Yearly Archives: 2017

Trevor Grant was one of Australia’s most respected sports journalists with a career spanning 40 years. From his work covering cricket in Sri Lanka, Trevor became a passionate supporter of the Tamils right to self determination, a fierce critic of successive Sri Lankan governments wars, and defender of the rights […]

Almost two years ago, 4,000 workers at the PT Jaba Garmindo were left unemployed when their factory closed down suddenly. These workers are still waiting for four months’ worth of unpaid wages as well as termination payments. In total workers are owed almost US$11 million in payments. There is an […]

Amid uncertainty on whether the refugees held in the concentration camps of Nauru and Manus will be transferred to the USA in a swap with Central American refugees, or be forced elsewhere, conditions at these prison camps remain dire, see here and here. The conditions for the women detainees is […]

This week, Waqass Goraya, a human rights activist in Pakistan, told reporters that after he was kidnapped in early January, he was tortured repeatedly. Waqass at once stage believed that his captors were going to torture him until he died as he was critical of the government. Waqass was one […]

On the back of the devastating effects from the Indian government’s demonetisation actions of last year, workers across many industries continue to face anti union attacks. In a long running dispute, the Labour Court has revoked the dismissal of four Renault Nissan labour activists, though the company is still refusing […]

In a case that dates back to 2015, 51 school cleaners with government schools in the city of Ipoh, Malaysia, are still waiting the backpayment of 8 months of wages. Their dispute first started when the company they were working for, Time Medi, collapsed in July 2015. The cleaners were […]

International Women’s Day (IWD) has a long history and is a reflection of women’s efforts towards attaining gender equality. The sphere of unpaid and paid work is also part of this movement, and labour activists around the world are still fighting for gender equality at the workplace. In commemoration of […]

Following from the recent decision to cut penalty rates for some of Australia’s lowest paid workers, a number of unions have called for a major rally in Melbourne for this coming Thursday. Unions in the construction industry are spearheading this fightback as they have been specifically targeted by anti union […]

The new year began with a slowdown in the rate of murders from Philippines President Duterte’s vicious War on Drugs. This pause seems to have ended with President Duterte recalling his police force into the front line of the War on Drugs. The number of people killed has now reached […]

The economic and political crisis that saw repeated general strikes and demonstrations of over a million people against President Park from late 2015 onwards has continued into this year. The last two weekends have seen more huge mobilisations of up to a million people against the President and her supporters, […]