Mani Saravanan came to Australia on a 457 visa to work as a fabricator for Ironbark Fabrications in Moree. Mani saved all his annual leave and used it to go to India to get married. While on his honeymoon, Mani received a termination letter by the company via email. The […]
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Over 2 million migrants have been threatened by the Thai Government with deportation after February 28 if they fail to enter a complex "nationality verification" process. Over 80 per cent of these migrants are from Burma and face discrimination as well as continuing economic deterioration in their homeland, which is […]
Have you filled in the May Day Survey ? We writing a joint May Day message together with comrades around the world To help with this we have a May Day survey It takes three minutes to complete. Click here to fill in the survey The proposed statement will be […]
It’s hot, there are flies, and we’re all sick of sausages – but morale amongst the coalminers here at Tahmoor is higher than ever. Workers at Xstrata coal mine in New South Wales, Australia have been locked out in a bitter dispute over sackings but they are determined to keep […]
Support the Ampiltawatja walk-off. Come to hear a report from CFMEU unionists who have returned from a solidarity visit to help the Alyawarr community build a new community house. Monday 1 March at 6:30 pm Trades Hall, Lygon Street Carlton South, Melbourne CFMEU Construction National Secretary Dave Noonan said that […]
You are invited to the Australia Asia Worker Links Annual General Meeting Wednesday 3 March 2010 at 6 pm Evatt Room, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton South Speaker on Women Workers in 2010 Elections for Executive Elections for other positions in AAWL All are welcome. Only AAWL members […]
Click here for your latest Asian Workers Organising newsletter February 2010 indigenous issues are union issues
The ITF has condemned the latest reported targeting of imprisoned trade union leader Mansour Osanloo by the Iranian authorities. Sources within Iran are reporting that Osanloo and another political prisoner at the Rajai Shar prison have been questioned, threatened and are being moved into solitary confinement. In October of 2007 […]
Where do the Valentin’s Day gifts made of gems and semi-precious stones come from? Mostly they come from India. In small home-based workshops workers, including children, are paid just 17 to 33 US cents an hour to do one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: Squatting in front […]
Workers at Burma’s Taiyi shoe factory and Opal 2 garment factory began a strike on February 8, 2010. They are demanding a salary increase, a reduction of working hours and the provision of a clean space for meals. Overall, working condition in Burma are worsening. The Burmese military regime is […]