March 2015

1. Poor farmers and landless peasants claim their rights through collective bargaining

   26 March 2015

   Representatives of the harris, peasants and the landless farmers from the Dadu and Mirpurkhas districts of Sindh learned their right to form trade unions and collectively bargain with their employers/ landlords during an awareness raising seminar on Sindh Industrial Relations Act (SIRA), which was enacted by the Sindh government in March, 2013.

January 2015

1. First Agriculture and Fishing Workers’ Trade Union in Pakistan registered in Karachi

   21 January 2015

   The first ever trade union for Agriculture and Fishing Workers’ in Pakistan has been registered in Karachi. The Sindh Agriculture and Fishing Workers Union (SAFWU) was registered with the office of the Registrar Trade Unions, Karachi under the provisions of Sindh Industrial Relations Act, 2013.

March 2012

1. Governing Body: the Director-General meets the Workers' Group

   26 March 2012

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia met the Workers’ Group of the Governing Body. During the meeting, he emphasized that this would be the last Governing Body session that he would attend in the capacity of Director-General.

2. International Women’s Day: The IUF Calls for Strengthening Decent Work in Agriculture to Protect Women’s Rights

   08 March 2012

   The coordinator for global agriculture at the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF), Ms Sue Longley, stressed the need to strengthen decent work in agriculture to protect women’s rights.

October 2005

1. Many workers suffer from hunger and poverty - FAO/ILO/IUF report

   06 October 2005

   Many of the 450 million agricultural workers live in dire conditions

March 2005

1. 28 April 10th International Commemoration Day (ICD) For Dead And Injured Workers World Day for Safety and Health at Work

   22 March 2005

   Employing half of the world's labour force,modernday agriculture is anything but idyllic.Along with mining and construction,it is one of the three most hazardous sectors in industrialized and developing countries alike. Of an estimated 355,000 fatal work accidents per year worldwide, more than half are in agriculture.A disproportionate share of work-related injuries and diseases is also borne by agricultural workers. And child labourers, all too commonly employed in this sector,face particular dangers.

October 2003

1. World Food Day 16 October 2003: The ILO and decent work in agriculture

   16 October 2003

   Today,the number of people working in agriculture is put at more than 1.3 billion. They make up half of the world's active population.They feed the world, but what is their fate Unenviable,according to a whole series of first-hand accounts at the symposium on decent work in agriculture, held recently under the auspices of the International Labour Organization in Geneva.