Saeed Torabian, Member of the Syndicate of Workers of the Tehran and Suburbs (Vahed) Bus Drives was released from prison on the 20th of July after 42 days in jail on charges of acting against national security. The Syndicate sincerely congratulates Mr.Torabian and his friends, family and colleagues as well […]
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An international International Union of Food (IUF) workers fact-finding team has been denied access to an Assam plantation in north east India. The IUF team was requested by trade unions in Assam to investigate the recent deaths of three workers. The Powai estate is one of the world’s largest tea-processing […]
Once again, construction workers held rallies all around Australia defense of Ark Tribe who is facing a possible six months jail term for not attending an interrogation with the Australian Building Construction Commission (ABCC). His trial has been postponed to mid September, but the campaign against the powers of the […]
Workers in Australia and Japan recently took industrial action over conditions in their workplaces. In Australia, there was a 24 hour nationwide shutdown following the death of a waterside worker in Melbourne. In Japan, a rally was held outside the head office of Dowa Lines to protest against the company’s […]
Up to 20,000 garment workers went on strike in Cambodia this month. The strike was organised by the Coalition of Cambodian Apparels Union. The workers were demanding a bigger increase in the minimum wage than the 9% offered by the Government. They are seeking for the minimum wage to be […]
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Since forming a union at Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in the southern Pakistan city of Multan in June 2009, members have met with death threats, abduction, firings, extortion, forgery and fraud. Management’s vicious response to the workers’ fight for a union is a story drenched with violence, corruption, sleaze and escalating […]
Defending Indigenous Rights: Land~Law~Culture is a conference running from July 6-9 in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) to discuss issues facing Indigenous people and communities both in Australia and overseas. There will be speakers and delegates from Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory and Indigenous representatives from around the world. Issues to […]
We condemn in the strongest terms the killing of Edward Panganiban, a labor leader in the Southern Tagalog region. He was trying to catch a ride to work when he was gunned down by motorcycle-riding men at 5:20 pm, in Barangay Caingin, Sta. Rosa, Laguna last June 3. He died […]
On Wednesday June 23rd Zoya Samadi, Mansour Osanloo’s daughter in law, was leaving work to go home. Samadi was brutally accosted by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence at the Tarasht metro station. Mansour Osanloo is the head of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran & Suburbs Bus Company. After […]