Last week, in a dramatic sequence of events, oil pipelines under suburban streets of the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung exploded, see video. The blasts killed 28 people and injured another 300. The pipeline was owned by a local petrochemical firm, LCY Chemical. Initial investigations have already confirmed that the company […]
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As reported last week, the dispute over unpaid wages for workers employed by the Tuba group of companies has entered its second week. Workers are continuing their hunger strike and actions amid continual harassment and repression by police and goons and the arrests of some of the labour organisers involved […]
While the military is trying to legitimise its coup via the ratification of a new constitution, the reality for most people is that the military is still intensifying its repression. In an attempt to consolidate a climate of fear, the junta is now closing community radio stations. In the meantime […]
As reported previously, the fight by workers at NXP Semiconductors against the sacking of the entire union leadership has now entered its 3rd month. The workers are continuing to take daily actions and support internationally continues to grow against this company. NXP Semiconductors is part of the global supply chain […]
The union movement has a long history of being a part of the peace movement because war primarily kills and affects workers and their families. On the 6th and 9th of August 1945, the USA military dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Around 130,000 people […]
The military assault by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza is in its fourth week. The numbers of Palestinians killed in this war is fast approaching 2,000 while there are almost 10,000 Palestinians who have been injured. Most of these have been civilians. The Israeli army has created a military buffer […]
Around 2,000 workers from the Tuba group of companies began an indefinite strike last week, with a number also starting a mass hunger strike in an occupied factory. The workers are angry that they could not go home during the Eid holiday and for being left without three months' pay […]
Globally workers are prevented from organising by capitalists and governments. By keeping us unorganised, they can pay us less, make us work harder, and make more profits for themselves. We face fines, dismissals, beatings, rapes and even murder. Many labour activists end up in jail because of their organising activities. […]
Since being awarded the 2022 Football World Cup, the West Asian country of Qatar has been in the spotlight over its treatment of migrant workers. This month, the government of Qatar did not support an international agreement against forced labour, with some other neighbouring countries also voting against the treaty. […]
Over the last couple of months, we have reported on the hard struggle that the NXP semiconductor workers are waging against this global company’s union busting tactics. The workers are still strong and are determined to win. At another global company, this time the seafood producer Citra Mina, workers that […]