Monthly Archives: September 2013

Nepalese migrant workers are dying at a rate of almost one worker per day as a result of slavery conditions and severe abuses in Qatar. Exploitation of migrant workers is unrelenting in many parts of the world – see our previous reports here, here and here. In light of the […]

Protesters marched in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday 28 September, calling for justice for Indigenous Australians on the 30th anniversary of the death in custody of Aboriginal teenager John Pat. John Pat's death prompted the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, which, despite over 300 recommendations that have not […]

This week, 200,000 Bangladeshi garment workers protested for three days straight outside factories in the country’s capital, Dhaka, demanding decent wages and rejecting the appalling low offer made to them by garment industry bosses. As previously reported wages and conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry are abysmal and resulted in the […]

We previously reported on the collapse of a mining tunnel at Freeport McMoran in May this year, which claimed the lives of 28 workers.  Earlier this month, the mining sector of the global union federation IndustriALL, and the CFMEU in Australia led a delegation to Indonesia to extend international support […]

Len Cooper, AAWL Chairperson and Secretary of the Communications Workers Union, T&S Victoria, attended a series of international conferences in June in the Philippines dealing with working people’s rights, including Resisting Repression, Reclaiming Rights – An international workshop on Freedom of Association.  Join the discussion about how we can support […]

While Afghanistan is often in the media for the ongoing civil and military conflicts, not as much is known about the conditions for workers in this country. There 13 million unemployed Afghanis, which translates to an unemployment rate of approximately 80%, but workers face life threatening hazards every day. Not […]

Friday the 20 of September was Somyot Prueksakasemsuk’s birthday. This is his first birthday in jail following his sentence of eleven years under Thailand’s draconian Lese Majeste laws (Article 112). The campaign to free Somyot and to repeal Article 112 continues to gather pace around the world with global union […]

The Philippine Airlines Employees' Association (PALEA) celebrated its 67th Founding Anniversary in the PALEA Protest Camp on Saturday the 21 of September. Planned activities included a march within the airport complex and speeches and solidarity messages from friends and allies around the world. PALEA has now been waging a heroic […]

Earlier this month, tens of thousands of workers demonstrated throughout Indonesia to fight for an increase to the minimum wage of up to 50%, against the government’s offer of 20%. Workers do not want to return to the days when their role in the global economy was as a supplier […]

With the increasing globalisation of the economy over the last 30 years, workers have been subjected to constant attacks by capitalists and governments. This ‘Race to the Bottom’ by capitalists has led to many of us seeing our wages and conditions decrease over time. One of the ways this has […]