The struggle for a living wage by Cambodian garment workers hit the world’s headlines in January 2014 when police killed five workers who were protesting for better wages and conditions. Despite this repression, workers have continued their mobilisations demanding a living wage. This week, garment workers again took to the […]
Monthly Archives: October 2015
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As previously reported, the slowing Chinese economy is leading to an increasing number of factory closures which have a negative impact on workers. Pressure on profits and constant cutting of costs produce toxic working environments for many Chinese workers. A recent report has detailed how strikes and protest actions by […]
Following the losses of two planes in less than 12 months, Malaysia Airlines has undergone major internal reforms. A key component of these reforms is an attack on workers’ wages and conditions. This attack is part of an ongoing assault by airline companies globally as they try to make workers […]
As reported previously, the recent death of Shahrokh Zamani in an Iranian prison has shone a light on the repressive nature of the Iranian government and has galvanised support for labour activists in Iran. The peak body of trade unions in Victoria, the Victorian Trades Hall Council recently passed a […]
Further clashes this week between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers and settlers has seen a growing number of Palestinian casualties. The stabbings of Israeli people by Palestinians is a symptom of the desperation that the great majority of Palestinians are experiencing due to the restrictive actions of the Israeli occupation. Palestinian […]
Workers at bottling plants in West Bengal have been fighting the company’s union busting attempts for over two years. The dispute started in early 2013 when over 160 workers were fired for forming their own union. The struggle continued into 2014 as some of the dismissed workers gained the support […]
The struggle in 2012 by thousands of Maruti Suzuki workers in the Gurgaon region just outside of New Delhi for better pay and conditions has been documented before (see here and here). Unfortunately that fight was defeated with thousands of workers dismissed, hundreds arrested, and many injured. They were replaced […]
As previously reported a number of times (see here and here), the exploitation of temporary migrant workers in Australia is becoming more and more visible and widespread. On the back of the rampant abuse of workers by the global company, 7/11, a new study has detailed the extent and depth […]
The conditions for workers in the garment sector in countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia and Pakistan are some of the worst in the world. While workers have continually fought for better conditions and wages in all of these countries (see here and here), they are usually met with repression and the […]
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. Unfortunately, fascist elements are continuing to organise and are now concentrating on the southern regional city of […]