Saturday 14 February 2015 marked the 11th anniversary of the death in custody of TJ Hickey in Redfern. He died as a direct result of the actions of the Redfern Police. No police have been charged over Hickey's death and his family are still waiting for justice. The family was determined to march through […]
Daily Archives: February 15, 2015
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A short but determined strike by over a hundred workers at the Tae Sung Philippines company has allowed workers to gain substantial increases in wages and conditions. Tae Sung Philippines manufactures parts for the auto and electronics industry. The significance of this strike is that the company is located in […]
As previously reported, the wars in West Asia have taken a terrible toll on workers and their organisations. One of the most positive developments has been the social and economic process that the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria’s northern Kurdish regions of Rojava has been implementing. This movement has […]
As reported in a previous item, the tannery industry is another sector where workers and their communities are exposed to toxic chemicals. A recent investigative report has found that up to 15,000 workers, many underage, are exposed to chemicals such as chromium, chloride, sulfur, and manganese on a daily basis. […]
Foxconn is the world's largest electronics contractor manufacturer and is globally integrated. While it has factories in many countries, in China alone, it employs over one million workers. Three years ago, a spate of suicides among its workers brought world attention to the inhumane conditions that workers laboured under. While […]
The terrible working conditions that migrant workers have to endure when working in some West Asian countries has been well documented (see here, here, and here.) There has been a constant struggle by workers to organise independent unions so as to be able to fight for better wages and conditions. […]
Fast food is a major industry around the world and it is one that is dominated by a few huge global companies. Following on from last year’s global day of action against McDonald’s, workers employed at Wendy’s have walked off the job at multiple sites to fight against rostering arrangements […]
The ship breaking yards of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh receive with most of the worlds’ large ships. The reasons that most of the world’s ships end up in these shipyards is that the wages for workers are incredibly low, working days very long and have almost non-existing health and safety […]