazir Bhutto Press Club in Naundero on International Workers Day. Wazir Ali, Gada Hussain, Ali Nawaz, Ghulam Raza, Sahab Khan Shaikh, Kashan Kazi, Bakht Kalhoro, Mumtaz Sethar and others said that workers were martyred in Chicago for demanding proper rights and payments and that was why the world is observing this day annually to pay tribute to them in recognition of their just struggle.
They said workers will continue to raise their voice till their demands are accepted by the capitalist governments. They said labourers are passing miserable lives below the poverty line and due to the coronavirus pandemic they are the worst affected category of human beings today economically. They said during last year’s lockdown, labourers suffered a lot but the rulers did nothing for them except hollow slogans and tall claims which should be condemned in strongest terms. They demanded a suitable raise in their wages so that they could be able to get their children educated and pass comfortable lives.