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Bangladesh unions and global union federations are calling for immediate action following the fatal fire on February 25 at the Garib & Garib Sweater Factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh which killed at least 21 workers and injured a further 50. The Bangladesh National Garments Workers Federation (NGWF) has demanded the immediate […]
Click here for your latest Asian Workers Organising newsletter March 2010 activities report: one year of labour struggles & solidarity
Defend the Fertility Control Clinic Saturday 27 March 2010 from 7.30 am 118 Wellington Pde, East Melbourne Since mid February, 40 Days for Life “vigils" have targeted the Fertility Control Clinic plus clinics in Sydney and Brisbane. In East Melbourne, clinic staff and clients, passers-by and the neighbourhood are fed […]
Jamal Saberi (Jalal Amanzadeh Nouei) is currently detained in Yokohama branch of Tokyo Immigration Bureau and is going to be deported to Iran from Japan. Jamal Saberi is an active political opponent of the current inhumane regime of Iran and will face serious persecution if deported to Iran which makes […]
In the past two months, the TEKEL workers’ strike has become much more than just an isolated movement. It has organically transformed into a symbol of hope for all those in Turkey who have suffered unemployment, low wages, poverty and unequal rights. Six labor and civil servant confederations in Turkey […]
The ITF and its affiliate the Transport and Dock Workers’ Union (TDWU), which represents Mumbai port drivers, are calling on Maersk to help settle negotiations between the union and Allcargo, a contractor of the port operator, Gateway Terminals of India (GTI). GTI is majority-owned by Maersk. Over a year ago, […]
Late in the day of 18 March, the Ankara High Criminal Court in Turkey declared Tümer guilty of belonging to an illegal Kurdish organization, and “making propaganda” through participation in public demonstrations, and sentenced her to more than seven years in prison. Tümer has already spent close to one year […]
Two hundred union members occupying the basement of the Pearl Continental Karachi Hotel ended their 25-day sit-in on Saturday night, March 20 when a direct representative of the hotel’s owner directly intervened in the conflict for the first time ever in the more than 8-year history of the conflict. Pressure […]
Friday, 19 March 2010 at 6:00pm at the State Library, Corner Swanston and Latrobe Streets, Melbourne In the week after the global Israeli Apartheid Week Students for Palestine is organising a demonstration calling for the Australian government to break all ties with Apartheid Israel and for a Free Palestine. Stop […]