Over 1,000 steel workers in the Wazirpul industrial zone in Delhi have won improvements in working conditions. However, the very next day, the bosses refused to implement the terms of the agreement. The workers staged co-ordinated industrial action across 23 different factories, demonstrating the power of industry-level solidarity. Some important […]
Monthly Archives: June 2014
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24 unionists sacked by the Filipino subsidiary of the Dutch NXP Semiconductors have entered the 2nd month of their campaign for reinstatement, after they were fired for refusing to work on public holidays. Amid continued protests and organising in the Philippines, a second Global Day of Action has been planned […]
An estimated five Palestinians have been killed and 500 arrested so far, as Israeli armed forces raid the West Bank on the pretence of finding three missing Israeli teenagers. This is the largest military offensive by Israel against the West Bank since the second intifada, 2000 – 2005. Meanwhile the […]
Labour movement activists organise against exploitation every day. In every country, workers are discouraged from demanding their rights by capitalists and governments. This pressure can be applied in many ways, either via fines, dismissals, beatings, rapes or even murder. Many activists end up in jail because of their organising activities. […]
Labour movement activists organise against exploitation every day. In every country, workers are discouraged from demanding their rights by capitalists and governments. This pressure can be applied in many ways, either via fines, dismissals, beatings, rapes or even murder. Many activists end up in jail because of their organising activities. […]
A Seoul court has ruled in favour of the South Korean government’s decision to deregister the Korean Teachers Union (KTU). The union was deregistered, after it refused to comply with a government order not to allow dismissed and retired teachers to remain members of the union. “Allowing retired and dismissed […]
After an independence struggle in the 1980s, the Noumea Accord was signed in 1998. But the issue of decolonisation of Kanaky is again coming to the fore in the Southern Pacific. Kanaky has been a colony of France since 1854, and while small, the islands are of great strategic importance […]
Workers will rally again in Melbourne to oppose extreme cuts to public services and social welfare. 40,000 people rallied to Bust the Budget on 12 July. More events will be organised on the Bust the Budget website. Join the rally 1:00pm Sunday 6 July Queen Victoria Gardens Opposite the Arts […]
The Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union (KHMU) are holding a series of strikes and rallies from 24 to 30 June, to protest against the Korean government's announcement to allow for deregulation and privatisation of the health services in the country. The president of the Korean Health and Medical Workers' […]
The upsurge in fighting in Iraq following months of terrorist attacks and an inconclusive election has only worsened the situation for workers in Iraq. Workers have tried to rebuild their organisations since the toppling of Saddam Hussein but have been hampered by repression and restrictive legislation. The latest upsurge in […]