The murder of 32 people in one night last week, once again highlights the murderous rampage that President Duterte has unleashed in the Philippines with his ‘War on Drugs’. It is estimated that close to 10,000 people have been killed so far, with bodies being dumped in the sea and […]
Daily Archives: August 20, 2017
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In a new development, Israel is trying to stop its reliance on Palestinian workers by importing large numbers of Chinese migrant workers. While the Israel economy benefitted from the dispossession of Palestinian lands and the super exploitation of Palestinian workers, it nevertheless left it vulnerable to Palestinians’ organising efforts and […]
The Iranian labour activist Reza Shahabi has been on a hunger strike since August 9 in protest against his renewed detention and extension of his prison sentence. Reza is a long time member and activist with the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Vahed Syndicate) with a […]
The recent suicide of Keshav Shrestha, a young Nepali migrant worker in South Korea, has once again highlighted the repressive regulations that migrant workers face in South Korea. The law in question is the Employment Permit System (EPS) which legalises migrant workers’ stay in South Korea but puts incredible restrictions […]
In handing down jail sentences of up to 12 months to 13 human rights activists, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal has sent a clear political message to all human rights and labour activists in Hong Kong. The sentences relate to a protest in the Legislative Council in 2014, at […]
In an important victory, over 600 workers employed at JK Tyres in Kanchipuram district in southern India, won the right to be represented by the union of their choice. The workers had to strike for more than two weeks, but in the end were also able to win the reinstatement […]
The latest mapping of the number of strikes and industrial actions in China confirms that while workers in the construction sector are the ones most likely to take action, workers in the retail and service sectors are also continuing to flex their industrial muscle. Within this industrial political landscape, the […]