As reported previously, the rate of deaths and injuries in Vietnamese workplaces is nothing short of an ongoing massacre. This week, a large scaffold structure collapsed at a seaport construction site in the Vung Ang economic zone in the central Ha Tinh province. At least 16 workers were killed and […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
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As recently reported earlier this month, the situation for migrant workers in Malaysia remains precarious with many working for low wages, long days and dangerous conditions. Malaysia’s booming construction industry is especially dangerous. Just earlier this week, another four workers were killed at a construction site when an elevator they […]
Yemen was one of the countries were the ‘Arab Spring’ found fertile ground as people rose up against inequality, poverty, corruption and repression. Workers and unions were central to many of these struggles but the forces of reaction were also very strong and many people were killed. After 4 years, […]
With the continuation of the economic crisis around the world, the social and economic burden of this crisis is being felt by more and more workers and their communities. Reactionary elements are trying to use this hardship to divide workers along racial, ethnic or religious lines. In Australia, a new […]
In what appears to be a determined attempt to intimidate workers’ mobilisations, the local Delhi government has once again set its police forces onto demonstrating workers. This week, around 1,000 workers from different sectors and unions went to the offices of the Labour Minister to demand an end to contract […]
The arrests and intimidation of the last few months against critics of the Thai military dictatorship shows no sign of slowing down. In recent news, at least 20 students and their families have been harassed by the military, detainees who say the military has tortured them were denied legal access, […]
The economic crisis is being felt more and more in Japan with workers facing increasing attacks on their job security and intensification of their work. In the middle of this month, there was a nationwide strike by postal workers to fight against cuts to services, overwork and better pay for […]
March 30 2015 is the 39th anniversary of a general strike that took place in Galilee in response to the Israeli government's announcement to expropriate over 5,000 acres of Palestinian lands. This theft of land was to counter continued Palestinian resistance. Protests were held throughout Israel, Gaza Strip, West Bank, […]
Eight workers were killed and about 100 injured last week when the roof of a newly-constructed building of the Mongla Cement Factory collapsed in the port town of Mongla. Most of the workforce was composed of migrant workers from surrounding areas. This latest disaster is another example of the criminal […]
Over the last few weeks, the state government of Western Australia and the Australian Federal Government have mounted brutal attacks on Australia’s indigenous people. In what can only be described as a return to the genocidal policies of the past, these governments have described the Aboriginal spiritual link to the […]