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Labour Party Pakistan mobilises thousands at May Day rallies
Farooq Tariq - May 3, 2008
Over 10,000 participated in May Day rallies organized by Labour Party Pakistan and its sympathizing organizations. They include Women Workers Help Line (WWHL), National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), Labour Qaumi Movement (LQM) and Labour Education Foundation (LEF).
This May, we had the largest mobilizations ever. No other Left or Right political party in Pakistan could match this mobilization.
At Lahore, WWHL mobilized over 1200 working class women to raise the issue of home based workers. This was the largest women rally in Lahore. Another 500 workers were organized by NTUF and LEF in a rally that joined the main rally of Pakistan Workers Confederation.
At Faisalabad, LQM organized the largest rally of the city with over 3000 workers mainly from textile sector.
At Karachi, NTUF organized a seminar with over 1300 participant and later LPP organized a rally with over 500 participating. NTUF seminar was the largest gathering at Karachi.
At Murdan, over 250 women participated in a WWHL seminar, the largest women mobilization in this religiously dominated city in North West Frontier Province.
At Sanghar in Sind, over 2000 participated in a joint rally of different trade unions and LPP. This was the main rally in the district.
At Moro in Sind, over 500 participated in workers rally organized by LPP in cooperation with different trade unions.
At Qasur in Punjab, over 400 power looms workers gave a sit in to demand the arrest of a power loom boss who had attacked a worker. The police had to act on the demand immediately to end the sit in. This was an LPP rally with different trade unions.
At Hyderabad in Sind, over 700 participated in a May Day rally by LPP, NTUF and LEF.
At Bahalwal Nagar in Punjab, over 500 participated in a joint rally of LPP and other social and trade union organizations.
At Multan, LPP participated in a joint rally with other trade unions attended by hundreds.
Similar May day smaller meetings were organized in several other cities and towns.
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