As previously reported by AAWL here, here and here, Baba Jan, a human rights and labour activist, was arrested late last year following demonstrations by thousands of people in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan demanding government compensation for landslide damage. Police repression of these protests included the shooting of two villagers […]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
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As previously reported by AAWL here, here and here, Baba Jan, a human rights and labour activist, was arrested late last year following demonstrations by thousands of people in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan demanding government compensation for landslide damage. Police repression of these protests included the shooting of two villagers […]
KPTU Cargo Truckers Solidarity Division has declared a general strike beginning Monday 25 June. The truckers strike of 2008 cost the South Korean government $6.57 billion dollars in trade. At that time, the South Korean government agreed to a standard freight rates system that would provide workers with a decent […]
The International Textile Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF) recently concluded a Living Wage conference where it was agreed to target multinational companies, employers and governments in the fight for a living wage. The conference agreed to found a new international union, IndustriALL, to represent more than 50 million workers […]
Workers and villagers in Vaishali, India have been protesting for the last 2 years in opposition to the construction of an asbestos plant. The campaign has come under considerable pressure including the Asbestos Company burning down its own factory in order to blame and criminalise workers. In an unprecedented move, […]
Children as young as five work as brick makers in Afghanistans kilns, as poverty and debt keep their families in low-wage bonded labour. Fifty-six per cent of the brick makers in Afghan kilns are children, most of whom started working at the age of seven or eight. Tackling the issue […]
On Wednesday June 20 over 220,000 taxi drivers across South Korea staged an historic, nation-wide 24 hour strike. Drivers from across the country congregated for a mass rally in the public square in front of City Hall in Seoul on the day of the strike. The average taxi driver works […]
For 36 years 3CR Community Radio in Melbourne, Australia has brought you union, worker, indigenous, women’s, ethnic, environmental, music and other community programs that are not heard elsewhere. As a community radio station, 3CR Radio funding comes from its listeners. Every year, a Radiothon is held to raise funds for […]
Many of the oil rich countries on the Arabian Peninsula depend on migrant labour to build their cities and run their economies. These workers are not allowed to organise and usually work in unsafe conditions for low pay. Ten workers from Bangladesh died late last month when their labour camp […]
As reported earlier this year, migrant workers, mainly from Burma, employed in Thai fish factories are fighting for better wages and conditions. Last month another case of major exploitation at a fish factory was uncovered. The situation is so widespread, that one of the first stops of the recently released […]