Earlier this week, labour activist Meng Han was released after almost 2 years in a Chinese jail. Meng had been working for the Panyu Workers’ Service Centre, a now dissolved labour rights group based in Guangzhou, and was convicted for supporting workers in their struggle against management. Authorities saw Meng […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
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A four day strike by over 6,000 workers at the Tata Motors' Jamshedpur plant in north east India, ended with the workers winning secure employment for an extra 200 of their colleagues. Given that there are over 4,000 workers employed on insecure contracts, this arrangement is still unsatisfactory. That this […]
It is 10 years since the Federal Government passed special legislation, known as the ‘NT Intervention’, which took control away from Aboriginal communities and allowed military personnel and police to take over their communities. The outcome of this take over has been further dispossession of Aboriginal people and a deterioration […]
This week, as tensions in the Korean peninsula remained high, the South Korea government proceeded with the deployment of further Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems. Activists all around South Korea have been protesting for months against these deployments. To counter this last deployment, activists blockaded the main highway […]
This week, tens of thousands of striking rural health workers won a promise from the Indian Government that their salaries will increase by over 90%. While this is a great victory, and led to spontaneous celebrations in the streets, the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union has stated that it will […]
The Haft Tapeh Sugarcane Workers Syndicate has called on all workers and labour organisations to condemn the continued violation of workers' rights in Iran and the persecution and arrests of its members at the 27th IUF World Congress. These workers have a proud history of fighting for their rights and […]
In a far reaching judgement, the Supreme Court of Thailand this week dismissed murder charges against former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban. These charges arose from the violent crackdown by the military against protestors in 2010 where almost 100 people were killed and around […]
Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza, the building that collapsed in 2013 killing over 1,100 garment workers, was this week sentenced to three years’ jail for corruption for hiding his wealth from authorities. Sohel is still facing many other charges including multiple counts of murder. This sentence is a […]
Since late July, more than 700 Swissport aviation workers at the international airport hub of Toronto, Canada have been on strike. Swissport is the biggest independent global ground services provider with the largest number of hub and LCC base operations globally. The strike is about wages and conditions and is […]
This week, Gregory Dunn, an 88 year old Aboriginal man in northern Australia, died just days before he was due to tell his story to a Court about how the wages he earned working as a stockman had been stolen from him. His case is part of a landmark class […]