Monthly Archives: September 2015

The heroic and bitter struggle of the Ssangyong workers has been well documented over the last few years (see here, here, here and here), but the struggle for justice is still continuing. This month a delegation of dismissed Ssangyong Korean workers went to Mumbai, India in an effort to pressure […]

As reported previously (see here and here), the Japanese government’s intention to increase its military capabilities have produced a growing anti militarism movement in Japan. Its passage in Parliament produced violent scenes as opposition deputies tried to stop the reading of the bill. Meanwhile huge crowds outside broke through police […]

Saturday 19 September was the 9th anniversary of the 2006 military coup and hundreds of human rights activists held a forum to discuss this event and then marched to the nearby Democracy Monument. This event coincided with the 54th birthday of independent journalist and labour activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk who is […]

As reported previously, the influx of big numbers of refugees in Europe is a symptom of the ongoing war in Syria and crisis in nearby countries. In the last couple of weeks Russia has stepped up its intervention into the conflict by expanding its military bases in the coastal cities […]

As reported last week, the Korean working class is facing a big assault by government and employers who are trying to use a slowing economy to increase workers’ job insecurity and increase exploitation. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions has declared that it will fight this offensive with the start […]

This year has seen a marked increase in mobilisations by a number of racist, far right and fascist organisations in Australia. These mobilisations have been countered by various labour and anti racist/fascist activists throughout Australia. Unfortunately, fascist elements are continuing to organise and are now concentrating on the southern regional […]

As reported in last week’s news, the Iranian working class lost a tireless leader when Shahrokh Zamani died in an Iranian prison. Iranian unions have rallied to his cause and are calling for justice for his death. Internationally, Shahrokh’s death has sparked many many actions and protests in solidarity with […]

Labour news from Bangladesh is usually about the efforts of workers to organise or about major industrial disasters that kill scores of workers in the garment or shipbreaking sectors. The gas and oil exploration sector that operates mainly offshore is an under-reported sector. Hundreds of workers are employed by the […]

The deaths of over 100 people from the collapse of a construction crane in Mecca is just the latest industrial accident to have occurred this year (see here and here).  As the biggest country in the Gulf region and one of the richest, Saudi Arabia has a huge construction sector […]

Earlier this month, four workers employed by the Jeans Company were killed when the roof on their factory collapsed on them. Another 16 workers were injured. This roof collapse is just the last of a long line of industrial catastrophes in Pakistan (see here and here,) and reflects a corrupt […]