National Labour Federation (Pakistan)

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NLF
National Labour Federation
Founded9 November 1969
Headquarters2-A Sanda Road, Lahore
+923324467526
Location
Members42,210 [1]
Key people
Mr.Shamus ur Rahman Swati, President
Mr. M Haseeb ur Rehman, Secretary General
Mr. Masood Fazal, Head, Research & Development
Affiliations JI

The National Labour Federation (NLF) is national trade union centre in Pakistan. The trade union is organises workers in various sectors, including telecommunications, shipyards, transport and manufacturing. It is the most representative and largest trade union worker Federation in Pakistan. [2]

History

The trade union was formed on 9 November 1969, by Abul A'la Maududi to promote Islamism among workers in Pakistan. Prof. Shafi Malik became NLF's first president and secretary-general and remained on these positions until 2000. [2]

In 2003, NLF was registered at the National Industrial Relations Commission. [1]

In November 2015, NLF for the first time came together with left-leaning trade unions to condemn plans of the PML-N government to privatise state-owned enterprises. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Zakaullah Khan Khalil (2018). A Profile of Trade Unionism and Industrial Relations in Pakistan (PDF) (Report). International Labour Organization.
  2. 1 2 Zia Ur Rehman (5 October 2019). "NLF's 50 years: analysing the 'only Islamic labour group' in country". The News International (newspaper).
  3. ↑ "Labour unions unite against privatisation". The Nation (Pakistani newspaper).


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