Monthly Archives: August 2017

This week many workers were injured at the giant Grasberg copper and gold mine in West Papua, owned by Freeport McMoran when police and security guards dispersed workers’ picket lines. This represents a further escalation of the current dispute that began in early May over possible job losses. In this […]

Earlier this week, more than 50 garment workers were injured when their demonstration was attacked by hired thugs. One of their activists was also kidnapped and only released hours later. The workers, employed by the Haesong company, had been taking action in support of their demands for the payment of […]

The western Syrian town of Raqqa is the latest urban settlement to face massive bombardment after Aleppo and Mosul in Iraq. Amid ongoing calls for civilian evacuations from international human rights agencies and the United Nations, and media reports on the war, the working class communities of Raqqa are now […]

The ice cream manufacturer, Peters, a subsidiary of the global giant Unilever, is trying to terminate an existing enterprise agreement at one of its factories in western Sydney. The hundreds of workers employed at this factory stand to lose up to 46% of their current wages, as well as other […]

August 8 was the 29th anniversary of the uprising in 1988 against the military dictatorship in Myanmar. While that uprising was repressed, the fight against repression has continued. The new democratically elected government has not fulfilled people’s expectations with human rights abuses still widespread in the country. These can be […]

Over 200 workers from the Chung Fai Knitwear factory in Cambodia have been fighting for over a year to get their wages and entitlements after the factory unexpectedly closed down. The mainly female workers have remain steadfast in their quest for justice. Their campaign has become international with progressively more […]

Lee Jae-yong, the acting chairman of the global giant Samsung, was been sentenced to five years' jail for bribes and perjury offences. Jae-yong’s charges relate to his dealings with the disgraced former South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, who is currently facing up to ten years' jail. The Samsung corporation has […]

The murder of 32 people in one night last week, once again highlights the murderous rampage that President Duterte has unleashed in the Philippines with his ‘War on Drugs’. It is estimated that close to 10,000 people have been killed so far, with bodies being dumped in the sea and […]

In a new development, Israel is trying to stop its reliance on Palestinian workers by importing large numbers of Chinese migrant workers. While the Israel economy benefitted from the dispossession of Palestinian lands and the super exploitation of Palestinian workers, it nevertheless left it vulnerable to Palestinians’ organising efforts and […]

The Iranian labour activist Reza Shahabi has been on a hunger strike since August 9 in protest against his renewed detention and extension of his prison sentence. Reza is a long time member and activist with the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Vahed Syndicate) with a […]