As previously reported, international unions took up the call for a Global Day of Action in support of comrades in Cambodia who were violently repressed by forces of the state during demonstrations in January 2014. 23 comrades were detained since the start of January and there have been calls for […]
Daily Archives: February 16, 2014
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Despite the international outcry at the collapse of Rana Plaza in April 2013 that killed more than 1000 workers, and the factory fire at Tazreen garment factory in November 2012 that killed over 100, workers that try to unionise in Bangladesh’s garment industry face serious repression. We previously reported on […]
Over 20,000 workers are currently striking at Egypt’s largest state-owned textile company in Mahalla. Strikers at the Spinning and Weaving Company in Mahalla are demanding the payment of promised bonuses from 2013; the implementation of the minimum wage; and the dismissal of Fouad Abdel-Alim, head of the Holding Company which […]
In 2009, workers at the Ssangyong vehicle manufacturing plant in Korea went on a 77 day strike in protest against mass sackings. The strike ended in August 2009 and union leader, Han Sang Kyun was arrested and jailed. More information about the strike can be found here and here and […]
The government of Victoria, a state in Australia, is trying to enact a law that will have the effect of preventing pickets and protests. The law will: 1. Remove protections for peaceful assembly 2. Allow for up to two years’ imprisonment for persons returning to a banned protest or picket […]