Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand 9 April 2021 Pakistan: Striking Balochistan government workers block major highways Ignoring calls from authorities to return to work, thousands of government workers in Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province, are continuing their struggle for a 25 percent across the board pay increase and the same allowances paid in other provinces. On Monday the strikers, including health and education workers, enforced a virtual cut-off of Balochistan from the rest of the country with a blockade of the main highways. A sit-down protest was held outside...
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