About two months ago, a massive explosion at a chemical warehouse in China’s northern port city of Tianjin killed over 170 workers and residents. While this mass murder generated a lot of talk in China about improving its OHS record, the reality is that working conditions remain toxic for millions […]
Daily Archives: October 18, 2015
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The bombing on Saturday the 10th of October of a peace rally in Turkey’s capital Ankara that claimed the lives of over 120 demonstrators continues to reverberate in Turkey. This week, there were massive strikes and demonstration in Ankara, Istanbul and many other cities in Turkey to remember the dead […]
Last month 8 Pakistani workers in the industrial city of Gujranwala, in Punjab province near the Indian border, were killed when a boiler they were working with exploded. Many others were injured. While reports indicate that some managers of the factory have been arrested over this disaster, the reality in […]
As reported last week, the pace of demonstrations and clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli state, whether its military or its armed settler wing, has continued to escalate. In what is beginning to feel like a Third Intifada, these protests are widespread, often desperate actions by individuals, and seem not […]
As reported recently, Malaysia has seen huge anti government protests with a corruption scandal engulfing the Prime Minister, Najib Razak, and threatening to bring down the government. Khalid Ishmath is a human rights activist and a member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia. He was arrested in early October under […]
The military coup of mid 2014 has seen hundreds of Thai labour and human rights activists flee the country while many have been arrested or facing restrictions in their movements. The military junta has recently stepped up the use of the Lese Majeste law handing out sentences as long as […]
Workers all over the world share a common demand for safety in the workplace. Millions of workers die, get injured or suffer major illnesses every year due to unsafe workplaces. Just this week, in Melbourne, workers remembered the city’s worst industrial accident when a collapsing bridge killed 35 workers and […]