Last month 150,000 workers rallied in Seoul to protest aginst government plans to allow multiple unions at a single workplace and to reduce union leaders’ wages. Rallies were organised by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the Federation of Korean Trade Unions.
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Please join us at the Asbestos Diseases of Victoria (ADSVIC) annual Commemoration Ceremony held at the end of Asbestos Awareness Week. The Commemoration Ceremony will start at 11 am on Friday 27 November 2009 at the BMW Edge Theatre, Federation Square. We are urging union members and OHS reps in […]
Bangladesh On 31 October several hundred workers turned up at the gates of the Nippon Garment Factory in Tongi, an industrial city 24 km north of Dhaka, expecting to work and to receive wages owed. Instead they found police blocking the entrance – and a note on the gate informing […]
Global Economic Crisis Forum: Perspectives, Impacts & Implications Saturday 7 November, 12.00pm-4.30pm, Federation of Education Unions, Conference Centre, Ground Floor, 120 Clarendon St, Southbank. We hope you can join us for the 2nd Melbourne Left Renewal Roundtable as we look at the impacts, character and political implications of the greatest […]
We Demand Action on Equal Pay! All ASU members are called to participate in a Day of Action on November 10, assembling at Parliament Gardens at 11am, to protest against the complete failure of the Brumby Government to increase our wages and to demand equal pay with Queensland SACS workers […]
Sri Lanka: Human Rights Issues and Media Representation Tuesday 10 November, from 6 – 8 pm. Monash University Caulfield Campus 900 Dandenong Road Caulfield East Presented by the Victorian Trades Hall Council, Amnesty International, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre, the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, the Herb Feith Foundation (Monash […]
Trade, labour mobility and development in the Pacific Public meeting Monday 16 November at 6 pm Meeting room 1, Ground floor, Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Carlton. The Australian government has been pushing for greater regional economic integration in the Pacific islands, and promoting a regional trade agreement known as PACER-Plus. […]
The massacre of striking workers at Hacienda Luisita demonstrates once again that the path to a better future means a life and death struggle for the toiling masses, as those who lord over society will never willingly surrender their wealth and power. Join us in commemorating the courage of the […]
International Trade Union Youth Conference Lima, Peru 18-20 November 2009 The organizing committee, the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) call upon all affiliated and frieldy organizations to participate in this 1st International Trade Union Youth Conference. Click here for more […]
Saturday 21st November at 7:30 pm at Maya, 11 Rossmoyne Street, Thornbury (Melbourne Melway Map 30 G4 – Tram 86) The objective of the Dinner is to raise the plight of individuals / communities who are fighting for Human Rights issues & struggles in Australia and other countries. We aim […]