Workers at Philippine Airlines have taken dramatic action in their struggle against outsourcing. On Tuesday morning at 7am workers at Manila Airport including check-in, baggage handling, towing and catering, occupied their work stations and refused to leave. All Philippine Airlines flights were cancelled. Police and security had ejected the workers […]
Monthly Archives: September 2011
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September has become a busy month as workers from different sectors in the industry press the case for better wages and conditions. Ground staff belonging to the CPSU will hold stoppages over two days, while members of the TWU are facing being locked our by management. In the meantime, the […]
Ludhiana in Punjab is a major industrial area where the textile industry employs over 500,000 workers. Following successful strikes last year, textile workers are entering a new phase of industrial struggle to win an increase in the piece rate and implementation of labour laws. There are now currently over 140 […]
In a dispute that has many similarities to the dispute at the Honda factory in China in 2010, workers at the Honda factory in Jalisco are fighting back against Honda’s anti worker tactics. The 2,200 workers are demanding that their union be recognised, dismissed activists be re-instated, and for a […]
The State Railway of Thailand this week dismissed seven union leaders for joining a work stoppage in 2009 about health and safety issues. Thai trade unionists see this as an attempt to crush a trade union that was active in looking after its members. An international campaign initiated by the […]
Thousands of workers at OzenMunaiGaz oil and gas corporation in Manghystau Oblast have been on strike since May, demanding a wage increase, equal rights with foreign workers, the release of jailed union activists and supporters, reinstatement of dismissed workers and the lifting of restrictions on the activities of independent labour […]
The industrial dispute at the Freeport mine in West Papua is continuing. As reported previously, the workers are seeking increases in wages and benefits. The Freeport McMoRan’s Grasberg is one of the richest in the world producing copper and gold. The FSP-KEP (SPSI) which represents the majority of the 18,000 […]
Chers tous S’il vous plaît lisez la dernière lettre ouverte d’appel pour la libération de Somyot et la modification les lois oppressive qui violent les droits des travailleurs écrite par le mouvement de l’Union Australienne des Métiers (VTHC) de Melbourne. Vous trouverez ci-dessous la résolution qui a été porté par […]
Workers at Qantas and at Philippine Airlines are stepping up their struggle against outsourcing. Baggage handlers in the Transport Workers Union struck on Tuesday of this week, to fight against the company’s plans to shed 1000 jobs, leading to cancellations and delays throughout the Qantas network. Qantas aircraft engineers covered […]
Respected Thai labour activist Somyot has been in jail since 30 Aril. He has now been denied bail and he is remanded in Bangkok prison until January 2012. He is charged under the Lèse Majesté law which bans any criticism of the King. This law has been used to repress […]