Program 05.06.2010 Labour updates on ongoing industrial issues in the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Jones Espino from the Migrant Trade Union in South Korea. File Download (28:57 min / 27 MB) Program 13.06.2010 Labour news and updates from the region. Interview with Geoffrey Crothall, Communications Director China Labour Bulletin, […]
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Somyot Pruksakasemsuk was released on Sunday night, 13 June, from a prison at a Thai army base. He had been imprisoned since 24 May, together with academic Suthachai Yimprasert from Chulalongkom University, after the two presented themselves to police after they heard arrest warrants had been issued for them. The […]
wednesday 7 july 2010 Reports from Iranian Workers and Activists 6:30 pm – all welcome trades hall, lygon street, carlton
Workers at a Honda auto parts factory in China have returned to work with a 24 per cent wage increase, after taking strike action that shut down Honda assembly plants to protest against low wages. Around 1,900 workers at the plant in Foshan began industrial action on May 17 demanding […]
Rally: Saturday 5 June at 2 pm State Library, Swanston Street Melbourne On 31 May the Freedom Flotilla was attacked by the Israel Navy: At least 10 and maybe as many as 19 solidarity activists were killed, dozens injured. The Freedom Flotilla is an international solidarity project delivering aid to […]
The well-known Thai labour and human-rights advocate, Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, has been arrested following the recent political upheaval in Thailand. He has been held in military barracks without being charged since May 24th. Somyot is a former project coordinator for ICEM (International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions) […]
Its that time of the year again for you to show support for 3CR Radio for the 2010 Radiothon. You can also donate online Asia Pacific Currents (APC) is Australia Asia Worker Links’ program, and can be heard live every Saturday morning at 9.00am, 855AM, or at your leisure as […]
Programme 01.05.2010 Special one-hour May Day program. Solidarity messages from Australia Asia Worker Links members. Interview with Doris Lee, co-ordinator of the Asian Transnational Corporation Monitoring Network (ATNC). Report from Pier Moro about the labour movement and May Day events in South Korea Interview with Ammar Ali Jan, Youth Secretary […]
World Refugee Day Rally & March Sunday June 20, 12 Noon A broad coalition of individuals and groups, under the unbrella of the "Refugee Advocates Network", are organising a rally on World Refugee Day, Sunday June 20 at the State Library, Swanston Street, City. They will call on the government […]
Saturday, June 12, 2010, 4:00 pm Federation Square, Flinders Street Melbourne (Marching to the State Library) Workers Rights are Human Rights Free Mansour Osanloo – Latest news here