Daily Archives: September 20, 2015

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 […]

The issue of trade unionists being jailed in Iran has been covered many times previously (see here, here, here and here). These arrests are a reflection of the Iranian government’s unrelenting campaign against labour activists in order to prevent workers improving their wages and conditions. This week, Shahrokh Zamani died […]

The shipbreaking business around the world is a global industry where costs are pared to the bare minimum at the expense of workers’ health and safety. This week another 4 workers were killed at the shipyards in Chittagong, Bangladesh when a gas cylinder exploded. Many others were left badly injured. These deaths […]

In South Korea there are two main trade union federations that represent workers, the Korean Federation of Trade Unions (FKTU) and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). This week, in a tripartite committee comprising representatives from the FKTU, the Korea Employers' Federation and the Ministry of Employment and Labor, […]

In the last few weeks we reported that Philippine Airlines (PAL) was once again laying off staff contrary to an agreement that it had reached with PALEA, the union representing PAL workers, a couple of years ago. The workers have not accepted this and are involved in pickets and demonstrations […]

The continued repression by Israel and the resistance by Palestinians has been reported previously (see here and here) but in the last week tensions in Jerusalem have escalated greatly. The flashpoint is the al-Aqsa mosque where Israeli far right activists and settlers are trying to gain more access to the […]