The government of Fiji is continuing in its attack on workers’ rights to organise. The recent international day of action in solidarity with Fijian workers has not led to a decrease in the harassment of workers. Recently Daniel Urai and Felix Anthony, respectively President and General Secretary of the Fiji Trades Union Congress […]
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On Wednesday 7 December at 6pm. Open workshop with international and local activists. All welcome Discussion on how to fight the repression labour movement activists in many countries face where workers can be jailed or killed for demanding improvements in wages and conditions. The public meeting will be held at Trades […]
On Wednesday 7 December at 6pm. Open workshop with international and local activists. All welcome Discussion on how to fight the repression labour movement activists in many countries face where workers can be jailed or killed for demanding improvements in wages and conditions. The public meeting will be held at Trades […]
Click here for the latest Asian Workers Organising – November 2011 China: Workers, wildcat strikes and labour advocacy… Workers know that demanding unions independent of the ACFTU is dangerous, and likely to end in arrests and imprisonment. The two dominant forms of labour activism in China currently are wildcat strikes, and advocacy work by NGOs. Read […]
As previously reported, power loom workers in the Faisalabad district of Pakistan in mid 2010 went on a series of major strikes and demonstrations. Four of their leaders, Fazal Elahi, Rana Riaz, Babar Randhawa and Akbar Kamboh, plus two others, were arrested by the police. Once in detention, they were […]
2,500 workers at Philippines Airlines are continuing their fight against outsourcing. The workers are resisting intimidation and pressure by police. Their pickets are holding firm and they are receiving support from other Filipino workers. In a show of solidarity with their Qantas comrades, the striking Filipino workers had a demonstration […]
Contrary to earlier declarations, the Indonesian police cancelled its plan to break the strike at Freeport Indonesia for the start of this month. The strike by workers will now continue at least until November 9th. This is in stark contrast to what the police did on October 10, when they […]
Thousands of textile workers are now entering the 7th week of strike action in the city of Ludhiana, Punjab. The workers, from a number of different factories, are asking for better wages, better health and safety conditions and the implementation of the current labour law. Click here for more information. […]
The strike by around 1,000 workers of the Kazmunaigas oil company has now entered its sixth month. Workers are camping out in the main square of Zhanaozen, a town in western Kazakstan, to press for their demands for better pay and conditions. During this time, the workers have been beaten […]
Reports are emerging of major industrial actions at petrochemical complexes at Mashar and Tabriz. Conditions for the large majority of Iranian workers are very bad with low pay and unsafe working conditions. In addition, Iranian workers right to organise is severely restricted by the Iranian Government, with arrests of activists […]