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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]