As reported previously, while trade unions are strictly controlled in China, activism and independent organising in is increasing as more and more workers protest against low pay, unsafe work conditions and long working hours. Recently there have been high profile strikes at the Cuiheng bag factory in Zhongshan and at […]
Daily Archives: April 12, 2015
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The dire situation of Palestinians living in the Yarmouk camp in the outskirts of Damascus has previously been reported. While only around 18,000 people remain in the bombed-out camp, the situation in the last couple of weeks has deteriorated further with the entry of Islamic State fighters into the camp. […]
The Korean based, global company of Samsung has a deservedly bad reputation as an anti-worker company that puts profits well ahead of workers’ safety. After many years of fighting Samsung, labour activists were starting to hope that the situation would improve. The latest developments in the battle for compensation for […]
It is almost two years ago that the single greatest industrial massacre in the world occurred in Dhaka, Bangladesh when the Rana Plaza building collapsed. The building housed a number of textile factories and over 1,100 garment workers were killed in the collapse. Hundreds more were injured. Compensation payments to […]
As reported previously, the fight for Aboriginal rights and culture in Australia has gained greater urgency with the proposed closure of hundreds of remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia. This is part of the attempted genocide of Aboriginal cultures that has been perpetrated since the British first colonised Australia in […]
The situation for workers and human rights activists in Malaysia is becoming less secure as the government is increasingly targeting critics via its Sedition Act. Last year a number of protests were held against a spate of arrests, but earlier this year more people were arrested. Recently, it was the […]
In the years 2012 and 2013, Turkey was the world’s leading jailer of journalists, with 49 and 40 journalists in jail respectively in these two years. While there have been less journalists jailed, the repression against reporters continues with the Turkish President, Erdogan, recently stating that more journalists will face […]
The re-elected Japanese government headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has embarked on a drive to increase Japan’s military might as well as continuing to cut workers’ wages and conditions. This January, thousands of people protested against plans to move and extend US military bases. In early March tens of […]