On 29 September there was a General Strike in Spain – across the country picketers took to the streets to protest against government austerity measures in a 24-hour general strike called by the nation’s main labour unions. On 12th October there was a General Strike in France – the third […]
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The campaign to free Han Sang-kyun continues. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and the Korean Metal Workers Union have endorsed a new joint leaflet, designed for distribution at union workplaces in the Asia Pacific region. Comrade Han, former Chairman of the Ssangyong Motor Company Union (KMWU), was jailed because of […]
The KCTU has called for international participation in a People’s Week of Collective Action protesting the G20 Seoul Summit. The Lee Myeong-bak administration is using the upcoming Summit as an excuse to strengthen repression against South Korean workers and labour unions, ordinary people and social movements in South Korea. At […]
How can we use OHS for international organising? How do we achieve a global ban on asbestos? AAWL Public Meeting Wednesday 3 November 2010 6:30 – 8 pm Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Carlton Report from the 2010 OHS Conference, Melbourne Download leaflet
Update on the Free Osanloo Campaign Click here for your latest Asian Workers Organising – August 2010 Analysis of the post-election protest movement in Iran
Update on the Free Osanloo Campaign Click here for your latest Asian Workers Organising – August 2010 Analysis of the post-election protest movement in Iran
At least 2 million migrants from Burma work in low-skilled, dirty and dangerous jobs in Thailand from which they frequently incur accidents and disease. Since 2001, Thailand has discriminated against migrant work accident victims from Burma by denying them access to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund (WCF), even though all workers […]
The Building and Wood Workers Trade Union of Cambodia (BWTUC), an affiliate of BWI, has been struggling to organise KC GECIN Enterprise, a construction company in Phnom Penh. The company employs around 160 workers. Instead of recognising the union and starting a process to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement, the […]
WRP Buana Multicopora is a Malaysian company operating in Medan, Indonesia. On June 12, 2009 the company dismissed 400 workers because they went on strike to give solidarity for 7 workers who resigned from the company but did not receive severance pay. Since then the workers have kept fighting against […]
The Latin American Forum conference achieved some valuable discussions thanks to the international delegates, participants and organisers. Click here to read the report presented by AAWL at the conference Conferences coming up: Annual Occupational Health & Safety Reps Conference Wednesday 27 October – Melbourne Convention […]