It has been almost two years since the mass murder of over a 1,000 garment workers at Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but the fight for justice for the victims’ families and the survivors continues. After a long delay, another major clothing brand, Benetton, has agreed to start paying compensation, […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
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As reported recently, the situation for asylum seekers in Australia’s offshore detention centres in Manus and Nauru continue to deteriorate. A recent round of non-cooperation by asylum seekers at the Nauru detention centre has been met with a harsh response from the Nauru authorities that have arrested over one hundred […]
From the 1950’s up to the 1970’s, workers in Japan were well organised and had strong, militant unions. Following years of economic restructuring, anti union laws and co-option of sections of the leadership, unions in Japan are facing a tough climate in which to grow again. In the last couple […]
On the 16th of December 2015, five union leaders of the 2,500 strong workforce at the Cambo Kotop Company were sacked by the company. Campo Kotop routinely films workers during rest breaks in an attempt to intimidate them and stop organising efforts. Following this, hundreds of workers then went on […]
In a case that has lasted almost 15 years, former workers and local residents of Kodaikanal in southern India, have been campaigning for Unilever to compensate and rehabilitate their area from a dumpsite containing tons of mercury. This toxic site was the result of illegal dumping of mercury by a […]
The refugee camp of Yarmouk is located in the southern suburbs of Syria’s capital, Damascus. Before the start of the Syrian uprising it had a population of around 250,000. The majority were Palestinian refugees. The situation over the last four years has deteriorated massively with many of the remaining residents […]
The heroic occupation and subsequent defeat of thousands of Ssangyong workers in 2009, has not deterred the dismissed workers from continuing to fight for their rights. However, this fight has taken its toll on these workers, and many have committed suicide in recent years, while others have been propelled to […]
The continuing global economic crisis is starting to have a greater impact in Australia with a recent rise in the unemployment rate. As with many other governments around the world, the Australian government has embarked on a strategy of austerity that will impact on workers the hardest. In a familiar […]
International Women’s Day (IWD) originated in 1911, when women garment workers in New York took action to protest against their appalling and dangerous working conditions. Women workers often face more hazardous working and social conditions than their male counterparts and get paid less than men for comparable work. Violence against […]
With a slowing economy, Chinese workers in all industries are starting to feel the pressure of workplaces closing down, and overtime payments and bonuses drying up. In some cases, workers have been left without money for the important Lunar New Year annual holiday period. The last time that this occurred […]