Ms. Park has been employed as a contract worker at Hyundai Motor for 14 years. In 2009, she started to be sexually harassed by a group leader and a manager. When she complained to the company, Ms Park was suspended for six months, then her pay was cut, and ultimately […]
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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 Kazakhstan, to press for their demands for better pay and conditions. During this time, the workers have been beaten […]
Two boats left the Turkish port of Fethiye this week filled with medical supplies. The Tahrir and the Saoirse are crewed by 27 people from nine different countries. This is the latest attempt to break the illegal siege by the Israeli army of the Gaza strip. For more information, see […]
With the uprising in Syria in its 8th month, the class divisions that are affecting the situation have become quite clear. General strikes are now very common in working class cities like Homs, Hama, Baniyas and Daraa, as well as in the working class suburbs of Damascus. In addition, the […]
International industrial action and solidarity workshop International solidarity is built through solidarity messages, connecting struggles and joint industrial action We have been asked by the workers at Maruti-Suzuki in India, Hanjin in Korea and Freeport in West Papua for solidarity. We have been asked by the workers at Philippine Airlines to organise […]
As the All Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) Freeport division and Freeport management were in another round of negotiations, three people were killed nearby. The negotiation, earlier this week, lasted nine hours ending without agreement. Freeport Vice Executive, Sinta Sirait, rejected a call by SPSI chief negotiator, Sudiro, for striking workers to be fully […]
A recent campaign by a number of migrant worker organisations to support migrant workers in Jordan has once again highlighted the terrible situation that thousands of workers face. Workers have reported that they have been raped, beaten, forced to work in intolerable and degrading conditions, and subjected to deportations at […]
It is now over a month that almost 3,000 workers have been in a struggle with Philippine Airlines over the issue of outsourcing their jobs. They are staying strong and have received international solidarity. Actions in support of their stance are continuing, see here and here. While action has been […]
Over fifty workers at the Nescafé factory in Panjang, Indonesia were recently dismissed after the workers took industrial action in support of their collective bargaining demands. All these workers were members of the SBNIP. The workers have organised for five years to win their better conditions via a collective agreement. […]
At two of the Kampana-Savranoğlu factories, makers of leather for the shoe industry, over a 100 workers have been fighting a hard battle for trade union rights. These workers, in Izmir and Istanbul, tried to organise a union with the support of the Turkish union DERİ-İş. They were met with intimidation […]