Comrade Nelson Mandela has left us. After a lifetime of struggle he has gone, leaving us to say our goodbyes, and thinking of the people who will miss him. His family, his friends, his comrades, and the many millions of workers and left wing activists who learned politics and class […]
Daily Archives: December 8, 2013
8 posts
The major fires in Bangladesh and Pakistan, and the Rana Plaza collapse have highlighted the barbarity of the capitalist systems’ exploitation of workers in poorer countries. With the continued process of globalisation not only are factories and production shifted around the world but now workers as well. Thus, sweatshop conditions […]
This year has seen an intensification of the class struggle in South Korea with many long and bitter struggles. This week, the leaders of the heroic Ssangyong factory occupation were fined over US$ 4.4 million dollars for their actions in 2009. This is clearly an attempt to destroy the union […]
As reported last week, Palestinian workers are resisting and organising under very harsh conditions. For radio interview, click here. With unfortunate regularity, Palestinians are also killed. Palestinians who are routinely rounded up by Israeli forces and ‘administratively detained’ are also continuing their hunger strikes in a bid to win their […]
As reported previously, life for migrant workers in Qatar, is not very different from the other Gulf countries in the region where low pay, long days, dangerous worksites and no unions allowed are the standard. A recent delegation by the global union federation ITUC to Qatar once again found that […]
With the social conflict pausing for the King’s birthday holiday, the issues behind the recent social upheavals have not been resolved. The anti government alliance is a reactionary movement that is actively trying to force a new military coup. At this stage it is unlikely because the present ‘Red Shirt’ […]
The recent focus on Bangladesh and the many disasters in the garment industry there has allowed for some attention to be paid to other major industries in that country. The estimated 200 leather/tannery factories of the Hazaribagh neighbourhood of Dhaka have long been identified as a ‘fire free’ zone for […]
The Southern Initiative on Globalisation and Trade Union Rights (SIGTUR) is a network of unions from countries in the southern hemisphere. It recently held its 10th Congress in the western Australian city of Perth. At the conference topics like work intensification, the growth of insecure employment, and health and safety […]