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Ships Ahoy: Union fights for 15,000 labourers

The labourers work 12 to 14 hours a day and have not been employed on a permanent basis

Ppi September 29, 2011 Less than a minute read

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KARACHI: The only ship-breaking company on the 15 kilometre long coast has over 15,000 labourers who are in trouble and find it impossible to make ends meet, said a leader of the National Trade Union Federation at a seminar on Wednesday. They highlighted the conditions of the ship-breaking workers in Gadani and said that nearly 140 ships were torn into pieces every year. The labourers work 12 to 14 hours a day and have not been employed on a permanent basis, which means that they have no access to social security.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29^th, 2011.

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