Recent reports have once again highlighted the horrendous conditions that workers endure while building the infrastructure needed for the 2022 Football World Cup. While the government of Qatar does not care about the deaths of these migrant workers, the reality is that the use of migrant labour and the suppression of independent […]
Daily Archives: February 23, 2014
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As reported previously, the Australian government has unleashed a new wave of repressive laws and actions against asylum seekers. Earlier this week, in the offshore 'penal colony' of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, conditions for asylum seekers became so intolerable that they staged a protest action. This provoked a […]
Building on last December's strike over rail privatisation, and the repression that followed with many trade unionists arrested, a general strike has been called for 25 February. Many labour groups internationally have pledged their support for their South Korean comrades.
As reported last week, while facing continuing repression from companies and the Bangladeshi government, garment workers are continuing to organise. This week a large demonstration was held in Dhaka to demand immediate action from the 29 buyers of 5-RMG factories which where housed at the Rana Plaza, regarding compensation for […]
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Thailand and the inability of the ruling class to overcome its divisions, the repressive Article 112 (the Lese Majeste law) is still being used as a tool to intimidate and stifle democracy. This week the Thai Supreme Court found Bandid Aneeya guilty for his […]
As reported late last year, almost 300 workers at the Ansell factory in the Biyagama free trade zone have been fighting the company's union busting tactics. While the workers are united and strong, the reality is that Ansell is a global company with massive resources. Workers need to take industrial […]