Jafar Azmimzadeh, the Chairperson of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, has been on a hunger strike for almost 50 days. Jafar has been on a hunger strike to protest against his 6 year jail sentence on fabricated political charges aimed at stopping his labour activities. He smuggled a recorded […]
Monthly Archives: June 2016
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In continuing efforts to stifle any dissent in Thailand, the Thai military has charged three human rights defenders under the draconian Computer Crimes Act. The three activists, Somchai Homlaor, Pornpen Khongkachonkie, and Anchana Heemmina, are all part of the Cross Cultural Foundation. They had produced a report detailing torture practiced […]
Since the start of 2015, a number of new far right parties have tried to exploit the current economic and political climate to their advantage. They have organised a number of rallies in cities around Australia trying to fuel people’s anxiety of Muslims, refugees and foreigners in general. Labour and […]
The China Labour Bulletin has recently released a report, examining the increasing number of struggles by teachers and their political ramifications. The article presents a compelling portrait of swelling teacher anger and frustration in a country whose economy is weakening, whose middle class is trying to come to grips with […]
A new report by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has provided more evidence of how companies use sub-contracting arrangements to lower wages and conditions. The report analysed 50 global companies and found that they directly employed only 6% of their workforce. The remaining 116 million workers were employed across […]
3CR Radio is an activist radio station based in Melbourne, Australia. This year marks its 40th birthday. 3CR Radio is a unique radio station with union, worker, indigenous, women’s, ethnic, LGBTI, environmental, music and other community programs that are not heard elsewhere. Every week AAWL presents its Asia Pacific Currents […]
After being on strike for over 9 weeks, 54 workers employed at the Bitzer refrigerator manufacturing plant in Melbourne, Australia, won their fight against the company. The management of Bitzer wanted to enforce a new agreement on workers that would increase their work days and decrease their job security with […]
In the last few weeks, four workers were killed and others injured in a series of incidents at the Seiko Steel and Laskar shipbreaking yards. These horrific statistics are the direct results of the criminal neglect by employers of safe working conditions and the repression of independent trade unions. Unfortunately, […]
The health and safety of workers in South Korea took a step forward last week with the recognition that Malignant Lymphoma is a disease caused by occupational exposure. This small win was the result of hard struggle by labour activists who have been campaigning for years against the practices of […]
The situation for refugees in Australia remains mired in the policy of repression from the two main political parties. A local artist’s exhibition vividly portrays this inhumanity, while a group of refugees have produced a video condemning the actions of the current immigration minister, Peter Dutton. In the offshore concentration […]