International Women’s Day (IWD) originated in 1911, when women garment workers in New York held demonstrations protesting against their appalling and dangerous working conditions, after a fire engulfed their factory. On IWD in 1917, Russian women textile workers went on strike. They gained wide public support and initiated the revolution […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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Two activists in Sri Lanka are missing and are suspected to have been disappeared by paramilitary forces. Lalith Kumar Weeraraj and Kuhan Muruganathan went missing on the eve of International Human Rights Day in December 2011. The Government and Police say they are investigating the issue while members of the […]
You are invited to the AAWL Annual General Meeting Wednesday 7 March 2012 – 6pm to 8pm Evatt room Trades Hall Lygon Street Carlton Activities report – Proposals for 2012 All AAWL members and affiliates are welcome You can join or renew your membership at the door Download leaflet
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Click here for your latest Asia Workers Organising – February 2012 Workers get ready The 2011 AAWL activities report
Capitalists and their governments impose austerity on workers so that the rich capitalists will maintain their profits. Austerity is a combination of cuts in workers’ wages, the destruction of social services and the stealing of natural resources by corporations. Workers are starting to fight back. Below are reports from some current strikes […]
Syria: Time for international unions to act Free the jailed teachers Factory explosion in Lahore kills 16 workers Foxconn and Apple try to hide their crimes Airline workers continue fighting More unionists jailed in Iran Campaign for Somyot continues
With the uprising in Syria approaching its first year anniversary, the situation for workers, their families and communities is desperate. Syrian workers are fighting for their rights. Increasingly, various imperialist powers, are competing for influence in the Syrian struggle for their own geopolitical agendas. Alliances with any of the imperialist […]
Education International (EI) is spearheading an international campaign in support of all teachers and students charged with offences related to freedom of speech and the right to assemble. In particular EI is focusing on the plight of Vice-President and President of the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA). Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi […]
On the 6th of February, a three storey pharmaceutical factory in Lahore collapsed following a major explosion to one of its boilers. It killed 16 workers, some of whom were children, and injured at least another 50. The factory had been shut down by inspectors twice already in the past, but was […]