After staging a coup on 22 May, Thailand's new military government quickly began arresting politicians, pro-democracy activists, progressive academics, red-shirt leaders and students, see here and here. Public gatherings have been banned under martial law and public spaces are blocked to prevent demonstrations. Brave protesters staged demonstrations this week at […]
Daily Archives: June 1, 2014
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Casualisation and contracting-out are eroding working conditions around the world. But workers are fighting back. This week in Japan, casual postal workers have filed a court case asking for equal pay as permanent employees. Nearly half of Japan’s 400,000 postal workers are casual, and receive only about one-third of the […]
In Lahore the Pakistan Workers Confederation held a demonstration to demand a 30% increase in workers wages, as well as a fixed minimum pension for all workers. The rally also opposed government plans to privatise Pakistan’s national airlines and railway network. Pakistan’s privatisation program is being pushed by the IMF […]
30 and 31 May are international days of action in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. Some of the prisoners have been taking only water and salt for over 35 days. The prisoners are demanding an end to the practice and policy of administrative detention, in […]
Five bank workers’ associations combined to protest against Indian government plans to repeal the Bank Nationalisation Act and reduce government holdings in Public Sector Banks to less than 50%. Currently there are 21 Public Sector Banks in India, but these are the target of neo-liberal reformers, like the new president […]
In our current globalised economy, workers are always told to be globally competitive, achieve world’s best practice, and not to price ourselves out of the market. What all these phrases mean for us is that we need to work longer, for less and harder. One of the ways employers achieve […]