labour movement in south asia在南亚的劳工运动

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1、ConferenceonSouthAsianSecurityUniversityofTexas,Austin,April29-30,2004SouthAsianLabourforPeace&DevelopmentKaramatAliandAErcelanPakistanInstituteforLabourEducation&ResearchIfweagreethatallhumanrightsaretobeachievedforall,theninternationalsolidarityamongstlabourisnowmorecriticalt

2、haneverbefore.Religiousfundamentalismsandaccompanyingmilitarisationmakethepooragrowinginstrumentandtargetofsocialviolence.Addingbillionsmoretothebillionsalreadyspentonconventionalarms,therecklessdecisionofIndiaandPakistantogonuclearhasmagnifiedcurrentmassdeprivationandthethreat

3、ofimpendingmassdisasterforpeopleoftheentireregion.Theadoptionofneo-liberalagendasofglobaleconomicgrowthcontinuestosystematicallyexcludehundredsofmillionsofchildren,womenandmenfrombasicrightsinlifeandlivelihoods–acruelparodyofwhichisexemplifiedbyaccumulatingstocksofgrainsbythest

4、ateevenasmillionsgohungry.Sincethestateprivilegescapitalandmarket,countervailingcollectivepowerofworkersisnecessarytoensurebothopportunitiesfordecentlivelihoodsandtheabilitytotakeadvantageofsuchopportunities.IntheincreasinglyprivatisedeconomiesoftheregionwheretheStatewithdrawsf

5、romeventhesemblanceofsocialprotection,citizensneedthepowerofcollectivebargainingevenmore.Militarisationofthemarketisanewphenomenon.Itisapparentintheexpandingdirectroleofthearmedforcesinadministrationofpublicinfrastructureandservices.Moreinsidiousistheoffertoprotectprivatizedpub

6、licorganizations.Throughfoundationsandbanks,thearmedforceshavedirectlybecomemajorinvestorsinarangeofseeminglyprivateenterprises.ItisanironythatPakistanhasfurtherdilutedthealreadyweakframeworkofmobilisationandorganisationinthenewIndustrialRelationsOrdinance(of2002).Thisisanill-o

7、menforothercountriesthatarealsorevisingsuchlegislationsinceallstateshavesuccumbedtoglobalcapitalismandtheaccompanyingrenewalofUSimperialism.GlobalisationThetwomostimportantdevelopmentsinthepost-ColdWarworldhaveundoubtedlybeenthecompleteglobalisationoftheworldeconomyontheonehand

8、anditsincreasingregionalisationontheother.Theestablish