The Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU) has said it will assemble its own team of legal and technical experts to investigate the Pike river mine tragedy, which killed 29 miners on November 24, and is calling on the NZ Government to establish an independent Inquiry. The union has also […]
Monthly Archives: December 2010
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Palestinian workers in Sol Or’s Gas factory are on strike in an attempt to enforce their legal OH&S rights and to receive the legal minimum wage. Three workers have died from cancer after working at the factory for 10 years and another 3 have died from gas explosions. Although it […]
Palestinian workers in Sol Or’s Gas factory are on strike in an attempt to enforce their legal OH&S rights and to receive the legal minimum wage. Three workers have died from cancer after working at the factory for 10 years and another 3 have died from gas explosions. Although it […]
A new Australian asbestos website bringing together health experts, journalists and historians was launched last week for Asbestos awareness week. The website tells the history of asbestos mining and manufacture in Australia and provides asbestos safety information. Results from a survey of Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) OHS Reps conference […]
A new Australian asbestos website bringing together health experts, journalists and historians was launched last week for Asbestos awareness week. The website tells the history of asbestos mining and manufacture in Australia and provides asbestos safety information. Results from a survey of Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) OHS Reps conference […]
Over one hundred organisations, including trade unions, adopted a manifesto to end the sandblasting of jeans at the ‘Clean Clothes’ international forum in November. Jeans sandblasting causes silicosis, and 46 former sandblasting workers in Turkey alone have contracted an acute form of silicosis, prompting the Turkish government to ban the […]
Over one hundred organisations, including trade unions, adopted a manifesto to end the sandblasting of jeans at the ‘Clean Clothes’ international forum in November. Jeans sandblasting causes silicosis, and 46 former sandblasting workers in Turkey alone have contracted an acute form of silicosis, prompting the Turkish government to ban the […]
Asia Pacific Currents 6/11/10 Asia Pacific news, current affairs and labour rights from the region. Interview with AK Padmanavan, President of regional chapter of the Centre of India Trade Unions on the latest industrial disputes in Tamil Nadu – India. File Download (28:25 min / 26 MB) Asia Pacific Currents […]
Asia Pacific Currents 6/11/10 Asia Pacific news, current affairs and labour rights from the region. Interview with AK Padmanavan, President of regional chapter of the Centre of India Trade Unions on the latest industrial disputes in Tamil Nadu – India. File Download (28:25 min / 26 MB) Asia Pacific Currents […]