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Massacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards in Pakistan

By Piergiorgio Moro
| November 22, 2016

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Length: 0:30:28 minutes (13.95 MB)
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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Nasir Mansoor, Deputy General Secretary of the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) of Pakistan, on the recent explosion and massacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards and the ongoing fight to win better wages and conditions.

Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Asia Pacific Currents is produced at the studios of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

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