Muhammad Naseem Rao () is a Pakistani labour leader born on 12 April 1962 at Nabisar Road Tehsil Kunri, District Umerkot Sindh. He is the elected Central General Secretary of the Pakistan's oldest and second-largest industry-wise union, Railway Workers' Union (Open Lines), representing more than 90,000 workers all over in Pakistan.
Early life He is a highly qualified person with master's degrees in Economics & Law. He did Masters in Economics from Sindh University Jamshoro and LL.B from Karachi University.
Career In 1982, he started his political activities from the platform of his student union. He participated in left-wing movements. In 1986, he joined a trade union as an activist. He worked with the founder of the Labour Movement in the subcontinent Mirza Mohammad Ibrahim (Late). He represented Pakistan at International Conferences and Seminars.
He represented railway workers before the Senate Standing Committee on Railways. For the first time, a labour leader was called by the Senate of Pakistan to address workers' issues.
RWU is an affiliated with International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), a global union federation.
He is a Central President of Pakistan Transport & General Workers' Federation, the largest transport federation in Pakistan.
Recognition
Mirza Mohammad Ibrahim Yaadgari Award (2009) by World Labour Organisation (WLO) London
References
Web content
Daily Express – Leading News Resource of Pakistan. Web. Daily Express News Story Pakistani Globe – News Resource Monthly Amami Jamhoriat Column. Real Needs of May Day in 2011 by Mohammad Naseem Rao. Workers' union warns of labout unrest in railways International Transport Workers' Federation: Restructuring of the railway industry in Pakistan - Preparing unions to influence the process Dawn News – Call to bring back railway on track. Dawn News – Railway unions to stop trains if workers sacked Workers to resist PR privatisation. Proposals submitted to resolve Railways crises Staying on track : Railway workers demand Rs40b bailout package