Workers at the Hero MotoCorp, India’s largest motorcycle manufacturer, are refusing to be transferred to a new facility in Rajastan at a lower wage than they currently receive in the factory outside Delhi. Police broke up a protest by 300 Hero MotorCorp employees. In addition to opposing the relocation, the […]
Monthly Archives: August 2014
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With the uprising in Syria now merging with the unrest in Iraq, working class and left organisations and communities, continue to resist attacks from all kinds of reactionary and imperialist forces. Although weakened, the revolutionary movement is still present in Syria with public shows of resistance, see here and here, […]
Labour rights activists protested outside Daewoo's headquarters in Seoul, to demand that the company stop purchasing cotton from Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan has one of the largest state-enforced systems of forced labour, which requires more than a million children and adults to grow and harvest cotton each year. Daewoo buys 5% of […]
Cambodian unions are speaking out against the high incidence of faintings and even deaths in garment factories, due to overwork and lack of concern for workers' health. Workers' poor health is linked to Cambodia's poverty wages, which leave workers malnourished and drive them to work excessive overtime. Despite extreme poverty […]
At the start of this month, an explosion at the automotive parts factory Zhongrong Plating in the industrial city of Kunshan, Jiangsu province, killed at least 75 workers and injured another 200 workers. The explosion was caused by the airborne dust in the factory which was ignited by sparks from […]
This week, a three day ceasefire took place that allowed Palestinians to find and bury their dead while also managing to restock on basic essentials. While much of Gaza has been damaged, and almost 2,000 Palestinians killed, the underlying issues behind this conflict are still unresolved. Thus, Palestinians are still […]
Last week, in a dramatic sequence of events, oil pipelines under suburban streets of the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung exploded, see video. The blasts killed 28 people and injured another 300. The pipeline was owned by a local petrochemical firm, LCY Chemical. Initial investigations have already confirmed that the company […]
As reported last week, the dispute over unpaid wages for workers employed by the Tuba group of companies has entered its second week. Workers are continuing their hunger strike and actions amid continual harassment and repression by police and goons and the arrests of some of the labour organisers involved […]
While the military is trying to legitimise its coup via the ratification of a new constitution, the reality for most people is that the military is still intensifying its repression. In an attempt to consolidate a climate of fear, the junta is now closing community radio stations. In the meantime […]
As reported previously, the fight by workers at NXP Semiconductors against the sacking of the entire union leadership has now entered its 3rd month. The workers are continuing to take daily actions and support internationally continues to grow against this company. NXP Semiconductors is part of the global supply chain […]