Two weeks after a murderous fire killed at least 72 workers at the Kentex footwear factory, workers and families are still looking for justice and answers. While poor OHS and fire prevention systems are seen as the cause of the high death toll, the problem is not isolated to this […]
Monthly Archives: May 2015
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As reported last week, the auto manufacturing hub of Bursa in Turkey saw widespread actions by tens of thousand of auto workers. They were demanding better wages and conditions. While the campaign is still continuing, some workers have already managed to win better deals, especially in relation to wages. The […]
While some of the thousands of Burmese and Bengali boat people have been allowed to land in Malaysia and Indonesia, there are still many others thought to be stuck on boats in the high seas. This crisis has forced both the Thai and the Malaysian governments to investigate the large […]
In Australia, over the last 15 years, there has been a rise in anti-foreigner sentiments that have targeted asylum seekers, refugees, Africans and Muslims. These sentiments have been fostered by successive governments and other political parties in an effort to divert people’s anger at increasingly hard economic times onto marginalised […]
As reported previously, the increasing integration of the Burmese economy into the world capitalist system is creating many challenges for workers in Burma. In addition to the issues already mentioned of Burmese workers being exploited as cheap migrant labour all around the region, there is growing interest by fashion companies […]
This week’s story of corruption within world’s football authority FIFA has not only started uncovering massive criminal activities, but has also exposed the situation for migrant workers in Qatar. The World Cup in 2022 is supposed to be held in Qatar, but there is growing international pressure on the country […]
As reported last week, it is now a year since the military took power in Thailand. The military regime has consolidated its power, and is trying to re-write history and create a reactionary nationalist consciousness in Thai society. In the meantime, hundreds of human rights and labour rights activists, as […]
3CR is an activist radio station. For 39 years, 3CR Community Radio in Melbourne, Australia has brought you union, worker, indigenous, women’s, ethnic, environmental, music and other community programs that are not heard elsewhere. Every week AAWL presents its Asia Pacific Currents program on 3CR Radio. 3CR’s programs are podcast […]
Last week, around 5,000 workers at the Renault car factory in Bursa went out on strike demanding better pay. They were soon joined in solidarity protests by thousands of Fiat car workers who also went out seeking better pay and conditions. These strikes are now affecting the whole industrial region […]
As reported last week, thousand of desperate workers from Burma and Bangladesh are stuck on the high seas as they try to flee repression, exploitation and poverty. Their situation has been made worse by increasing aggressive and repressive policies by governments around the region as they seek to control and […]