The Malaysian government wants to allow third-party intervention in the workplace where by companies can outsource their employment contracts and obligations to an outside third party. This tactic is used worldwide to undermine workers ability to organise and for the employers to drive down wages and conditions by passing on […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
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On 7 October six workers were killed at Keppel Subic Shipyard in the Philippines, when a 42 ton elevated ramp fell. Another six workers were badly injured but survived. The Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP) conducted a fact-finding mission at the site, and found irregularities in Keppel’s health […]
The strike at the Freeport-McMoran mine in West Papua is intensifying. The company has started to hire outside strike breakers to replace the striking miners. In response, the workers set up community committees to tour around the mining complex to assess the number of strike breakers brought in. It was […]
Last week we reported that the Maruti Suzuki workers had lost their dispute. However the company has continued victimising workers, so the struggle has escalated again and the Maruti Suzuki factory in Gurgaon, near Delhi, is occupied. Two other Suzuki factories in the area are on strike in solidarity with […]
On Saturday 8 October, we hit the streets for abortion rights. So did the Pro-Lifers. It was their annual March for the Babies. Abortions were finally decriminalized in Victoria in 2008, but the issue is still one that must be defended. The rally on 8 October showed us that we […]
Earlier this week, General Workers’ Union (SJT-TL) Secretary General, Mr. Almério Vila Nova and the National Organizer, Mrs. Henita Casimira were arrested with 17 workers while preparing for a protest outside the Ministry of Justice. The protest was being staged to protest the workers dismissal from the Turismo Hotel. The […]
On Saturday, October 8, over five thousand activists from across South Korea gathered in Busan for the fifth “Bus of Hope” rally in support of workers at the Hanjin Heavy Industries shipbuilding who have been in a struggle against layoffs since November 2010. Two days of protest and cultural events […]
Qantas Airlines is trying to become a regional airline by shifting many of its operations to countries where workers are less organised so it can employ them on the lower wages and conditions. Current Qantas workers are fighting these moves with many unions now in dispute with the company. […]
Workers from the National Garment Workers Federation had set up a permanent protest site front of the National Press Club in Dhaka. The workers were demanding outstanding wages and allowances, as well as food subsidies. This week workers at some of the factories in dispute received the money they were […]
WWI lasted four years, WWII lasted six, and the Vietnam war continued for eight years. As of this month, Australia has been at war in Afghanistan for ten years. 30,000 is estimated to be a conservative count of the Afghani civilians killed so far in this war, but nobody is […]