On the 20th of July, over 100,000 power loom workers in Faisalabad struck closing down over 20,000 worksites. In spite of local ordinances that forbids gatherings, and a massive police presence that attacked the demonstration, the workers took over the centre of town. The strike was organised by the Labour […]
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On the 20th of July, over 100,000 power loom workers in Faisalabad struck closing down over 20,000 worksites. In spite of local ordinances that forbids gatherings, and a massive police presence that attacked the demonstration, the workers took over the centre of town. The strike was organised by the Labour […]
On the 20th of July, over 100,000 power loom workers in Faisalabad struck closing down over 20,000 worksites. In spite of local ordinances that forbids gatherings, and a massive police presence that attacked the demonstration, the workers took over the centre of town. The strike was organised by the Labour […]
A wave of strikes by workers across China since May have affected many multinational companies like Honda. The successes of some of these strikes have increased workers’ expectations of winning higher wages. The uncertain global economic climate and high inflation pressures have made life more difficult for many Chinese workers. […]
A wave of strikes by workers across China since May have affected many multinational companies like Honda. The successes of some of these strikes have increased workers’ expectations of winning higher wages. The uncertain global economic climate and high inflation pressures have made life more difficult for many Chinese workers. […]
A wave of strikes by workers across China since May have affected many multinational companies like Honda. The successes of some of these strikes have increased workers’ expectations of winning higher wages. The uncertain global economic climate and high inflation pressures have made life more difficult for many Chinese workers. […]
Wednesday 4th August Thailand: After the Red Shirts, what next for the labour movement? China: What are the workers doing, and where next? 6.30 pm at the Evatt Room, Trades Hall, Melbourne All Welcome Download leaflet here
Wednesday 4th August Thailand: After the Red Shirts, what next for the labour movement? China: What are the workers doing, and where next? 6.30 pm at the Evatt Room, Trades Hall, Melbourne All Welcome Download leaflet here
Wednesday 4th August Thailand: After the Red Shirts, what next for the labour movement? China: What are the workers doing, and where next? 6.30 pm at the Evatt Room, Trades Hall, Melbourne All Welcome Download leaflet here
Lex Wotton, a 41 year old indigenous man from Palm Island in northern Australia, sentenced to six years jail in November 2008 for inciting a riot, was recently released on parole. The riot erupted after the release of a post-mortem examination on a local indigenous man, Mulrunji Doomadgee, who had […]