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Pressure on Pakistan International Airlines stepped up
24 May 2006
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The pressure was increased further on PIA today as protests were made in London, and the ITF’s international campaign around the world intensified.
A week ago the ITF declared a consumer boycott of the company on behalf of eight Pakistani trade unions, in response to long term, government-supported repression of trade union and individual rights, which has been repeatedly condemned by the International Labour Organization – see www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/788
ITF Civil Aviation Secretary Ingo Marowsky today met with the Counsellor of the High Commission, and First Secretary of the Pakistan Embassy in London to outline the reasons for the boycott. The way ahead, he explained, was for the Pakistani government to repeal its anti-union legislation and encourage PIA to accept dialogue with the nation’s unions. Immediately after the meeting he was able to join supporters at a protest outside PIA’s London office.
Meanwhile trade unionists in Nepal, Fiji, France, Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Malta, Norway, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the USA have expressed their solidarity with their colleagues in Pakistan through protest letters, rallies and leafleting of PIA customers at airports (see also http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/793).
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