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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, […]

Sri Lankan tea plantation workers receive some of the lowest wages of any workers in the world, for hard labour in hazardous conditions. Last week workers at the Hairpark Estate in Hunnasgiriya began a protest against their estate being deliberately run down by the government owned Sri Lanka State Plantation […]

The garment sector in Bangladesh is characterised by low wages and terrible working conditions where labour activism is routinely suppressed. In the first couple of months of this year, a new wave of repression saw over 30 garment labour activists either arrested or detained and over a 1,000 workers dismissed. […]

The industrial actions and strikes that began last year in the telecommunication sector in Sri Lanka are continuing despite grave attempts by government forces to intimidate and undermine the workers will. The issues are ones that are familiar to workers all around the world, namely the use of contract labour, […]

After the election in the USA, and witnessing the rise of the far right in Australia, the union movement – and particularly union rank and file members – need to take a lead in the fight against racism. Trades Hall has partnered with a number of unions and community groups […]

This month has seen an unprecedented political crisis engulf the government of South Korea. Last week, one million people took part in a demonstration in central Seoul calling on President Park Geun-hye to step down due to the influence-peddling scandal involving her confidant Choi Soon-sil. The administration of Park Geun-hye […]

This week the imprisoned journalist and labour activist Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was awarded the prestigious Jeon Tae il Labour Prize. Somyot is the first non Korean winner of this award. As Somyot is still in jail in Thailand, the award was accepted on his behalf by his daughter, Prakaidao ‘Sukanya’ Prueksakasemsuk, […]

The death toll from the horrific massacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards has risen to 29 workers, with possibly more than ten workers still listed as missing. This disaster has focused national attention to the conditions for workers in these workplaces. There have been numerous meetings and rallies […]

The repression unleashed by the Turkish government increasingly targeting opposition political parties. This week, anti terror police units arrested the co-mayors of the Kurdish cities of Siirt, Dersim (Tunceli), and Cizre for alleged terrorism crimes. Earlier this month, the opposition People's Democatic Party (HDP), was targeted with the arrests of […]

The issue of the systemic and rampant exploitation of migrant workers in Australia was once again exposed this week. A number of farms were exposed using a web of sub-contracting companies to pay workers only a few dollars a day for their work. This exploitation is a result of the […]