While a small group of unionists employed at KFC Thailand have managed to improve their position, for most workers the situation is getting worse. A new report has just highlighted the slavery-like conditions for migrant workers in Thailand’s fishing industry. Since coming to power the junta has unleashed a nationalist […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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As reported previously, the suicide of Ho-seok Yeom, the chair of the local Samsung Electronics Service union, was a huge shock and highlighted the repressive nature of the giant Samsung Corporation. Samsung unionists have been on an indefinite strike against the company, click here for photos. This year South Korean […]
What the massacres of thousands of workers at Rana Plaza, Tazreen and Karachi, in the last two years show, is that these deaths are not an unfortunate by-product, but an essential part of the global exploitation of our class. A new report once again highlights how the garment outsourcing model […]
In an impressive show of force, up to 40,000 workers defied anti strike laws to march in Melbourne against the massive cutbacks against workers’ living standards detailed in the latest government budget, see photos and video. These attacks by the conservative government are part of the ongoing offensive by governments […]
As reported recently, hundreds of Palestinians detained in Israeli jails are on protracted hunger strike against their unlawful imprisonment. Unfortunately, their plight is mostly overlooked amid the many other crises of the region. In an attempt to press their case, support activists organised a strike in East Jerusalem earlier this […]
As previously reported, workers at the giant Dutch corporation of NXP semiconductors are continuing to fight against the company’s union busting activities. It has been just over a month since 24 union officials were sacked by the company for their union activities. The company is located in a Special Economic […]
Hot on the heels of the Soma mine massacre, the situation for workers in Turkey is becoming harder with more companies trying to destroy our organisations. This week, 45 workers at M&T Reklam, a large Turkish media company, were dismissed after they tried to organise a union presence to represent […]
The situation for workers in South Korea is becoming intolerable with recent suicides of two unionists due to unbearable working conditions. The two workers were Gi-seung Jin, a member of the KPTU Northern Jeolla Bus Branch in Jeonju City Sinseong Yeogaek Chapter (Jeonju City) and Ho-seok Yeom, the chair of […]
Protests against the military coup in Thailand continue to be held in the country despite ongoing repression by the military. The military is now starting to crack down on the activists who have taken the lead in organising the most recent protests. Workers are also starting to push back against […]
More than 2,000 protesters marched in Melbourne on 30 May to protest the introduction of fees for basic doctor visits. The Australian government also plans to refuse unemployment benefits to young people under 30 unless they engage in a program of forced work. Social security and medical care are basic […]