Tens of thousands of nurses at private hospitals across the southern Indian state of Kerala ended their two month strike after the government agreed to more than double their wages from less than Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 (USA $310) per month. This is a great achievement by these workers […]
Daily Archives: July 30, 2017
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Last Thursday, in the Bin Qasim area of Karachi, Pakistan, four workers died after falling into an underground chemical tank of an industrial unit. A maintenance worker who was repairing the tank fell in first, and then four others became trapped as they tried to rescue him. Only one survived. […]
A bomb that targeted buses carrying public servants on the way to work in Kabul, killing 35 and injuring many more, highlights the vulnerability of workers to the ongoing effects of the war in Afghanistan. Indiscriminate bombings and military actions by insurgents, government and imperialist forces are continuing to devastate […]
This week, more than one thousand teachers in Iran issued a public statement calling for the unconditional and immediate release of Mohsen Omrani. Omrani is serving a one year sentence for ‘propaganda against the state’ for organising teachers in the southern port city of Bushehr. In a separate case involving […]
The picket line set up by workers at Longford, a small town in south east Australia, against moves to outsource them is holding strong as the battle is set to enter its third month. While the company was able to get a court order banning the display of a giant […]
Migrant domestic workers continue to be amongst the most vulnerable workers in the world. In mid July, Zohra Bibi, a domestic worker, complained to her employers about her unpaid wages. In response, the employer-family held her captive within their gated community in Noida, New Delhi. When her husband went to […]
A two week strike by hundreds of workers at the Zama manufacturing plant demanding health guarantees and compensation was broken up by riot police earlier this month. Zama Precision Industry in Shenzen province in southern China is a subsidiary of the global giant Stihl that had decided to relocate its […]
The days USA military dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945. Around 130,000 people perished immediately with another 90,000 dying by the end of the year due to radiation injuries. It was mainly working class communities that perished in these […]