Ten days after the massive industrial explosions that killed more than 100 workers, it is becoming clear that this was not an unfortunate accident but the result of criminal negligence. Scores of untrained and casualised firefighters were sent in to deal with the original fires leading to the deaths of […]
Daily Archives: August 23, 2015
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Close to a 1,000 workers employed by the Australian company Ansell at the Biyagama Export Processing Zone in Sri Lanka went on strike in October 2013 for the right to form their own union. They are still fighting to establish their own union. Union representatives attempted to come to Melbourne, […]
There has been a concerted effort this year by racist and fascist forces in Australia to grow as a movement using anti-Muslim hysteria as its fuel. Each time these forces have rallied, major counter rallies by groups of anti-fascists have confronted them (see here and here). In the southern state […]
Recently we reported that the Migrant Trade Union (MTU) in South Korea had won legal recognition following a decade of struggle and a Supreme Court decision. This victory was immediately curtailed by the South Korean ministry of Labour which imposed legal hurdles preventing registration of the MTU. Labour activists then […]
As reported last week, a major dispute has developed in Australian ports against the global giant Hutchison. While mediation is ongoing, the workers assemblies set up in solidarity are still in place in Brisbane and Sydney. Solidarity has also been expressed by port workers all around the world, notably be […]
In the last few years, Malaysia has seen unprecedented mass demonstrations against the economic and political corruption of the ruling UMNO coalition governments. Previous rallies, known by the Malay word, Bersih, meaning clean and referring to the campaign for clean and fair elections, have been attacked by security forces with […]
In response to the Indian government’s recent actions in amending labour laws to make it easier to dismiss workers and restrict workers’ rights to organise, a general strike has been called for Wednesday the 2 September. All the major 11 central trade union federations will take part as well as […]
It has been just over four years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in northern Japan highlighted the dangers of nuclear reactors. Workers sent in to clean up the disabled reactor have been continually exposed to hazardous levels of radiation. In addition, in an effort to prevent further explosions, cooling water […]