Pakistán - Power loom workers denied right to negotiate

Two and a half months after an agreement was signed assuring power loom workers in Faisalabad that negotiations on wages and workers rights would begin, not a single meeting had been held. The Labour Qaumi Movement (LQM) staged a long march on 18 September 2015 to highlight their grievances, and called it off after assurances had been given that their issues would be addressed. By December, the factory owners had still not consented to a meeting. The only penalties imposed on the employers by the district authorities were small fines.