Korean unionist Kim Jin-suk has touched ground for the first time since January to end her protest against Hanjin Heavy Industries. She occupied a 35 metre tall crane in the southern port city of Busan for 309 days. The protest began when Hanjin Heavy Industries announced it was cutting 400 jobs […]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
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LOBBY of the Philippine Consulate 1 Queens Road, Melbourne (cnr Kings Way & Queens Road) Wednesday 14 December, 12 noon sharp Click here to read the protest letter More than 2000 workers at Philippine Airlines have been locked out and then sacked, in a major, Qantas-style labour dispute about […]
The Freeport-McMoRan strike continues. The workers’ union at the Grasberg mine, PUK-SP-KEP-SPSI, together with KASBI and AAWL have issued a joint statement. Your endorsement is requested. The statement ends with the following demands: We demand that the government immediately stop militarising the dispute and withdraw police and military officers from […]
Occupy Mendiola rally – 7 December. Workers and students were protesting on Mendiola bridge against the demolitions of poor people’s houses, low wages, the non distribution of Luisita lands, and the cuts in budget for social services like health and education. Mendiola bridge is a traditional area for protest rallies. But the […]
The 18th of December is international migrants day. Most migrants around the world are workers who leave their country of origin to find work or better employment conditions. Unfortunately, due to international and national laws that discriminate against them, many migrants end up working in precarious employment and unsafe conditions. […]
As reported previously, Nestlé workers in Kabirwala, Pakistan and Pajang, Indonesia have been fighting for the right of workers to form unions without fear of intimidation and reprisals. The company in both of these locations is continuing to refuse to negotiate with the workers. The workers have been fighting for […]
The strike against US-based Freeport-McMoRan by the ICEM-affiliated PT Freeport Workers’ Union runs into its 11th week. The union plans another notice to extend the strike to January 15, 2012. IMF has extended financial support to the strikers. The ICEM has called trade unions to assist the union in feeding […]
In the latest negotiation with SPSI, the management increased its first-year wage offer to 35% from 30%, while offering 11% in 2012. It also requested the union to clear the blockades that have been set up. The union refused. The union is demanding a pay raise up to US$4 per […]
The situation in Syria continues to deteriorate with ongoing arrests and killings of protesters. Many industrial cities like Homs and Daara, and selected working class areas of cities like Damascus, are in virtual permanent state of siege. In response, opposition groups designated the 1st of December as day for a […]
At any one time, at the Gadani ship breaking yards, just west of the Pakistani city of Karachi, up to 15,000 workers are employed to dismantle ships from all over the world. These workers are mostly employed as casuals, do not have access to any prescribed safety measures, regular transport, […]