Monthly Archives: July 2012

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

An international campaign has been launched calling for the release of trade union members and leaders in Turkey who were arrested and imprisoned under the pretext of anti terrorism. On Monday 25 June, union offices as well as houses of trade union leaders in around 20 cities all over Turkey […]

South Korea’s trade unions are preparing for a series of general strikes in major industries in the coming months. Militant unions such as those in car and other manufacturing industries will either go on strike or vote on strike action next week.  However, strikes are spreading to other industries less […]

Unilever are at it again.  Two years ago, Unilever signed an agreement with the IUF promising to recognise the independent union of the workers of Doom Dooma, Assam (India), in all collective bargaining negotiations.  Now, Unilever is about to commit to a 4 year deal with the company’s union in […]

More than 1,600 garment workers from the Yung Wah Industrial (Cambodia) Co Ltd factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao district went on strike on 27 June 2012, demanding better working conditions. It’s the third time workers have stopped work to try and secure a US$15 transportation and housing allowance, a 3,000 […]