Workers at the Maruti Suzuki factory in the large industrial area of Gurgaon, just outside New Delhi, took action to defend one of their colleagues earlier this week. The workers of this factory have been involved in huge industrial struggle in the last year and this unrest has continued. Workers […]
Daily Archives: July 22, 2012
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16-year-old Khorshed Alam was crushed to death at 3:30 am on July 17 when a huge metal plate fell on him. This was Khorshed Alam’s first job. He left school to help support his family. He lied about his age, claiming he was 20 years old in order to be […]
Of the hundreds of thousands of Burmese migrants arriving in Thailand looking for work and a better life, not all of them are lucky enough to succeed. Too many are caught in the net of human traffickers and sold into slavery, ending up on fishing boats or on construction sites. […]
As previously reported, a new dangerous phase of repression against workers in Pakistan has been unleashed by the government with its use of the Anti Terror laws to convict worker activists. An international day of action was recently held, while on the 19th of July a forum was held in […]
Remember the terrible war crimes of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Come to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Concert with Junko Morimoto, Hiroshima survivor and children's book author of "My Hiroshima", Indigenous and international performers. Presented by Japanese for Peace (in Japanese) Sunday 5 August at 3pm Village […]
Since early July, more than 700 workers at the Sepahan Cement Factory have been on strike over pay and conditions. These workers are employed under a sub-contractor arrangement and receive lower wages and have worse conditions. In the meantime, Reza Shahabi, a leading member of the Tehran and Suburbs Vahed […]