Yearly Archives: 2013

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 […]

With the election of a new conservative government in Australia, the situation for asylum seekers has become even worse than it was before. The Liberal/National coalition Government has stated that it will try and turn any incoming boats back to the high seas, any asylum seekers that will arrive by […]

The Korean Public Transport Union was expecting a hard summer in their attempts to stop the wholesale privatisation of the Railway system. Due to public pressure and obvious irregularities in the appointment of a CEO of the Korean Railroad Corporation, the government’s plans were delayed. The KPTU though is now […]

The Alcoa Company is a global giant – it’s the world’s leading producer of aluminum as well as the largest miner of bauxite, with a presence in over 30 countries. Workers in Alcoa have now started to organise internationally by forming the ‘Global Network of Unions at Alcoa’. For a […]

As reported previously, Thailand is a country where many industries exploit the presence of large numbers of undocumented workers from neighbouring countries. The fishing industry is one of these industries with recent media reports highlighting the issue of human trafficking, while the ILO has just published a report exposing the […]

The fight by workers at the Ssangyong Motor Company that was started in 2009 with the heroic occupation of their factory is still continuing despite many setbacks. Former workers of Ssangyong have now started a public hunger strike. They were encouraged by a visit by international trade union representatives. For […]