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               A less known aspect of the life of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is that, he was a labor leader and supporter of workers' cause. He was the elected President of the All India Postal Staff Union for 1925. . The Union had seventy thousand members representing the employees of the Postal Department of Government of India. As a member of the Indian Legislative Assembly for over thirty-five years Quaid-e-Azam pursued the cause of workers within and outside the Assembly relentlessly. It is a known fact that Quaid-e-Azam played a key role in the enactment of the Trade Union Act of 1926, whereby the trade union movement of the subcontinent, for the first time, got the legal cover for unionizing the unorganized workers and exercise their right of collective bargaining.
As a mark of respect and gratitude to the Father of the Nation, on their birth anniversary in December I high lighting his concern and commitment to the cause of workers.
On February 12, 1925, B. C. Pal (a member) introduced a motion in the Indian Legislative Assembly that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the grievances of the postal staff. The committee was to consist of three non-official members of the Assembly, three government officials and three members elected by the Executive Council of the All-India Postal and R. M. S Staff Union, and it was to be presided over by a non-official member of the Assembly.
Commenting on the motion, Mr. M. A. Jinnah, who was also President of the All-India Postal Staff Union actively participated in the debate and advocated the case of the Postal Staff Union
After detail discussion between Pundit Shamlal Nehru , Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra , Mr. W. M. Hussanally and Mr.M.A Jinnah on the staff union demands
The motion moved by the Quaid-e-Azam was adopted by the Assembly



The Father of the Nation laid stress on social justice in his every speech. In the historic presidential address at the session of the All India Muslim League (which adopted the historic Pakistan Resolution) in 1940, the
Quaid-eAzam said: that

"Since the dawn of history thinking people have realized that no human society can endure which allows the exploitation of man by man or which permits the application of different sets of laws to different classes of people. If these things are allowed then society develops inner conflicts. History tells us that internal strife rather than external aggression is the greater danger for any society. A house divided cannot but fall. Our Holy Prophet (PBUH) had realized and understood this well and he declared that there was no noble life than the life of a labor. He was although loved by millions, did all his work by his own hands because he said, it is pleasing to God.

Quiad-e-Azam's love for the labor and his championing the cause of the workers, has generally been suppressed by the vested group. This aspect of Quaid's life is being sidelined deliberately. His advocacy for representation of workers in bodies where their problems and fate is being discussed and decided; paying the workers a living wage and fair conditions of work are as valid today as these were in Quaid-e-Azam's life time. It is a great tragedy that in Quaid's Pakistan, his repeated warnings to landlords and capitalists, who have flourished at the expense of the common man, are being ignored and suppressed.

An attempt has been made here to spotlight and focus on
this aspect of Quaid's life, so that those, who are struggling
for the cause of workers and other down-trodden sections of
the society take comfort and solace and continue with their
Endeavour with renewed courage and enthusiasm".