Update on PC Hotel Workers Strike – 12 Days

Read the detailed fact sheet on this dispute and then support these protestors by sIgning the PC Workers Petition to The Hashwani Group

It heartening to note that despite all the resistance by the Hashwani Group and the PPP Leader Najmi Alam who threatened the protestors setting up camp outside Pearl Continental to disappear for two days this last Friday since Mr. Zardari was in town. Abira Ashfaq talked to Mohd Nasir one of the protesting workers today to report that…

  1. They’ve held three negotiation sessions in the last 12 days in the basement – and offered to end dharna if PC reinstates the 4, and continues negotiations on the rest of the demands. PC has not acceded.
  2. There are about 200 people in the basement; some of these employees are continuing their shifts esp. those in essential jobs. After their shift ends, they return to the basement. These people are able to eat meals during their shifts; the rest are managing on whatever they can get their hands on – from outside – and snacks (chanas).
  3. People who left the basement to go home were not allowed to return. PC has a staff of 550-600 people on daily wages and they are hiring new people daily.
  4. Hashwani is an arrogant man, and despite them having used top level connections in the PPP, Home Ministry, and the Labour Department, he is not budging from his position, and has made it an issue of personal pride.
  5. They have received verbal threats from the police and management – yet the police has not taken violent action because in the words of the police, they are a “peaceful” (puraman) demonstration ; but then he also said that PC has had the police prepare chargesheets against a 140 of the 200 protestors to, perhaps, be used in the future.
  6. Despite all this he sounded hopeful and felt HR and the GM (general manager) (who apparently has not visited them even once) are slowing softening. He also expressed the view that management was scared of the dharna.

Sign this petition to The Hashwani Group by the Pearl Continental Workers’ Occupation


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2 responses to “Update on PC Hotel Workers Strike – 12 Days”

  1. Nazia Avatar
    Nazia

    Teeth

    I am seeing same situation here in some of industries where employees first being threatened by military background HR managers and then after strong and firm stand of employees it looks that they are adopting softening trends but under the carpet they are planning shrewd games.

    I was very surprised to see that for last many years that trend has been seen that on HR jobs army officers were being selected by famous companies.

    I discussed this matter with few people as we all know that Army officers mostly have very weak human side due to their limited social circle and less interaction with variety of human behaviors in civilian side.

    Their patience level is also very low because of grooming their professional skills under typical orderly environment.

    But then I come to know as these men are hired to harass the lower working class to work for longer time on less period.This practice is common in barracks but here low paid and less IQ soldiers are trained and bound to comply the orders of ranks.

    Secondly their links with notorious intelligence groups are also utilized to curb the newly demands of employees who have been on work for longer periods in any institute.

    So be watchful as Hashwani has very bad repute of handling his employees.

  2. JJ Avatar
    JJ

    SUPPORT THESE HARD WORKING HONEST MEN AND WOMEN !!!!!!!!!!!