Homeworkers reaffirm the requirement for adoption by the State

KARACHI: As the world of application on June 20 as the 20th anniversary of the adoption of homeworkers by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as part of the workforce, workers repeated at the local home demand Monday, which are given by the state and an identity legally recognized ,

At a press conference Karachi Press Club, Secretary of the workers to the main medical Zehra Khan said it was time the government recognizes outworkers and ratified the Convention on the work of 1996 (No177) under the Act.

This, he said, would at least official recognition for employees, giving their stories unnoticed that were poorly paid, and often were of intermediaries to ensure the absence of a law, their rights are not paid and exploited. At the same time, he said, wages of homeworkers should also be lifted.

This year in March, a petition was filed in the Senate by the club, that after three meetings with the last on June 14, "The Government of Sindh has a five-member committee formed to review the law and the application of the policy of home-based workers. But so far, it is expected that the message about the law and nothing has materialized, "he said.

According to activists Committee Law and Justice Senator Javed Abbasi Senate was to be not the only one by far, which had shown a serious interest in legislation for homeworkers, and recognize them as part of daily work wages.

In addition, she said, "they do not come ready to clarify to the meetings and so wasted a lot of time and to reach an agreement."

Women make up a large part of the economy of the house and supply chain market, in the production of carpets contribute, packaging, sewing and embroidery, among others. At the same time, also pay them to produce these things for the cost.

"These people are often exploited by middlemen or are poor because of a certain law Absence paid," Zehra said.

Provincial of the National Federation of Trade Unions, Gul Rehman said that this year work at least on the Convention 177 has been recognized by 10 countries.

He said that according to an estimate of 50 million workers based at home in South Asia, of whom more than one million in Pakistan. Although the decisions of the four provinces were adopted ", but it has been three years, and there is ongoing debate on decisions at a meeting," he added.

at dusk Published 21st June 2016