A landslide at a jade mine in northern Kachin state this week, buried over 100 miners with more workers still missing. This landslide was only the most recent one in an area where corruption, repression and deregulation all create the conditions for these deadly accidents. Miners are forced to work […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
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Another deadly fire at a coal mine in north-eastern Heilongjiang province in China claimed the lives of at least 21 workers last week. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated event. The Chinese coal industry has an appalling safety record, even though improvements are being made. Nevertheless, for millions of workers […]
Hundreds of thousands of workers took action across 22 provinces and 200 cities of Indonesia this week. Workers are demanding a living wage across the nation and are protesting against restriction to their rights to bargains as well as the current repression by police against trade unionists. Participation by workers […]
As reported recently, South Korean workers staged a massive demonstration in the centre of the capital Seoul calling on the government to resign over continued anti-worker policies. While the demonstration was attacked by the police, these attacks have continued in the days following. Police have conducted raids on the offices […]
As reported previously, the continued occupation and repression of Palestinians are having a terrible effects on working class people both physically and psychologically. Workers are starting to be targeted more specifically with industrial workplaces and media outlets being closed for security reasons. Amid this suppression and the stagnation of any […]
It has been three years since a fire at a garment factory in Nischintapur, Ashulia in Bangladesh killed over 110 workers and left hundreds more injured. The relatives of the dead and the survivors are still suffering while company and government compensation has been inadequate. The fight for justice continues. […]
Cambodian garment workers have campaigned hard for a living wage for many years. They have faced a lot of repression with workers being arrested, beaten and killed. This year a coalition of garment unions have organised a new series of actions calling for a minimum living wage of US $177 […]
The maritime industry is one of the most globally integrated industries in the world. Maritime companies globally undertake constant restructuring in order to cut workers’ pay and conditions in an attempt to increase productivity and profits. Workers at Sydney and Brisbane were out campaigning for 100 days after they were […]
Following on from recent protests against government corruption, the Malaysian government this week made use of the draconian Sedition Act to try and stifle dissent. The use of the Sedition Act by the Malaysian government has increased over the last few years. The well-known human rights and labour activist S. […]
Workers have been integral in the uprisings in countries in North Africa and west Asia during the Arab Spring. They have then suffered greatly as these uprisings have been met with state violence. In Bahrain in 2011 a mass popular uprising was repressed by the Bahrain government with the help […]