Workers at Qantas and at Philippine Airlines are stepping up their struggle against outsourcing. Baggage handlers in the Transport Workers Union struck on Tuesday of this week, to fight against the company’s plans to shed 1000 jobs, leading to cancellations and delays throughout the Qantas network. Qantas aircraft engineers covered […]
Daily Archives: September 24, 2011
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Respected Thai labour activist Somyot has been in jail since 30 Aril. He has now been denied bail and he is remanded in Bangkok prison until January 2012. He is charged under the Lèse Majesté law which bans any criticism of the King. This law has been used to repress […]
On 19 September 60,000 people turned out in Tokyo for one of the biggest anti-nuclear protests in Japan’s history. It’s six months since the Fukushima nuclear plant accident and the protest is an indication of just how badly people think that accident was handled. Amid continued radiation contamination affecting workers, […]
Three union leaders at the Maruti Suzuki factory in Gurgaon, India were arrested, but they have been released again thanks to worker mobilisation. There have been support rallies by trade unions and by students. Workers in Kolkata marched to Suzuki offices. International solidarity has been significant, most notably by the […]
Under Ghaddafi over a million migrant workers were present in Libya, many from Asian countries. They faced lots of discrimination and faced many barriers in trying to organise. With the uprising against the government over the last few months, the situation for migrant workers has got worse, with many of […]
Amid some signs of political liberalisation, the situation for workers in Burma is as grim as ever. Once again, attempts to form independent trade unions were thwarted by the Burmese Government. In addition to low pay and bad working conditions, Burmese workers are routinely enlisted by the military government into […]
Following on from the major strikes of last year, Bangladeshi garment workers are still fighting to improve their working and living conditions. Last week, hundreds of workers from the National Garment Workers Federation formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club to press for the government to […]