More than 1,000 construction workers went on strike at a construction site in Sydney after a union delegate was stood down for speaking out on the site's safety. The workers were ordered back to work by the Fair Work Commission, which deemed the action was unlawful, and banned the union […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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As reported previously, Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian population is part of the ongoing crises in the region. With the start of its ground invasion after ten days of bombardments, over 300 Palestinians have already been killed. In conjunction with the assault on Gaza, Israel has stepped up repression in […]
Following on from the acts of piracy in the Indian Ocean of the last few weeks, the Australian Government has now effectively kidnapped 153 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and holding them hostage in an Australian navy ship. The government is refusing to disclose their exact location. Refugee activists in […]
Since early March, hundreds of workers of PT Indofood CKA, a large integrated food company, have been on strike over their demand to be paid the revised minimum wage of $US39/month. The company has refused to negotiate with its workers or their union, the Federation of Indonesian Metal Workers Union […]
Earlier this week, Reza Shahabi, the jailed union organiser of the Bus Workers Syndicate of Tehran was transferred to a hospital due to his deteriorating health condition. Reza has been on a hunger strike for well over a month in protest at his continuing detention and harsh jail conditions. Reza […]
As reported previously, the Thai military junta is using all its tools at its disposal to stifle dissent and opposition to its rule. A new report details the people who are currently charged and/or convicted by Article 112 – the Lese Majeste law. Arbitrary arrests of human and labour activists […]
About a month ago, almost 6,000 workers at ten factories belonging to Turkey’s largest glass producer, Sisecam, went on strike. They are all members of the Kristal-Is union. The Turkish Government then passed legislation to ban this strike. This is a blatant attempt to stop workers from organising and to […]
Following the killings and arrests in early January of their fellow strikers and demonstrators, garment workers are starting to come out again to re assert their rights. While the crackdown intimidated many workers, the grinding conditions of their employment that consists of long days, gruelling work loads and unsafe workplaces […]
As reported previously, Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian population continues. Well over a hundred Palestinians have been killed in the first week of this assault. The reasons for these most recent military strikes are not to be found in the recent murders of three Israeli youths or the firing of […]
In the last fortnight, the relentless race for profits has claimed the lives of over 70 Indian workers in the southern town of Chennai. The first tragedy was the collapse of a building under construction which was being built on reclaimed swamp lands. Many of the workers were migrants from […]