Pasupathi Mariappan, became the twenty-sixth Indian expat to commit suicide in Bahrain this year. More than 100 Indian laborers are trapped in Bahrain over a wage dispute with Nass Corporation. A court ordered the workers to pay a fine ranging for allegedly causing financial loss to Nass. Disgruntled and broke, […]
Daily Archives: July 15, 2012
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Members of the Korea Financial Industry Union (KFIU) have voted to strike at the end of this month to oppose the government’s proposal to privatise state-run banks. About 80,000 workers of the country’s 35 financial institutions are expected to go on strike on July 30, joining auto workers who are […]
Around 500 workers in Melbourne have begun an indefinite strike at a large supermarket distribution centre. The workers are demanding that they receive the same wages and conditions that workers in similar distribution centres around Australia receive. While the supermarket chain, Coles, ownes the produce, it has subcontracted the operation […]
Tens of thousands of workers at south Korea's leading automakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. went on strike last Friday demanding higher wages, abolishing the temporary workers system, and ending 12 hour shifts. The strike is part of a renewed push by workers in south Korea for better […]