Monthly Archives: November 2011

Several thousand workers in at least five Chinese cities have staged a coordinated protest against the takeover of PepsiCo’s bottling plants in the mainland by Taiwanese food and beverage conglomerate Tingyi Holdings. At least 1,100 of the 1,300 workers at the Fuzhou plant reportedly joined the initial protest, with similar […]

Under the heading "Labour Party Pakistan under attack, Help us to fight back" Farooq Tariq writes: "Several supporters and members of Labour Party Pakistan are locked up if different jails of Pakistan. 9 textile workers including Fazal Ilahi a leading member of LPP are in Faisalabad jail. 15 activists are […]

Next week is Asbestos Awareness Week.  Asbestos is, and continues to be, a huge concern for Australian workers and the public. As a result of many years of concerted union campaigning, the use of all forms of asbestos in Australia has been banned since 2003, including its import and export. […]

Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, who has been charged with lèse-majesté, goes on trial in Bangkok on 21 November 2011. The Campaign website for Somyot says: "We’re going to be bringing you live coverage of Somyot’s trial hearing on Monday 21st November. You can follow this from the freesomyot blog site or directly […]

Members of the New Zealand Meat Workers Union at CMP ANZCO have been targeted by a particularly vicious form of union busting which is being practiced more and more in IUF sectors across the globe. It works like this: an employer proposes radical changes to terms and conditions in CBA […]

The Malaysian Government has started operations against undocumented foreign workers, arresting 193 workers and five employers in three states across the country since 20 October. The Malaysian Home Minister said the operations in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor will be followed by larger crackdowns led by the country’s immigration department. […]

Workers at the Mumbai shipbreaking yard in India faced yet another fire accident on November 14 in which three workers suffered 40 percent burn injury. The incident took place at about 4.00 PM Monday as three workers, Ram Saroj 35, Sunil Rai 33 and Bijay Jena 28 were engaged in […]

At about 11PM last Friday night police attacked the peaceful picket line at the Baiada Poultry processing plant in Laverton, Melbourne Australia. One picketer was severely injured. Baiada workers are low-paid, predominantly Asian and African migrants to Australia. Baiada management has repeatedly rejected their modest claims, and refuses to recognise […]

Workers at the huge copper and gold mine in West Papua have announced that the strike will be extended till 15 December. Negotiations are still ongoing The union has lowered its bargaining position for the workers’ pay raise to US$ 4 per hour in the first year and US$ 7.50 per hour […]

The ongoing floods in Thailand have not only affected many parts of the country but have led to many factories closing their doors. This has had a very big impact on workers with over 500,000 losing their jobs. Of special concern is the situation of Burmese migrant workers who are […]