Labour rights: Pakistan organises wage conference
More than 200 guests are scheduled to attend the two-day conference
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan, in close collaboration with the Netherlands and Germany’s governments, organised the Asian Living Wage Conference (ALWC) that started yesterday in Islamabad.
More than 200 guests, including government officials, manufacturers, members of trade associations and trade unions from 20 countries are scheduled to attend the two-day conference to discuss strategies to improve wage levels.
Its main objective is to highlight the need for social dialogue in a tripartite ‘plus’ setting in order to realise living wages, said a press statement issued here on Wednesday. “We can have hundreds of legislations and standards, but it will never be enough,” said Sri Lankan State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations Ravindra Samaraweera.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2016.
Pakistan, in close collaboration with the Netherlands and Germany’s governments, organised the Asian Living Wage Conference (ALWC) that started yesterday in Islamabad.
More than 200 guests, including government officials, manufacturers, members of trade associations and trade unions from 20 countries are scheduled to attend the two-day conference to discuss strategies to improve wage levels.
Its main objective is to highlight the need for social dialogue in a tripartite ‘plus’ setting in order to realise living wages, said a press statement issued here on Wednesday. “We can have hundreds of legislations and standards, but it will never be enough,” said Sri Lankan State Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations Ravindra Samaraweera.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2016.