This week, the new USA administration of President Trump bombed a major Syrian airbase in retaliation to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons against opposition areas. Given the past scale of atrocities over the last six years, President Trump moral justification for the bombing is only an excuse for […]
Daily Archives: April 9, 2017
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McCormick Corporation is a food flavouring company that has facilities in 26 countries and employs over 10,000 workers. In the last few weeks, its workforce at the Bentleigh plant in Melbourne, Australia has been taking industrial action in support of a new workplace agreement. The company wants to cut workers’ […]
Following last months’ jailing of 13 Maruti Suzuki workers for life sentences, workers in India and internationally have continued their campaign to free them and to assert the right to organise and form independent unions. April 4 & 5 were designated as days of action in support for the imprisoned […]
The situation for the majority of Palestinians continues to deteriorate as another anniversary of Land Day saw more arrests. To coincide with this day, the Israeli government approved new settlements in the Occupied West Bank and set aside funds to construct new ones. The Israeli government continues to use mass […]
The ongoing restructuring of work in Australia towards more contract, casual or short term jobs is generating a catastrophe for millions of workers. At the recent Formula One event in Melbourne, workers were sought for the ‘opportunity’ to work for no pay at all, while workers at Sydney airport have […]
In a long running case, hundreds of Japanese labour activists rallied in Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture outside the headquarters of Sanken Electric Company to demand the reinstatement of dismissed Korean workers. The company sacked 35 of its workers last year, all of whom were active union members. In the fight […]
A strike last month by hundreds of workers that led to physical clashes against management inside the Hangzhou Hundred-Tex Garment factory is another sign that workers in Myanmar are tired of waiting for better times. Amid continued repression, the garment industry has continued to expand in Myanmar, bringing more and […]