Write a report on the labour problems of factory and mill worker of your city from a social welfare officer to the director general social welfare department. Lahore.

                                                                                                                                                                Date: June  18,2016

To

                        The director general,

                          Social welfare department,

                          Lahore.

From:                 Social welfare officer

Subject:             Labour problems of workers

Sir,

Introduction:

Kindly refer to your letter no. A-3020 dated June 13. 2010 about the submission of report, on the subject cited above. I have to submit the following for your kind consideration.

1.      On the receipt of your orders, I visited many factories and famous mill of the city. I interviewed labourers and members of the administration and found that our industrial workers were working under pitiable conditions.

Poor working conditions:

              The workers in almost all the factories and mills were threatened with the insecurity of service. They are employed on temporary basis. They were afraid of being dismissed from service on one pretext or the other. That’s why, they did not work with satisfaction.

Nature of work:

            They worked from morning to evening with a break of an hour. If they were late in the morning for only a few minutes, they were not allowed to attend to their duty. They were scolded and taken to task for late arrival. Some time, they had genuine reason for their late arrival but the administration did not pay attention to it. They had meagre wages. They could hardy make both ends meet with this scanty amount of money.

Entertainment Facilities:

          The labourers had to work for many hours continuously. Their work was tiresome and exhausting but they were not given enough time for refreshment. Most of the factories did not have canteens, where they could have something to eat and drink.  The factories having canteens do not sell the articles of food at subsidized rates. Moreover, the articles of food sold at these canteens were of substandard quality.

Medical Facilities:

           The injured workers did not get real medical facilities. In the Social Security Hospital, they did not get proper treatment without some influence. The hospitals did not give them costly treatment. The medical staff often ill-treated them. In some of the cases, the injured labourers died for want of medical aid.

Suggestions:  

                                I.            It is suggested that the working hours of all the mills should be fixed.

                              II.            The labourers should be given real medical facilities.

                            III.            Their wages should be increased.

                           IV.            They should be given three extra bonuses per year to meet their extraordinary expenses.

                             V.            They should be treated by the administration politely and their problems should be solved sympathetically.

Signed

A.B.C.(Social Welfare Officer)