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 Pakistan Railway pensioner dies while waiting for his pension;
The unrelenting financial crisis at Pakistan Railways (PR) has finally claimed a pensioner’s life while he waited overnight to receive his pension. According to the reports Mahmood Khan, who was a former railway employee, passed away while waiting for his pension. Khan, who was a resident of Lalpur area of Lahore, stood all night alone in front of the bank before he fell unconscious and was taken to the hospital in an emergency, where he expired.

REPORT BY NATIONAL SECRETARY FRED KRAUSERT      ON
THE ILWU ANNUAL PACIFIC COASTPENSIONERS ASSOCIATION  CONVENTION VANCOUVER BRITSH COLUMBIA

SEPTEMBER 15—17th

INTERNATIONAL UNITY

Report from Vancouver ILWU Pensioners Conference and an overview of Social welfare System in Four Major U.S.
Cities.

CCOO IS NO LONGER A CLASS- CONSCIOUS TRADE UNION

For many readers, this statement may seem a very strong one, but it is also unfortunately so true that it is already difficult that this trade union could recover its former condition. Let’s not go into when CCOO ceased to be a class-conscious organization; let’s just remember that this trade union, founded 50 years ago, does no longer comply with the “necessary requirements for a class-conscious trade union” which were stated in its foundational documents.

DEMONSTRATION BY BSNL PENSIONERS AT ERNAKULAM, KERALA, INDIA