Workers in every country face the same pressures to work longer, produce more, for less. In our increasingly globalised economies, not only do we work in the same industries, but often for the same company. What is the best way to fight together? How do we make our actions more […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
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On 21 October Occupy Melbourne protest camp in the centre of Melbourne was attacked by 400 riot police who destroyed all tents and equipment. During the eight hours of protest which followed more than 100 protesters were arrested and some injured. Occupy Melbourne [Twitter: #OccupyMelbourne] was established in solidarity with Occupy Wall […]
Workers at the Freeport McMoran mine in West Papua, Indonesia are continuing their strike amid more intimidations and killings by thugs and militias. The GSBI, the union representing the estimated 11,000 workers on strike, has launched an international appeal for solidarity. Read the letter here. Workers in other mines owned by […]
The ongoing industrial issues at Qantas and Philippines Airlines are the result of the companies drive to increase their profits. They both want to outsource their workforce so that their workers will be paid less. On Wednesday a thousand members of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association defeated an attempt by police and […]
The Maruti Suzuki dispute is important for the workers involved, but it is also important for all the workers in the Gurgaon industrial area, and for auto workers worldwide. It is a dispute that might encourage many workers decide that struggle and solidarity are the way forward. Kolkata workers in […]
The Maruti Suzuki dispute is important for the workers involved, but it is also important for all the workers in the Gurgaon industrial area, and for auto workers worldwide. It is a dispute that might encourage many workers decide that struggle and solidarity are the way forward. Kolkata workers in […]
As reported last week, industrial actions by workers of Maruti-Suzuki factories is still ongoing. New rounds of negotiations are continuing but the sticking points remain recognition of the workers union, re-instatement of dismissed employees and work conditions. For interviews with the workers see here. The workers have put out an […]
Possibly in a prelude to the full privatisation of the Japanese postal service, Japan post is planning to dismiss up to 14,000 of its non regular employees. The Postal Workers Union is organising members to take protest actions.
Free the refugees: no to offshore processing, no to mandatory detention. The fight to defend the human rights of asylum seekers in Australia continues. Following the High Court decision to strike down the Malaysian ‘solution’, it is important to demand that the Australian government implements onshore processing in a community […]
Indian asbestos workers have little in the way of safety equipment and if they contract a respiratory illness like asbestosis or a cancer like mesothelioma few are paid compensation. Canada won’t use asbestos itself but it is selling it by the shipload to India. Business is so brisk Canada is breathing […]