On the morning of 16 November 2014 Laurie Burley passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. He will be sadly missed by the union movement and particularly the meatworkers in the retail sector. Since 1989 Laurie was an Organiser with the AMIEU. On behalf of meatworkers in the retail […]
Daily Archives: November 23, 2014
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As previously reported, Cambodian workers have been organising under very difficult and repressive conditions. In an important win, the SL Garment Company earlier this week agreed to drop all charges against union leaders and activists. This agreement also included the back paying of US$ 300,000 to all workers who took […]
After the protracted battle against NXP Semiconductors, the battle against casualisation and union busting has shifted to Wyeth Philippines, a food company that is part of the giant Nestle Corporation. During the middle of this year, Wyeth Philippines retrenched 87 workers who had been active in the fight against contracting […]
As reported previously, since coming to power via a coup, the military junta in Thailand has established a climate of fear in an attempt to defeat opposition to its rule, see here, here and here. This week, five more students were detained by the military for protesting against the coup […]
This week, RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia co-hosted a forum with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers Employer Association (BGMEA). The BGMEA has a track record of campaigning against workers right to organise independently at their workplaces and the implementation of internationally recognised Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) standards. A coalition of […]
In 2009, thousands of workers at the Ssangyong car factory in South Korea occupied their factory in a bid to save their jobs. In spite of their heroic efforts in holding out for 77 days, their struggle was defeated amid a full scale military assault of the factory. The sacked […]
As reported previously, the use of forced labour is widespread in the central Asian country of Uzbekistan. While concerted international campaigns have led the Uzbek government to decrease the number of children it gang presses for the cotton harvest, the outcome has been an increase in the number of adults […]
The Walmart Corporation is one of the biggest companies in the world employing over 2 million workers in 27 countries. It is also a viciously anti union company that keeps its workers un-organised so that it can pay the lowest possible wages to its workers. A global campaign by union […]