The Australian labour movement farewelled comrade Bill Deller this week. He passed away peacefully in the early hours of Friday 17 October. Bill’s history in trade unionism commenced early on while in WA working in the mining industry. In the 1990’s he was leader of the State Public Sector Federation […]
Daily Archives: October 19, 2014
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As reported last week, Kurdish forces from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) have been resisting both an offensive by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces to seize the strategic border town of Kobane, as well as a blockade imposed by Turkey. Against this background, a Kurdish newspaper seller, […]
Workers at Bosch, a vehicle industry components manufacturing company, have been on strike since September 26. They are demanding more pay and better benefits like medical facilities and hospital expenses. On October 10, the Karnataka government declared the strike illegal, and then on October 14, 150 striking workers were arrested. […]
It has been over 20 years since the Royal Commission into the horrific death rate of Aboriginal people in Australian jails. While there were over 300 recommendations from that investigation, very few have been implemented and Aboriginal people are still dying in jail. No one has ever been found guilty […]
The situation has intensified once again in Hong Kong after protesters re-took the streets in protest against new guidelines for the 2017 elections, which state that only Beijing-approved candidates will appear on the ballot paper. The Hong Kong Social Workers Union marched on to the steps of police headquarters to […]
October 17-25 is a week of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah and all Palestinian Prisoners. As previously reported, thousands of Palestinian prisoners are languishing in Israeli prisoners. Many have been on hunger strikes in the past, and many continue to be. Free Our Comrades Free all Palestinian […]
Patiwat and Pornthip are the two latest victims of Thailand’s repressive Lese Majeste Laws. They’ve been charged with participated in the play, "The Wolf Bride" on the fortieth anniversary of the 14 October 1973 people's uprising in 2013. Another activist, Jaran Ditapichai has also been charged with Lese Majeste in […]
There has been a marked increase in the number of strike actions taken by workers in China. The manufacturing industry still accounts for most of these strikes, but there has been a noticeable increase across the construction industry. In China’s slumping property market, property developers are faced with increased creditors […]