You are invited to the AAWL Annual General Meeting: Moving Forward Wednesday 6 March at 6pm Evatt room Trades Hall Lygon Street Carlton Featured speakers on global industrial campaigns and solidarity with workers in Fiji and Kanaki All AAWL members and affiliates are welcome. You can join or renew your membership […]
Daily Archives: March 3, 2013
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Violence against women has been in the international spotlight for the last year amid greater publicity of cases of women being raped and murdered. Many events and rallies have been held calling for the end of violence against women. International Women’s Day (IWD) was the original day demanding equality for […]
The invasion of Iraq in 2003 led to massive destruction in that country and the destruction of the trade union movement. Workers have been rebuilding their organisations amid continuing economic crisis, repression and governmental corruption at all levels. A number of demonstrations have been held by Iraqi trade unions in […]
The garment sector in Cambodia has seen a number of disputes recently, see here, here and here. In an ongoing case, a group of around 700 workers, formerly employed by Kingsland, a supplier to Walmart, have blockaded the factory to make sure that no machinery is taken out until their […]
As in many other parts of the world, the Indian coal mining industry has seen a massive drop in the number of permanent employees. These workers are replaced by casual/contract workers in an offensive by employers to cut costs and increase profits. The Indian National Mineworkers’ Federation has worked hard […]
It is estimated that around 3.2 million labourers work at 27, 000 kilns in Pakistan and that 1.1 million of these workers are children. The conditions at work are often highly dangerous with wages less than two thirds of the legal minimum wage. This forces many workers into debt, a […]
Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, it is becoming obvious that the Japanese government is putting workers’ lives at risk by trying to cut costs for the clean up operation. It has emerged that the clean up is being handled by a series of sub-contracting firms, each of which […]