Affected by floods: Labourers demand wages for farmers
30,000 bonded labour families released during past few years are passing life in extreme poverty across Sind.
KARACHI:
Sindh Agriculture and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organisation (SAFWCO) on Wednesday demanded of the government to ensure payment of wages to farmers converted to labourers under Labour Act. “After the 2010-11 floods in Sindh, farmers have been converted into hired labourers by landlords so as to take more work from them at low wages, which is violation of existing Labour Act. This new trend of hired labour has no limit as farmers converted to hired labour have been compelled to do crop field work up to 18 hours instead of eight hours as set by the international labour law.” said SAFWCO leader Waheed Jamali. He revealed that 30,000 bonded labour families released during past few years are passing life in extreme poverty across Sindh province, but previous government did not take any step for their rehabilitation, which is a great injustice in the society.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 2nd, 2013.
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