Monthly Archives: June 2016

At the start of this month, Khalida Jarrar, was released from jail after 14 months of administrative detention. At her release, Khalida's message was that internationally, the Palestinian solidarity movement needs to devote more energy and campaigning on the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. At the same time Khalida […]

Last week, workers and unions in Melbourne, Australia had a victory for workers to hold political views when Roz Ward, an academic at La Trobe University was reinstated after a short suspension. Ms. Ward is one of the co-founders of the Safe School curriculum which aims to promote acceptance of […]

This week a fire engulfed a housing complex for migrant workers in Qatar, killing 11  and injuring at least another 12 workers. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident as countries in West Asia, like Qatar, are renowned for their brutal exploitation of migrant workers and their anti-union practices (see […]

In a barbaric display of repression and intimidation, the Iranian Government carried out public floggings against 17 mine workers as punishment for them taking industrial action. The workers were employed at the Agh Dareh Gold Mine in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province. They had been protesting against the layoff of 350 […]

In conjunction with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general meeting in Dublin, Ireland, held at the start of June, airport workers in many countries (see here and here) staged protests in a co-ordinated Global Day of Action, (see here for pictures). In a globalised industry like aviation, workers […]

Workers at Bitzer have now been on strike for nine weeks. They are fighting for a contract that will not cut their wages and conditions. They want to stop the attempt to introduce different rates of pay for workers doing the same job. The workers are maintaining a 24-hour picket […]

Earlier this week, in an example of the health and safety issues that garment workers in Cambodia face, over 100 workers were badly affected by chemicals in their factory. The company, Orient International Enterprise factory, situated in the Kampong Speu’s Samrong Tong area, admitted that it had sprayed pesticides throughout […]

The powerful CFMEU Queensland union is using the Federal election period to start a political campaign called Steady Jobs. The aim of the campaign is to call on governments to legislate for better job security and against the increasing use of short term/casual employment contracts. This issue is something that […]

Hundreds of workers employed at a warehouse sub-contracted to PepsiCo in the Indian state of West Bengal are facing more pressure from management. The dispute started three years ago when workers took action to form their own union and for greater job security. Other groups of PepsiCo workers have also […]