Earlier this week in Mayong, in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, a crane collapsed on a building site killing 18 workers and injuring over 50 others. While a gust of wind was implicated as the immediate cause for the crane’s collapse, the reality is that in many Chinese workplaces, […]
Daily Archives: April 18, 2016
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On 24 April 2013 the eight-story Rana Plaza building in Dhaka Bangladesh collapsed. The owners of a number of garment factories in the building had ignored the most basic safety regulations, and forced workers to keep working when it was clear the walls were cracking. The confirmed death toll was […]
It has been over three years since the fire at the Ali Enterprises garment factory fire in Baldia town, Karachi that killed over 250 of its workers. The fire was a direct result of the owners’ total disregard for the health and safety of its workers. This week, rallies were […]
In June 2007, the federal government staged a massive intervention in the Northern Territory with the lie of protecting Aboriginal children from sexual abuse. On every single possible measure, such as violence against women, alcohol and drug use, incarceration rates, suicides and levels of education, the Northern Territory Intervention has […]
The meat processor Talleys/AFFCO group of companies in New Zealand have an appalling health and safety record with workers continually suffering injuries at work. In addition, the companies actively minimise and hide many of these incidents. Labour activists and unions throughout the Asia/Pacific have taken action to show solidarity and […]
Two imprisoned labour activists in Iran, Jafar Azimzadeh and Esmail Abdi, have announced that they will start a hunger strike at the end of April to coincide with May Day as an expression of solidarity with workers worldwide. Jafar and Esmail, both of whom have been arrested for labour activities, […]
This upcoming 30 April will mark the 5th anniversary of Somyot Priksakasemsuk’s imprisonment in Thailand under that country’s draconian Lese Majeste laws. Somyot is a journalist and a labour activist. Thai activists are calling for supporters around the world to send letters to Somyot as a show of solidarity with […]
Scores of Filipino workers employed at Seung Yeun Technology Industries Corp. (SYTIC), at the Cavite Export Processing Zone in Rosario, went on an indefinite strike this week. The company produces semi-conductors electronic products for major international companies. The workers are demanding the reinstatement of 20 workers fired for union activities, […]