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The garment and apparel manufacturing sector is mainly concentrated in a few countries in the south and south east of Asia. It is an industry with a vicious ‘Race to the Bottom’ drive that kills thousands of workers. Workers are fighting back in many countries, but their struggles are often […]

Earlier this month, Walmart declared that it was going to close five of its stores in China. The company’s offer of compensation and a two week notice period was rejected by its workforce. Defying many people’s expectations, the local ACFTU representative led the protests against Walmart. Under pressure from Walmart, […]

A lock-out of 40 workers at a warehouse in the industrial belt of the northern suburbs of Melbourne that has been going on for three weeks might be one of the first signs of an anti worker offensive by the new right wing Australian government. The workers at the A-Mart […]

This week saw the 3,600 members of the General Union of Petroleum & Chemical Workers in Jordan win a new collective agreement. The new contract gives workers a 30% pay rise, improvement to the retirement benefits, health and medical services for all workers and their families including pensioners. This surprising […]

As the Parliament of Taiwan considers passing a new Free Trade deal with China, hundreds of protesters invaded the chamber and occupied Parliament. This action was followed by solidarity protests around Taiwan as well as a demonstration of tens of thousands of people in Taipei itself. After a few days, […]

While most attention in the West Asia region is focused on the continued repression in Egypt and the civil war in Syria, the situation for Palestinians continues to be as bad as ever. Thousands of Palestinians are in Israeli jails, many of whom are in ‘administrative detention’. The resistance to […]

Last year, in a major industrial accident, 28 workers died at the Freeport-McMoran Grasberg copper mine in West Papua, Indonesia. An investigation into the accident has been held, and the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has stated that the company could have prevented the cave-in that killed those […]

This week another large rally was held in Seoul against the government’s attack on workers’ right to organise and against privatisation. The fight against privatisation has been particulary felt in the railway and health sectors. Following on from their mobilisations against privatisation of the country’s railway system, railway workers are […]

The situation for workers, their families and communities after three years since the start of the uprising is a disaster with hundreds of thousand dead and wounded and millions displaced, either inside or outside the country. What is quite clear is that progressive forces within Syria are now fighting against […]

With upcoming municipal elections scheduled for the end of this month, political tensions in Turkey are continuing to rise. Following the recent mass anti government demonstrations, the Turkish government has now increased its crackdown on independent news sources by switching off that country’s Twitter service. In the meantime, victimisation of […]