Progress bar not updating during operation

while work_left:
    ...do something...
    progressbar.set_fraction(...)

while work_left:
    ...do something...
    progressbar.set_fraction(...)
    while gtk.events_pending():
        gtk.main_iteration()

def my_task(data):
    ...some work...
    while heavy_work_needed:
        ...do heavy work here...
        progress_label.set_text(data) # here we update parts of UI
        # there's more work, return True
        yield True
    # no more work, return False
    yield False

def on_start_my_task_button_click(data):
    task = my_task(data)
    gobject.idle_add(task.next)

#Callback function invoked when download/upload has progress
def progress(download_t, download_d, upload_t, upload_d):
    print 'in fileupload progress'
    mainwin.mainw.prog_bar.set_fraction(upload_d/upload_t)

#Callback function invoked when download/upload has progress
def progress(download_t, download_d, upload_t, upload_d):
    print 'in fileupload progress'
    mainwin.mainw.prog_bar.set_fraction(float(upload_d) / upload_t)