Under increasing pressure, the Syrian government is resorting to more desperate tactics to defeat the popular uprising. With many of its soldiers refusing to fire on protesters, and deserting in increasing numbers, the Syrian government is now using paramilitary forces. These militias are trying to create sectarian divisions between Alawites, […]
Daily Archives: July 22, 2011
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Hundreds of Delhi Metro workers gathered on July 10 to protest against gross violations of labour laws by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials and the contract companies used by the DMRC. Contract workers of DMRC, including ticket-vending operators, housekeepers and security guards, have been demanding the payment of minimum […]
Power loom workers in the Faisalabad district of Pakistan in mid 2010 went on a series of major strikes and demonstrations in support for wage increases. While workers were successful in achieving pay rises of up to 13%, four of their leaders, Fazal Elahi, Rana Riaz, Babar Randhawa and Akbar […]
Workers at the Hanjin shipyard are not giving up their struggle against sub contracting and job security. They have received support from many other workers, both in Korea and internationally, and the solidarity shown by the Ssangyong Motor workers, who themselves had gone through a major dispute in 2009, was […]
It is two years since the strike and occupation at Ssangyong Motor Company was defeated. Two of the workers leaders still remain in jail. The Korean Metal Workers Union is organising a campaign to pressure the Korean government to release both of these union leaders for the 15th of August. […]
Pilots at Qantas, an Australian airline, have begun industrial action to protect their wages and conditions. Qantas pilots want a new workplace agreement that guarantees that all pilots are paid at the same rate without sub-contracting or off-shoring arrangements. Qantas wants to increase its use of pilots from regional countries […]
Four Mexican workers in Manzanillo, Mexico are staging a hunger strike to protest against continued workplace abuse. On top of working 12 hour days, with no overtime pay, the four female workers have had to endure constant abuse and mistreatment from their bosses. Samsung is one of South Korea’s biggest […]
Saturday August 6 – Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings In the union movement it has always been said that peace is union business and nowhere is more evident as we approach Hiroshima Day 2011. The risk of Japanese products being contaminated and being a risk to workers (sailors and […]