Stop Nespressure in Pakistan! NFFBTW announced protest actions in seven cities
Members of the Nestle Workers Action Committee, fighting for their right to permanent jobs at Nestle's largest dairy factory in Kabirwala, held another protest action on December 28, 2011. Three days earlier, on December 25, a mass meeting of the Action Committee’s 245 members voted unanimously to continue the campaign for the right to permanent jobs and trade union rights, rejecting attempts by local management to treat the pending reinstatement of 85 illegally dismissed workers as a solution to the conflict. The workers will only be reinstated as contract workers and none will be appointed to permanent jobs.
The Action Committee meeting also voted unanimously to support the ongoing campaign for the reinstatement of 54 unfairly dismissed union members at Nestle Panjang, Indonesia. The Action Committee denounced these dismissals in Panjang and Kabirwala as blatant union-busting and called on Nestle to stop rights violations in both Indonesia and Pakistan, and immediately reinstate all union members.
Protest actions in Kabirwala will continue every second day, while the National Federation of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Workers (NFFBTW) announced it will organize protest actions in seven cities across Pakstan in January.