It was with sorrow and anger that AAWL learned that on Sunday 9 May 2010 the Iranian regime executed five political prisoners including Mr Farzad Kamangar. The four young men and one woman were executed for their political opposition to the regime. Farzad Kamangar was a member of the Teachers’ […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]