Following the announcement of the planned closures of Ford’s car factories in Australia, Holden recently announced that it wants its workforce to take substantial wage cuts and increase flexible working arrangements. The automotive industry operates on a global scale and these latest announcements in Australia are another indication of how […]
Daily Archives: June 23, 2013
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With greater scrutiny on the garment industry in Bangladesh following the collapse of the Rana Plaza, which caused the death of over 1,100 workers, more examples of the terrible working conditions are being highlighted. In the last week, another two factories had reports of workers being poisoned by contaminated water, […]
It has been over three weeks since the first protests against the redevelopment of Gezi Park in central Istanbul. The protests sparked mass demonstrations against growing authoritarianism and inequality in Turkey. The response of the government has been to unleash wave after wave of police baton charges, backed up with […]
Samsung Electronics has a fearsome union busting reputation throughout its global stable of companies. A Korean labour committee is now accusing the government of using a sham sub-contracting system to keep at least 10,000 workers employed as non- regular employees. They would not be the only major company adopting this […]
Nagaworld is a luxury casino complex situated in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, that sells itself as a world class facility. What Nagaworld does not publicise is the continuing repression of union rights during the last four years. In 2009, it sacked 14 union organisers over a pay dispute. […]
A complete ban on asbestos in Australia only came in force in 2003. While it is no longer in use, the widespread use of it in the past means that many people are still becoming sick from it, even from small exposures. Australia now has established the world’s first Asbestos […]