Over the last several years, hundreds of Korean Government Employees’ Union (KGEU) and the Korean Federation of Public Services and Transportation Workers’ Unions (KPTU) members have been unfairly dismissed from their jobs in retaliation for legitimate union activities. Over 300 of these workers have yet to be reinstated. The President of […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Australia Day on January 26 marks the day Europeans began their occupation of Aboriginal land. The process of occupation and colonisation has been a devastating one for the Indigenous people of Australia. Marches, remembrance events and music festivals were held throughout Australia by Aboriginal people and their supporters to commemorate […]
In December 2012, the first ever co-ordinated leafleting campaign was executed, with simultaneous actions at Philippines Airlines check-in counters at airports in Hong Kong, Manila, Melbourne, Sydney, San Francisco and Toronto. Philippines Airlines Employees Association workers are still fighting for reinstatement after their dismissal in September 2011. On 16 […]
Just two months after the disastrous fire at the Tazreen factory where 112 garment workers died when their factory caught fire, another 7 workers were killed when the Smart factory caught fire on Saturday the 26 of January. Early investigations into this tragedy have revealed a total lack of fire […]
The giant conglomerate of Samsung has a terrible safety record at its South Korean plants with many workers becoming sick and dying. On the 28th of January, Mr. Park became the latest worker to be killed at Samsung, with four others hospitalised due to an escape of hydrofluoric acid gas. […]
Last week around 55 workers fainted at the King First garment factory. Many needed hospitalisation. Initial investigations point to a release of toxic fumes from a newly laid floor. In 2012, there were over 2,000 recorded cases of workers fainting in garment factories in Cambodia. The reasons behind these are […]
AAWL is on summer vacation until 2013 Trades Hall re-opens Monday 14 January The next AAWL Executive meeting will be on Wednesday 30 January Evatt Room, Trades Hall, Lygon Street Carlton. All members and union affilates welcome Our radio program Asia Pacific Currents starts again on Saturday 2 February Mini news […]
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk has been in jail since April 2011, charged under Thailand’s repressive ‘Lese Majeste’ laws. On the 23rd of January, Somyot faces sentencing by the Criminal Court. Somyot has been a long time labour and human rights campaigner. Somyot is supported by AAWL’s free our comrades campaign, because he […]