Workers from Ankur Udyog who were already in dispute for pay and conditions were shot by company security guards on 3 May when they returned to their factory after a May Day march in Delhi. However this violent action did not stop the workers, who intensified their campaign, and solidarity […]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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On May 24 more than 2,500 police entered the Yoosung Enterprise factory which hundreds of unionized workers had been occupying for the past week. The plant manufactures parts for Hyundai and other major car makers in Korea. About 500 unionists were detained. Police obtained arrest warrants for two union leaders […]
The Turkish government has filed criminal charges against 111 union leaders, members and supporters which carry prison terms of up to 5 years in connection with a 2010 demonstration in Ankara. The Ankara action was in support of 12,000 workers made redundant overnight following the privatization of the state tobacco […]
3CR is Melbourne’s community radio station and was established in 1976 to provide a voice for those denied access to the mass media, particularly the working class, women and Indigenous people. AAWL’s weekly radio program, Asia Pacific Currents, first went to air in the mid 1980s. We broadcast stories and […]
Gorakhpur, Utter Pradesh, India. Workers at Ankur Udyog textile manufacturing company had been in dispute for wages and conditions. Hundreds of workers from Ankur Udyog travelled to Delhi to participate in a May Day march and present their charter of demands to the government. Because they went to the march, […]
AAWL public meeting Wednesday 1 June at 6pm Discussion: How do we fight the corporations ? Global corporations plan their production, distribution and sale strategies. They also plan strategies to reduce wage and production costs and how to defeat union campaigns. How can workers coordinate internationally to defeat the corporations? […]
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, a long time union and democracy activist in Thailand, has been in prison since 30 April 2011 and faces a further ten years jail under the repressive Article 112 – the Lèse Majesté law. For more than 20 years, Somyot has been a key labour activist in Thailand […]
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, a long time union and democracy activist in Thailand, has been in prison since 30 April 2011 and faces a further ten years jail under the repressive Article 112 – the Lèse Majesté law. For more than 20 years, Somyot has been a key labour activist in Thailand […]
Stop the Australian Defence League fascist rally Sunday 15 May at 12noon Federation Square, Melbourne The last time the fascists tried this in Melbourne last March, we stopped their rally, and the fascists went home Workers solidarity organisations and unions are requested to appoint marshalls for this rally – We […]