Ten years ago, on the 11th of December, in a media inspired frenzy, thousands of people converged in Sydney’s seaside suburb of Cronulla to unleash an anti-Lebanese and anti-Arab riot. This year Australia has seen the rise of a number of anti-Muslim far right groups who are determined to grow […]
Monthly Archives: December 2015
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In two separate accidents, less than two hours apart, three construction workers in Perth, Western Australia were killed at their workplace. These latest deaths bring the annual number of workers killed at work in Australia to 170. Unions in Australia have worked very hard to reduce the number of fatalities […]
Last week we reported on the numerous union offices that have been raided by police in an attempt to intimidate a growing anti-government movement that is spearheaded by Korean workers. As a response to these attacks, labour and human rights activists called for another demonstration for Saturday the 5th of […]
The systemic exploitation of migrant workers in the Gulf countries of West Asia has been well documented before (see here and here). A recent case has highlighted the barbarity that many of these workers have to endure with the case of a Sri Lankan maid being sentenced to death by […]