The last couple of years has seen a marked increase in mobilisations by a number of racist, far right and fascist organisations throughout Australia (see here and here). This coming Sunday, 25 June, in Melbourne, Australia far right groups will try to use nationalism to divide and weaken working class […]
Monthly Archives: June 2017
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The situation for workers and their communities in Kashmir has deteriorated sharply over the last couple of years. Working class communities have been the hardest hit with disruption to basic services, repression by paramilitary and police forces and loss of employment. A major meeting was recently held by a number […]
Labour and human rights activists will once again stage a number of events and co-ordinated rallies in support of the rights of refugees this Tuesday, the 20 June (see here for Melbourne rally). Refugees are the victims of an economic and political system that creates war and oppression. Australian government […]
Last week a massive explosion destroyed a firecracker factory in Balaghat, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, killing up to 25 workers and injuring many other workers. The immediate cause of this disaster is not known, but unfortunately this was not an isolated incident. Explosions and fires at factories producing […]
The dispute that started early in May at the giant Grasberg copper and gold mine in West Papua, owned by Freeport McMoran, has continued to escalate with more than 3,000 workers now having been sacked. At the same time as these dismissals, Freeport McMoran is in discussions with the Indonesian […]
Three young construction workers were killed this week when the bamboo platform they were working on collapsed from the 10th storey of the building, sending them to their death. Investigations are still ongoing but preliminary signs point to the lack standard safety measures and negligence by supervisors of the construction […]
The new unfolding crisis in West Asia that centres on Qatar can be traced back to the political shockwaves that the Arab Spring has produced since 2011. In particular, it is the current and developing situations in the wars in Iraq and Syria that are leading various ruling elites such […]
This week, after a long campaign by workers and labour activist, the leading apparel company of Khaadi signed a new agreement with its workforce. The estimated 6,000 workers will now have standardised written contracts, decreased overtime, guarantees against gender discrimination, secure social security payments, access to bonuses, and access to […]
The ongoing heroic struggle by Maruti Suzuki workers in the Manesar region of northern India is the subject of a new documentary – ‘The Factory’. The documentary focuses on the 3 year criminal prosecution of hundreds of workers, exposing the structural injustice of the law in India that protects the […]
On Tuesday 20 June, the powerful CFMEU has called for a major rally in Melbourne, Australia to protest against the ongoing attacks against workers. In particular, the focus will be on the special anti-union powers of the ABCC, the cutting of wages for workers in the retail and hospitality industries, […]