On March 31 Ji-yeon, a young Samsung worker, died of acute myeloid leukemia. There is a Korean trandition, a mixture of Buddhism and Confucianism culture, named “49-jae”, pronounced as “Sah-sip-kwo-jae”. At the 49th day from a death, the families have a service for the repose of the dead to a […]
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Remembering 62 years of Al Nakba Rally & march Friday 14 May at 6 pm State Library, Swanston St Melbourne Saturday 15 May will mark 62 years of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). In 1948, more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland by Zionist forces, with more than […]
14 May 2010. A Queensland coroner report on the death in custody of Palm Island man Cameron Doomadgee was released today. The report states that Queensland police officers colluded to protect an officer involved in the death in custody. Cameron Doomadgee was found dead on the floor of a watch-house […]
Telstra workers and members of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union gave strong support to a mass meeting and protest rally outside Melbourne’s city-centre Telstra T-Life store on Wednesday 5th May 2010. CEPU divisional president Len Cooper said more than 500 Telstra workers joined in the Melbourne strike while another […]
PNG Maritime Transport Workers Union delegate Rarua Ovia addressed the MUA Bulk and General Conference in Melbourne on 11 May He gave a very disturbing report on the complete lack of training in the industry. He explained how management had stood over workers to force them to work through their […]
Since April 21 hundreds of workers at the Horlicks factory in Nabha in Punjab state in northwest India, have held continuous protest actions against the company’s refusal to grant permanent employment to casual workers employed on a ‘temporary’ basis for more than a decade. The factory is owned by multinational […]
May Day 2010 took place in the middle of the global capitalist crisis. Workers everywhere face terrible attacks and losses of jobs, wages, conditions as capitalists try to increase their profits by making workers pay for the crisis. But workers continue to organise and to fight. Read the joint […]
We stand with the working people of Thailand Soldiers: Don’t shoot ! – No to Abhisit – No to Thaksin 30 April 2010 This is a time of crisis for workers in Thailand. To achieve democratic rights and economic justice the working people of Thailand have to defeat the Abhisit […]
May Day 2010 WORKERS WILL WIN May Day Protest In Support Of Refugees Read the joint May Day statement: Workers Will Win Indonesian: Statement Bersama untuk Hari Buruh Internasional Click here to endorse the joint May Day statement Click here to read the list of current endorsements Read how the […]
Saturday 1 May 2010 at 12 noon Victorian Trades Hall, Lygon Street Carlton On 18 October 2009, a boat carrying 254 Tamil asylum seekers fleeing genocide and civil war in Sri Lanka was making its way towards Australia. On receiving this information, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a […]