Pakistan: Reinstate sacked trade union leader at Syngenta

Imran Ali was sacked on December 23, 2010 at a Pakistan agri-chemical plant just before submitting collective agreement proposals on behalf of workers. Imran Ali is General Secretary of the Syngenta Employees' Union Pakistan, and is President of the National Federation of Pakistani Chemical, Energy, and Mine (PCEM) Workers' Union.

Syngenta is a Swiss-based chemicals company that has turned a deaf ear so far to social reason. Imran Ali was summoned to the front office and ordered to quit his union position by 3 bosses, including the plant's security chief. After Imran Ali refused and was sacked, the security chief -- a retired military officer -- gathered workers and casuals alike and threatened them against filing legally for their rightful workplace rights.

Call Syngenta out on this issue: Reinstate Imran Ali and respect the rights of workers!