Monthly Archives: April 2012

Earlier this month, the Korean Workers Compensation service approved payment for the death of Ms. Jisook Kim. Ms. Kim died from aplastic anaemia after working 6 years on the assembly line at the Onyang factory that produces semi conductors.  Workers believe that this is only the start of many other such incidents […]

Worldwide, hundreds of thousands die in workplace “accidents”.  Millions die of occupational diseases. Every year.  Union organising is the remedy.  Prevention is the only cure.  Do you remember who died at work? Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living Assemble at 10:30am on Friday 27 April at Trades Hall, Cnr […]

For 6 months, PALEA has been fighting for the reinstatement of over 2,500 workers of Philippines Airlines who were sacked in October of last year.  They were sacked for their refusal to be outsourced and casualised. Recently San Miguel corporation bought 49% of shares in Philippines Airlines, making it the […]

Over 2,500 workers of Philippines Airlines were sacked in October of last year for their refusal to be out sourced and casualised. Their union, PALEA, has been fighting for 6 months to regain their jobs. PALEA Vice President, Alnem Pretencio, has just finished a very successful solidarity tour in Melbourne […]

There are almost 5,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Many have never been charged or faced a court of law. There is an international campaign to commemorate the 17th of April as the day for Palestinian prisoners with rallies and protests. Melbourne rally.  

In early April, two left wing activists and leaders of the People’s Struggle Movement in Sri Lanka, Mr. Premakumar Gunaratnam and Ms. Dimithu Attigalla ‘disappeared’. Mr. Gunaratnam’s case became international news because he is an Australian national. While at first denying any knowledge, the Sri Lankan government has now become […]

Earlier this week, up to 2,000 workers went on strike at the Phatthana Seafood Co in Thailand’s Songkhla province over the scrapping of a $US 1.30 daily allowance. The workers daily wage is around $US 6.50. The workforce comprises workers from Burma, Myanmar and Thailand. The police fired shots at […]

New Zealand meat workers enter 6th week of lockout. Over 1,000 workers at various meat processing plants in New Zealand are still in a major dispute over the renewal of their work contract. Talley’s/AFFCO is trying to ‘starve’ the workers into submission by locking out the entire workforce. There is […]

Amid uncertain economic times and a government that continues to repress trade unionists, over 600 metal workers in Tehran took their protests outside the presidential palace. The workers were from the Sanayeh Felezi plants and were protesting against their uncertain situation and unpaid wages.

It has been over 1,000 days since the defeat of the heroic occupation by workers at the Ssangyong Motor factory in Pyeongtaek. Many of the striking workers had been promised reinstatement after a year of unpaid leave. None have been re-hired. There is now a protest camp outside the factory. […]