The events of 18 July 2012 in the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki which ended with the murder of a manager were not sudden. The recent conflicts are rooted in the ongoing attempt by the employers to defeat the workers organising attempts. The Indian government is now using these latest […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
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The south Korean Government plans to amend the laws governing migrant workers ability to change employment while in south Korea. While the government states that this will be to workers interest, in actual effect the new laws will further restrict migrant workers’ ability to change workplaces and further repress their […]
The debate among the major political parties in Australia about the issue of asylum seekers continues to be framed within a context of national security. One alternative being offered by the government is to transport all asylum seekers to Malaysia. A Malaysian activist will speak at a public meeting in […]
As previously reported, over 50 unionists were recently arrested in the city of Karaj as they were meeting to discuss how to organise in workplaces more efficiently. Some of these unionists have now been tortured while in jail and are being dragged through a biased judicial system. There is an […]
Earlier this week it was reported that a delegation of 10 mineworkers from a remote area of Rajasthan travelled to the capital New Delhi to meet government health officials. The delegation was a part of the Mine Labour People’s Campaign, which is campaigning to get medical care and compensation for […]
The situation for workers in Turkey is increasingly becoming worse with attacks from both employers and the state, see here and here. On the 1st of May, 35 workers at the Togo footwear factory were dismissed for joining a union, the Deri-Is. They have formed a permanent picket outside the […]
Workers at the Maruti Suzuki factory in the large industrial area of Gurgaon, just outside New Delhi, took action to defend one of their colleagues earlier this week. The workers of this factory have been involved in huge industrial struggle in the last year and this unrest has continued. Workers […]
16-year-old Khorshed Alam was crushed to death at 3:30 am on July 17 when a huge metal plate fell on him. This was Khorshed Alam’s first job. He left school to help support his family. He lied about his age, claiming he was 20 years old in order to be […]
Of the hundreds of thousands of Burmese migrants arriving in Thailand looking for work and a better life, not all of them are lucky enough to succeed. Too many are caught in the net of human traffickers and sold into slavery, ending up on fishing boats or on construction sites. […]
As previously reported, a new dangerous phase of repression against workers in Pakistan has been unleashed by the government with its use of the Anti Terror laws to convict worker activists. An international day of action was recently held, while on the 19th of July a forum was held in […]