This week, the Immigration Minister of Australia, Mr. Peter Dutton, stated that the concentration camp of Manus will close. This announcement comes on the back of growing pressure on the government. This week, over 100 former workers from the concentration camps of Nauru and Manus have publicly called for their […]
Monthly Archives: August 2016
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A few days ago, another 18 Maruti Suzuki workers received bail in Gurgaon and were released from jail. This now still leaves 16 workers in jail, including the union leadership group. The Maruti Suzuki struggle started four years ago by workers attempting to unionise and secure long term employment contracts. […]
The fight against contracting out, lower wages and insecure work by CUB workers will soon be three months old. The 55 sacked workers continue to receive massive support from other workers and unions in Melbourne, while international solidarity is also increasing (see here and here). This struggle is becoming a […]
During the 1950s, the United Kingdom had a nuclear test program in the central Pacific. Thousands of British military personnel, and hundreds of New Zealand and Fijian soldiers and sailors were involved in these tests. Many of these soldiers and sailors suffered health effects and never received compensation. The situation […]
Earlier this week, food supplies had to be rushed to 20 crew members left to fend for themselves on a ship off the Gladstone coast, a city in the north east of Australia. The workers employed on the ship, owned by Fujian Shipping, had not been paid for over two […]
Hundreds of Sri Lankan Ansell workers who have been fighting for almost three years, have finally won some justice. The original dispute began with the sacking of labour activist by Ansell in a clear union busting action. This week, an agreement was reached between the representing union (FTGSEU) and Ansell […]
On Thursday 11 August, a blast occurred at a chemical plant located in Dangyang in the central Hubei province of China. The blast was caused by a high pressure steam tube breaking apart. Initial reports put the death toll at 21 workers dead with another 6 injured. This blast happened […]
This week, after much delay, and with no independent campaigning allowed, and arrests of any opponents, a new constitution was adopted via a national referendum. The ruling military junta had overseen the drafting of this new constitution as a way to guarantee law and order. In reality, the new constitution […]
A huge database of incident reports from the Nauru concentration camp was leaked to the Australian media this week. It catalogue long lists of abuses, incidents, assaults and self harm that refugees have endured while imprisoned in Nauru. These documents come only weeks after Australia offshore concentration camps were condemned […]
It has been another big week in the fight against Samsung in South Korea. Earlier this month the news came that a 32-year-old worker, Yi Chang-oun, died of acute lymphoblastic leukemia after 3.5 years working with various chemicals at a Samsung plant. A few days later, investigators uncovered how South […]