Yearly Archives: 2013

Workers at Thai Rayon textile factory voted for the first time in the company’s 39 year history to walk off the job following deadlocked CBA negotiations between the union and management. The union, which is an affiliate of IndustriALL, is demanding to increase the minimum living wage and is fighting […]

A meeting and workshop to discuss strategies and future directions in AAWL. Come along and find out more about our campaigns, our organising strategies, and help us build and plan for the next year.   Saturday 19 October 11am – 4pm Fitzroy Library – 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy   Download […]

Wu Guijun, a migrant worker employed for 9 years making furniture at the Diweixin Product Factory in Shenzhen (southern China), has been detained since 23 May 2013 and faces criminal prosecution for defending the rights of his comrades and leading a strike. Since his arrest Wu has been denied contact […]

Workers in Turkey are once again experiencing the heavy force of union busting, this time by company Crown Holdings (Crown). Crown is one of the biggest metal container companies in the world producing cans for beverage and food products right across the world.  Members of Birlesik Metal-Is, an IndustriALL affiliate, […]

From October 17 – 24 2013, workers and activists right across the world will stand for freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat and the 5200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.  Ahmad Sa’adat is a Palestinian leader, parliamentarian and General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.  He has […]

Nepalese migrant workers are dying at a rate of almost one worker per day as a result of slavery conditions and severe abuses in Qatar. Exploitation of migrant workers is unrelenting in many parts of the world – see our previous reports here, here and here. In light of the […]

Protesters marched in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday 28 September, calling for justice for Indigenous Australians on the 30th anniversary of the death in custody of Aboriginal teenager John Pat. John Pat's death prompted the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, which, despite over 300 recommendations that have not […]

This week, 200,000 Bangladeshi garment workers protested for three days straight outside factories in the country’s capital, Dhaka, demanding decent wages and rejecting the appalling low offer made to them by garment industry bosses. As previously reported wages and conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry are abysmal and resulted in the […]

We previously reported on the collapse of a mining tunnel at Freeport McMoran in May this year, which claimed the lives of 28 workers.  Earlier this month, the mining sector of the global union federation IndustriALL, and the CFMEU in Australia led a delegation to Indonesia to extend international support […]

Len Cooper, AAWL Chairperson and Secretary of the Communications Workers Union, T&S Victoria, attended a series of international conferences in June in the Philippines dealing with working people’s rights, including Resisting Repression, Reclaiming Rights – An international workshop on Freedom of Association.  Join the discussion about how we can support […]