While there are hundreds of thousands of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, their working conditions remain very hard. Recent cases have not only highlighted the physical and sexual abuse that many workers endure, but the substandard conditions that they work and live in. This situation is made worse by […]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
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Outsourcing is happening everywhere in the airline industry. Companies outsource in order to increase profits. A big part of outsourcing is the attempt to break our unions. It is via unions that we win better wages and conditions. Workers resist outsourcing by fighting against it at their workplaces. But […]
Outsourcing is happening everywhere in the airline industry. Companies outsource in order to increase profits. A big part of outsourcing is the attempt to break our unions. It is via unions that we win better wages and conditions. Workers resist outsourcing by fighting against it at their workplaces. But […]
Workers at Hyundai motors in South Korea are in an industrial dispute with management. Both regular workers and irregular subcontractors have been taking industrial action. The regular workers union is demanding an end to the overnight “graveyard” shift and for a larger percentage of company profits to be allocated to […]
The Sri Lankan government has closed 13 of the country’s 15 universities indefinitely, because academics have been on strike for almost two months. The striking academics reject government plans to partially privatise the tertiary education system, which is currently state-funded and free. The Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) is […]
On August 12th, Japanese trade unions, including the All Japan Dockworkers' Union, National Railway Workers' Union, Japan Construction and Transport Industry Workers Solidarity Union, National Union of General Workers and Tokyo Sanitation Workers' Union held a protest forum against the restarting of nuclear power plants in Japan. This is a […]
In less than four weeks time, the labour activist and journalist, Somyot Prueksakasemsuk will appear in court again in another attempt to try to get these charges dropped. The Network of Family Members and Relatives of Section 112 (Lese Majeste) Convicts is continuing to support the detainees and their families […]
The Global Day of Action is gathering support. Since the motion by the International Transport Federation in Kuala Lumpur and the decision on the date of 27 September by PALEA, workers in many countries are discussing and coordinating actions. In September 2011 Philippine Airlines locked out 2600 workers and then sacked them. The workers had refused to accept their jobs being […]
The events of the past week have highlighted once again the ongoing repression in Bahrain. On Thursday the 16 August Nabeel Rajab, a well known human rights activist, was sentenced to three years prison for ‘protesting’. Mr. Rajab was already serving a 3 month sentence for ‘tweeting’. Then on the […]
The Indonesia Confederation Union of Workers (KSPI) aims to lead a million workers in simultaneous strikes in 14 cities this September. The strike will have three demands. Firstly, the government must repeal laws that permit outsourcing. Secondly, the government must increase the minimum wage to bring it closer to a […]