This week, one of the imprisoned leaders of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association (ITTA) was transferred to a hospital due to the effects of his continuing hunger strike. Two other imprisoned workers, Esmail Abdi and Jafar Azimzadeh, are continuing their indefinite hunger strike. They began their hunger strike at the […]
Daily Archives: May 17, 2016
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This week, a year ago, the Kentex factory that produced thongs burned down in Valenzuela City in the Philippines. At least 72 workers were killed, but more are suspected to have perished. After 12 months, most of the survivors are still waiting for justice, the owner of the factory is […]
This week, the trial against labour rights researcher Andy Hall will begin in a Bangkok Criminal Court. Andy is facing criminal defamation and computer crimes charges. These arise from three years ago after Andy had exposed the brutal exploitation practices of the Natural Fruit Company, especially against its migrant Burmese […]
The murder of Khurram Zaki this week, in the southern city of Karachi, is the latest murder in a continuing campaign by Islamist reactionary forces against left wing activists. A journalist was also killed at the same time as Khurram. This murder reinforces the climate of repression and intimidation that […]
Since late last year, Korean workers have been under sustained attack, with the government and the companies weakening workers’ power through legislative attacks on union rights and workers’ rights to secure employment. Choi Jeong-myeong and Han Gyu-hyeop are two workers from Kia Motors who have been atop a billboard for […]
Around 50 workers employed at the Bitzer cooling equipment plant in the west of Melbourne, Australia are now on their 6th week of their indefinite strike. They have taken action to resist the company’s attempts to reduce leave days, reduce redundancy payouts, and introduced differing rates of pay for workers […]
Earlier this week, eight human rights activists were arrested by police in Phnom Penh. All eight of them were attempting to join a demonstration that had been organised to protest against earlier arrests of human rights activists. These latest arrests continue the government crackdown on dissent and on the ability […]
The long running strike by the workers at Seung Yeun Technology (SYTIC), located in the Cavite Export Processing Zone in the Philippines, came to an end this week. An agreement was worked out between the company and workers representatives regarding rehiring and termination payments. The actions by workers last week […]