Yearly Archives: 2014

The news this week that James Foley, a journalist from the United States of America, was murdered in Iraq, has once again thrown the spotlight on the fact that hundreds of journalists are killed while doing their job. The International Federation of Journalists (IJF) has condemned this killing as well […]

It has been over three months since 24 union members at NXP semiconductors in the Philippines were sacked for trying to negotiate a new contract. The workers, their communities and their union have remained strong against this global company’s attempt to smash the union and decrease wages and conditions. Solidarity […]

As reported previously, workers in Bahrain have endured mass repression as they have struggled to open up democratic spaces. The government is now trying to neutralise workers’ power by setting up a yellow, pro-government union federation. In neighbouring Qatar, while the government is trying to deflect criticism about its appalling […]

On Saturday the 30 August, the ‘The World Congress of Families’ will be holding an international conference in Melbourne, Australia. Behind a seemingly innocent title, a number of far right organisations that espouse anti-women, anti-gay, and fundamentalist Christianity are the organisers of this conference. These organisations are a threat to […]

In Gaza and the occupied territories 1,965 Palestinians have been confirmed dead from Israeli attacks and 370,000 displaced in Gaza alone. Meanwhile Palestinian activists are still being arrested, including some who were released in earlier prisoner-swap deals with Israel. Anti-Israel protests continue around the world, including an occupation of the […]

In a long running dispute that began almost four years ago at the Swiss company of Syngenta, fifty workers are still fighting to have their contracts made permanent, while the sacked union leader is also still battling to get his job back. Syngenta is a global company specialising in the […]

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 […]

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 […]