Rally 12pm Saturday 20 March Footscray Mall Communities in the western suburbs in Melbourne have a long history of diversity, multiculturalism and solidarity. We invite you to express this solidarity in support of the Indian community, who have been the victims of continuing racist violence in Melbourne and Australia-wide. The […]
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Following interviews on pesticide use with over 1,300 peasant farmers and agricultural workers from eight Asian countries, Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific has released its report Communities in Peril. The study revealed that 66% of pesticide active ingredients used on vegetables, cotton, paddy rice, and other crops are […]
Garment factory workers in the Shwe Pyi Thar Industrial Zone, north of Rangoon, downed tools on March 3 over low pay. According to media reports thousands of workers in another Rangoon area, the Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone, and at the Sky clothing factory in the western part of Rangoon’s Insein […]
IWD originated in the USA in 1908, when women garment workers held demonstrations protesting against their appalling and dangerous working conditions. The exploitation continues as global capitalism increases its demands for ever lower wages and conditions for workers. All unions must demand the right to work, the right to equal […]
On February 25 the Nestle Ponda and Nestle Bicholim unions in Goa, India, held protest actions against trade union rights violations at Nestle Waters in Russia. The unions, members of the IUF affiliated Federation of All India Nestle Employees, condemned union-busting at Nestle Domodedovo and demanded the reinstatement of the […]
In 2004 Mulrunji Doomadgee was arrested by senior sergeant Chris Hurley for “disorderly conduct” and taken to a police cell on Palm Island, near Townsville. Within an hour, the Aboriginal man was dead. In 2006, Deputy State Coroner Christine Clements slammed the police’s investigation into the death as lacking "transparency, […]
At the Australia Asia Worker Links Annual General Meeting held on 3 March in Melbourne it was decided that AAWL will consult with solidarity partners and affiliates on the feasibility of jointly organising a global labour movement meeting. The purpose of such a meeting would be to: Discuss a global […]
Rally outside the Department of Immigration offices in Melbourne to demand that Australia accept responsibility for the Merak refugees. Wednesday 10 March, 12.30-2.00 pm, Dept of Immigration, Casselden Place, Melbourne On Wednesday, 10 March, it will be 150 days since the Australian government requested Indonesia to intercept and hold a […]
A new international coalition has announced the formation of a new campaign to demand that Samsung accept responsibility for the many deaths of its young workers from occupational cancer. The new Coalition – the “Samsung Accountability Campaign” – includes Supporters for the Health and Rights of People in the Semiconductor […]
Union activist Seher Tümer, Branch Secretary of PSI affiliate SES (the trade union of public employees in health and social services), will spend International Women’s Day 2010 in prison. Ms Tümer has now been detained for almost a year, with no clear charges being brought against her. PSI is convinced […]