A number of Thai unions have begun to campaign for a 20% increase in the minimum wage. This campaign is being totally opposed by the Thailand Chamber of Commerce even though the minimum wage was last raised in 2013. Unfortunately, unions are now operating in a very different environment as […]
Daily Archives: July 26, 2015
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A suicide bombing this week in the Turkish town of Suruc was a clear political attack on labour and international solidarity activists. The bomber targeted a gathering of activists who were meeting as part of an ongoing effort to reconstruct the northern Syrian town of Kobane. The city of Kobane […]
Anganbadi childcare workers in India are in their second week of a hunger strike to press for their demand for permanent employment, an 8 hour day, a minimum wage and benefits on par with other government workers in India. Anganbadi is a government sponsored child-care and mother-care program which relies […]
While the last two years, under the impetus of the Abe government, have seen a marked increase in the war readiness of Japan, there has been a corresponding increase in protests against this new militarism (see here and here). Late last month, a major rally of over 30,000 people surrounded […]
In an historic achievement, and after years of fighting, the government of Myanmar has agreed to institute a national minimum wage. Though the wage is very low, set at just over US $3 per day, this will mean a wage rise for many workers in a country that is fast […]
As reported previously, South Asia is the hub for the shipbreaking industry in the world. Unfortunately, the industry is concentrated in these countries because workers are un-unionised, they get starvation wages and working conditions are often deadly (see here, here and here). Because of continuing pressure by workers all around […]
It is just over a year since Israel unleashed the latest round of warfare on the people of Gaza. The effects of the war were devastating, and because of the continuing siege, much of the damage is still evident. Life in Gaza remains precarious with a new war already being […]