Last week, four workers were killed deep inside the Sanjdi coal mine near the city of Quetta, Balochistan province in Pakistan, due to a build-up of poisonous gases. Labour activists have long complained of the poor working conditions that they have to endure, the lack of proper protective gear, and […]
Daily Archives: September 17, 2017
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Two cross border porters were recently killed in Iranian Kurdistan by security forces as they were taking goods across the border near the city of Baneh. There are tens of thousands of cross border porters in Iran who toil away in hazardous conditions, often with no employment contract or conditions, […]
Following on from the successful strike by Anganawadi workers in the New Delhi region, up to 200,000 rural health workers in the state of Maharashtra went on an indefinite strike from Monday September 11. Their main demands centre on higher wages and addressing the grievances about the poor quality of […]
Earlier this month close to 6,000 garment workers at the S&H Vina Co. Ltd factory in Thanh Hoa province went on a wildcat strike to demand higher wages and better working conditions. The spark for the strike was the confiscation by a supervisor, of the offcuts that workers used for […]
This week, Issa Amro a Palestinian human rights activist, was released on bail by the Palestinian Authorities (PA), but he still faces charges under the draconian Electronics Crime Law. Issa’s crime was to criticise the arrest of another human rights activist by the PA on a Facebook post. Issa is […]
While it’s easy to see the racism in the ongoing discriminatory policies and structures that affect Australia’s Indigenous people, and of refugees attempting to reach Australia, racism is also entrenched in major institutions like the Australian Football League (AFL). The story of the treatment that AFL player Héritier Lumumba endured […]
This week marked the 5th anniversary of the horrific fire at the Ali Enterprise factory in Baldia, Pakistan, where 260 garment workers were killed. After a long campaign, both within Pakistan and internationally, some reparations were paid to the families of those killed and injured. Unfortunately, the situation for garment […]
A new study by the Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CES), University of Surrey in the UK, has shown once again how the clothing supply chain around the world brings mega profits to the companies but poverty wages for workers in a global Race to the Bottom. The researchers examined […]