40 Years of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Sacred Fire Ceremonial Gathering Thursday 26 January 2012 Old Parliament House lawns, Canberra Come to support the Ceremonial gathering, the commemoration of 40 years of struggle and the discussions on Sovereignty. Always was always will be Aboriginal Land. Read more here. More on […]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
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AAWL meetings start again in February with the open workshop: Looking Back Looking Forward – An evaluation of the Syrian uprising and general strikes and four important disputes: Maruti Suzuki in India, Hanjin in Korea, Freeport in Papua and the struggle at Philippine Airline. Wednesday 1 February 2012 at 6pm, Trades Hall […]
An agreement was signed in Jakarta on 14 December 2011 between the Freeport workers union PUK-SP-KEP-SPSI and management of PT Freeport Indonesia. Striking miners at Grasberg will be paid their lost salaries during the three-month strike. In a last minute company concession, disciplinary action against a number of strikers has […]
The bitter Philippine Airlines dispute against outsourcing continues. AAWL organised a very successful international solidarity visit to Melbourne with PALEA Vice President Alnem Pretencio. Alnem met with Australian airline unions members and officials, and received very significant support. Yet again we see in practice that workers recognise their common interests […]
The popular uprising in Syria continues to spread amid ongoing repression that has left thousands dead. Mass demonstration and strikes have occurred throughout this year. A renewed call for rolling general strikes to target different sectors of the economy had been called to start on Saturday the 11th of December. […]
Mr. Mansour Osanloo, a bus driver, was in jail for almost four years. He was released from an Iranian jail in June of this year. Mansour’s health is now severely compromised due to an untreated heart condition while in prison. Mr. Kim Hyuk also got out of jail earlier this […]
Mr. Mansour Osanloo, a bus driver, was in jail for almost four years. He was released from an Iranian jail in June of this year. Mansour’s health is now severely compromised due to an untreated heart condition while in prison. Mr. Kim Hyuk also got out of jail earlier this […]
As reported previously, the campaign to free the six labour activists from Faisalabad, who were jailed under the Pakistan Terrorist Act has generated a lot of solidarity within Pakistan. These actions are continuing with an international solidarity campaign started calling for their immediate release.
AAWL has received a message from Junya Lek Yimprasert of Action for People’s Democracy in Thailand which says: This is a call for solidarity for the people of Thailand. PLEASE HELP us abolish Thailand’s cruel, archaic laws of lèse majesté and release the unknown hundreds of lèse majesté and other political prisoners. […]
On November 24, the IUF-affiliated Hong Kong catering and hotel workers’ union CHIEGU and the HKCTU, the national centre of which it is a member, held a protest action in front of the Fiji Consulate to highlight escalating attacks on human rights and growing repression of the trade union movement […]