As stated last week, 53 workers at the Nestlé factory in Pajang were fired because of their attempts to achieve their collective bargaining demands. The workers have fought for over 5 years to achieve the right to collectively bargain. On the 31st of October, the union representing the workers, the SBNIP, […]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
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Notwithstanding the end of the second strike by workers at the Maruti-Suzuki plant in Gurgaon India last month, new developments are starting to occur. In the last week, workers at the Maruti factory decided that their own union was still their core demand by filing an application for registration of […]
Following from the unprecedented sentences handed out to six organisers, a protest rally was held in Karachi on Saturday by the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) and the All Etehad Power Looms Workers’ Union against the conviction of six power loom trade union activists by the Anti-Terrorist Court in Faisalabad […]
As reported on the strikes at Iranian petrochemical plants, the situation for workers in Iran is very tough. Not only do workers suffer under poor economic conditions, but attempts at organising are met with heavy repression. Many workers are currently in Iranian prison for the sole crime of organising. The […]
The government of Fiji is continuing in its attack on workers’ rights to organise. The recent international day of action in solidarity with Fijian workers has not led to a decrease in the harassment of workers. Recently Daniel Urai and Felix Anthony, respectively President and General Secretary of the Fiji Trades Union Congress […]
On Wednesday 7 December at 6pm. Open workshop with international and local activists. All welcome Discussion on how to fight the repression labour movement activists in many countries face where workers can be jailed or killed for demanding improvements in wages and conditions. The public meeting will be held at Trades […]
On Wednesday 7 December at 6pm. Open workshop with international and local activists. All welcome Discussion on how to fight the repression labour movement activists in many countries face where workers can be jailed or killed for demanding improvements in wages and conditions. The public meeting will be held at Trades […]
Click here for the latest Asian Workers Organising – November 2011 China: Workers, wildcat strikes and labour advocacy… Workers know that demanding unions independent of the ACFTU is dangerous, and likely to end in arrests and imprisonment. The two dominant forms of labour activism in China currently are wildcat strikes, and advocacy work by NGOs. Read […]
As previously reported, power loom workers in the Faisalabad district of Pakistan in mid 2010 went on a series of major strikes and demonstrations. Four of their leaders, Fazal Elahi, Rana Riaz, Babar Randhawa and Akbar Kamboh, plus two others, were arrested by the police. Once in detention, they were […]
2,500 workers at Philippines Airlines are continuing their fight against outsourcing. The workers are resisting intimidation and pressure by police. Their pickets are holding firm and they are receiving support from other Filipino workers. In a show of solidarity with their Qantas comrades, the striking Filipino workers had a demonstration […]