Mapping Labour Unions in Pakistan Faisalabad Labour Federation was founded and is led by Asalm Wafa. He represented different sectors including textile, WASA& Faisalabad Development Authority(FDA). The Federation has the same characteristics as the Punjab Federation of Labour Unions. It describes its strength as a strong presence in Punjab, resource crunch and a difficult political environment as its weakness. Address: Head Office Jamal Market, Chiniot Bazar, Faisalabad. 3.9. Home Based Women Workers Federation The Home Based Women Workers Federation was registered in 2009. It has 4,000 members. They have offices all over Sindh in addition offices have also been set up in Multan, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi(Punjab) Hub and Quetta (Balochistan). The General Secretary of the Federation is Ms. Zehra Khan. The HBWWF has been a part of the Home-based Workers Law Sub Committee. They were also involved in the 2017 Committee for Labor Policy in Sindh. Moreover, they are in the Sindh Tripartite Standing Committee, Minimum Wage Committee, and Law on Women Agriculture Workers. The Federation also collaborated on the registration of all home-based workers across Sindh. Moreover, it has also worked on the minimum wages for the garment workers. They engage the Sindh labour department for workers complaints and consider a strong complaint mechanism as their strength. The Federation holds elections as per the NIRC policy. It also has a general body and executive committee in place. They hold annual audits and annual conventions. Monthly meetings are organised to track organizational matters. The HBWWF is a membership-based federation, the fee is paid by the members. For large scale activities, funds are raised from external actors such as industrial unions, HomeNet International, Clean Clothes Campaign or from the general public within the(geographical) area. For training, the HBWWF also engages Clean Clothes Campaign. The HBWWF is an affiliate of the IndustriAll Global, Clean Clothes Campaign, Home Net International, HomeNET South Asia, World Federation of Trade Unions and NATIONAL Trade Union Federation. 44
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