In another case of migrant workers getting caught in political problems in their host country, over 200,000 Cambodian migrant workers ran away from Thailand fearing arrest and persecution following the military coup in Thailand. Many have come back to situations of poverty and facing a very hostile workplace climate. Earlier […]
Daily Archives: July 6, 2014
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The Israeli state has engaged in collective punishment of the Palestinian people, since the death of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank. Israeli air strikes have caused injuries and destruction, see here and here. Palestinians have been targeted in revenge attacks, including a teenaged boy who was tortured and […]
The Australian government has been accused of intercepting a boat of 153 Tamil asylum seekers, and handing them over to the Sri Lankan navy without processing their claims. According to relatives, at least 11 asylum seekers on board the boat are fleeing Sri Lanka because of torture. They fear further […]
Thousands of migrant workers from South Asia are stuck in Iraq, without work but unable to return home. Many of the workers want to flee the renewed sectarian fighting, but their employers withhold their passports. In at least one case, migrant construction workers went on strike in the city of […]
The National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920′s. It is a time to […]
Workers from 23 steel factories in the Wazirpul industrial zone near Delhi are still fighting for employers to honour the agreement reached after a 3-week strike in June. Now local police are colluding with employers to try and force workers back to work. Workers responded by rallying outside the labour […]
This year, the 1st of July commemorations attracted over 500,000 demonstrators. The 1 July protest is held each year in Hong Kong to mark the anniversary of the former British colony's return to mainland control in 1997. About 500 people were arrested, and most have been released on bail. The […]
As reported last week, the 2nd of July was the second Global Day of Action in support of the dismissed 24 unionists from the global company NXP semiconductors. Their dismissal was a clear case of intimidation and union busting. Actions in solidarity were held all around the world. For a […]