Workers at Turkish Airlines have been on strike since May 15 against the company’s fierce anti union and union busting tactics. Hava Is, the union representing workers in the airlines industry in Turkey requested that management enter into negotiations over the next Collective Bargaining Agreement. The union is demanding wage […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Dynamic Precision Ltd. is a Taiwanese company that produced golf clubs for Adidas at its factory in Guangzhou. Due to the terrible health and safety conditions, over 100 workers have acquired injuries or illnesses like pneumoconiosis, deafness, and benzolism. Faced with claims by the workers for compensation, the company suddenly […]
Almost 3 years ago, 29 miners were killed at the Pike River coal mine following a large methane explosion. A Royal Commission investigating the disaster found that the deaths were caused by substandard health and safety conditions at the mine. Earlier this month, a court ordered the company to pay […]
After two years since the start of the uprising against the Assad government in Syria, the situation has become increasingly tough for workers and other progressive organisations. A variety of reactionary and imperialist forces have been attempting to influence the outcome of the war for some time now. This year […]
Antonio "Dodong" Petalcorin, the leader of a transport workers union in the Philippines, was shot dead on 2 July 2013 right in front of his home. The gunman was caught on a CCTV camera calmly escaping on a motorcycle. The Philippines is a dangerous place to organize for trade unionists with […]
Last Monday, a two-storey building in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, housing a hotel and a local eatery collapsed suddenly. The collapsed building trapped hotel workers and local wage labourers eating at the restaurant on the ground floor. Seventeen people were killed with another twenty taken to hospital with […]
Australian workers in the car industry are not the only one fighting against pressures to work harder, longer and for less money. In India, the fight by the Maruti Suzuki workers continues with ongoing solidarity actions by other workers, while the company is increasing the pressure on its remaining workforce. […]
Earlier this year, Iraqi oil workers in the southern city of Basra staged a series of protests demanding payment of wages and an end to corruption. The head of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, Mr. Hassan Juma’a Awad, was accused of illegal organising activities. Workers and their communities rallied […]
At the start of this year, 129 union members and leaders were dismissed by Electrolux in a clear case of union busting activity. The workers did not give up and with support from national and international unions, continued to call for the reinstatement of all the sacked workers. This week, […]
While political tensions in Thailand continue between the various sections of the ruling elites, the struggle against Lese Majeste and for the freedom of political prisoners continues. The Thai courts are still using these laws to keep people in jail, with Da Torpedo’s jail sentence of 15 years recently upheld […]