A group of workers at the Caltex lubricants facility in Lytton, Queensland Australia, went on an indefinite strike against a proposed 15% wage cut. Caltex is one of the major global energy companies in the world. After 10 days of strike the workers won a deal that will see a […]
Monthly Archives: November 2016
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The opposition coalition in Malaysia that has come together under the banner of ‘Bersih’ (which means “clean” in the Malay language) to oppose corruption and nepotism in the government is gearing up for a new mass rally. While previous mass rallies have involved tens of thousands of people in Malaysia, […]
A massive explosionearlier this week killed 14 people and injured another 147 in the town of Xinmin, Shaanxi Province, destroying a number of buildingsin the working class residential neighbourhood. The cause of the explosion is thought to be due to illegally stored chemicalsfor use in one of the many coal […]
The continuing wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen are having a devastating effecton workers of these countries. Whether it is hospitals in Afghanistanor Syriabeing bombed, or funerals in Yemen, or market areas in Baghdad, the results are hundreds of dead at the hands of one of the various imperialist […]
Earlier this month, the Appeals Court of Tehran confirmed the six year sentenceagainst the General Secretary of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, Esmail Abdi. Teachers in Iran staged massive protestsin 2015 for better pay and conditions and against the deplorable state of public education in Iran. Esmail was targetedfor repression […]
The protest camp outside the headquarters of the giant Samsung Corporation in Seoul, South Korea has now passed its first year. This sit-in is run by a group of labour activists. They have campaigned relentlessly to bring justice to the many workers, and their families, who have been injured or […]
Australia’s Fairwork Ombudsman and Unions NSW have released major reports that each expose the widespread tactic of making work precarious for workers. Like many other countriesof the world, Australian workers are seeing companies using flexible working arrangements like casualization, sub-contracting, zero hour contracts and short term visas to undermine wages […]