The Progress Union this week announced that ten workers sacked in 2010 by the Everest Industries (P) Ltd., in the Katunayake export processing zone will be reinstated at the start of November. These workers will also receive six months back wages. The Progress Union, with other unions such as the […]
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Amid a widely publicised release of prisoners from Burmese jails, news has reached us that seven trade unionists have also been released. Unfortunately many more still remain in jail. Burma has a very bad human rights record where independent labour organising is virtually impossible. Independent trade unions organise at the […]
Workers in every country face the same pressures to work longer, produce more, for less. In our increasingly globalised economies, not only do we work in the same industries, but often for the same company. What is the best way to fight together? How do we make our actions more […]
Workers in every country face the same pressures to work longer, produce more, for less. In our increasingly globalised economies, not only do we work in the same industries, but often for the same company. What is the best way to fight together? How do we make our actions more […]
On 21 October Occupy Melbourne protest camp in the centre of Melbourne was attacked by 400 riot police who destroyed all tents and equipment. During the eight hours of protest which followed more than 100 protesters were arrested and some injured. Occupy Melbourne [Twitter: #OccupyMelbourne] was established in solidarity with Occupy Wall […]
Workers at the Freeport McMoran mine in West Papua, Indonesia are continuing their strike amid more intimidations and killings by thugs and militias. The GSBI, the union representing the estimated 11,000 workers on strike, has launched an international appeal for solidarity. Read the letter here. Workers in other mines owned by […]
The ongoing industrial issues at Qantas and Philippines Airlines are the result of the companies drive to increase their profits. They both want to outsource their workforce so that their workers will be paid less. On Wednesday a thousand members of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association defeated an attempt by police and […]
The Maruti Suzuki dispute is important for the workers involved, but it is also important for all the workers in the Gurgaon industrial area, and for auto workers worldwide. It is a dispute that might encourage many workers decide that struggle and solidarity are the way forward. Kolkata workers in […]
The Maruti Suzuki dispute is important for the workers involved, but it is also important for all the workers in the Gurgaon industrial area, and for auto workers worldwide. It is a dispute that might encourage many workers decide that struggle and solidarity are the way forward. Kolkata workers in […]
As reported last week, industrial actions by workers of Maruti-Suzuki factories is still ongoing. New rounds of negotiations are continuing but the sticking points remain recognition of the workers union, re-instatement of dismissed employees and work conditions. For interviews with the workers see here. The workers have put out an […]