On Tuesday the 13th of May an explosion at the Soma coal mine unleashed an inferno that killed an estimated 302 workers. This fire happened at a mine that was privatised in 2005, it had ‘passed’ recent health and safety inspections, and the company, Soma Holding, recently announced that since […]
Daily Archives: May 18, 2014
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With the devastating effects of the decades-long war in Afghanistan, the situation for workers in this country remains terrible. Just the day before international workers day, May 1st, an explosion in a coal mine in Samangan province left at least 20 workers dead. This is not the first of such […]
The last two weeks have seen more attacks against the workers movement in Pakistan with the assassination of human rights advocate Rashid Rahman in his office in Multan, and the brutal beating of labour leader Aslam Miraj in Faisalabad. Rahman was renowned for defending people against state sanctioned injustices, Miraj […]
This year was the 66th commemoration of Al Nakba which marks the dispossession of Palestinians from their lands by Zionist colonisers. Over 500 Palestinian villages were affected and 750,000 Palestinians became refugees. Demonstrations and events were held in both the Gaza strip and the West Bank. Unfortunately, at a protest […]
The new conservative government has used its first budget to deliver a stinging attack against workers in Australia. Using the language of needing to repair a budget deficit, the Liberal government has proposed to cut welfare payments to young people, raise the pension age to 70 years of age, reduce […]
Following a wave of protests and actions by other workers, especially garment workers, in Cambodia for wage rises, it is now the turn of gas station workers employed by Caltex to fight for better wages. Their demand is for the monthly minimum wage to be increased from the present US […]
Women rights are attacked all over the world in many ways. Whether for cultural, religious, family or other reasons, there are attempts to restrict the ability of women to have control over their lives. In Melbourne, Australia there is a concerted campaign to make abortion illegal again. A local parliamentarian, […]
After years of fighting, and more workers getting sick and dying, labour activists have finally managed to get Samsung to accept some responsibility. This week, the Vice Chair and CEO of Samsung Electronics Mr. Kwon Oh-hyun, apologised to the families of the dead workers and promised some compensation. Nevertheless, Mr […]