Possibly in a prelude to the full privatisation of the Japanese postal service, Japan post is planning to dismiss up to 14,000 of its non regular employees. The Postal Workers Union is organising members to take protest actions.
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Free the refugees: no to offshore processing, no to mandatory detention. The fight to defend the human rights of asylum seekers in Australia continues. Following the High Court decision to strike down the Malaysian ‘solution’, it is important to demand that the Australian government implements onshore processing in a community […]
Indian asbestos workers have little in the way of safety equipment and if they contract a respiratory illness like asbestosis or a cancer like mesothelioma few are paid compensation. Canada won’t use asbestos itself but it is selling it by the shipload to India. Business is so brisk Canada is breathing […]
The Malaysian government wants to allow third-party intervention in the workplace where by companies can outsource their employment contracts and obligations to an outside third party. This tactic is used worldwide to undermine workers ability to organise and for the employers to drive down wages and conditions by passing on […]
On 7 October six workers were killed at Keppel Subic Shipyard in the Philippines, when a 42 ton elevated ramp fell. Another six workers were badly injured but survived. The Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP) conducted a fact-finding mission at the site, and found irregularities in Keppel’s health […]
The strike at the Freeport-McMoran mine in West Papua is intensifying. The company has started to hire outside strike breakers to replace the striking miners. In response, the workers set up community committees to tour around the mining complex to assess the number of strike breakers brought in. It was […]
Last week we reported that the Maruti Suzuki workers had lost their dispute. However the company has continued victimising workers, so the struggle has escalated again and the Maruti Suzuki factory in Gurgaon, near Delhi, is occupied. Two other Suzuki factories in the area are on strike in solidarity with […]
On Saturday 8 October, we hit the streets for abortion rights. So did the Pro-Lifers. It was their annual March for the Babies. Abortions were finally decriminalized in Victoria in 2008, but the issue is still one that must be defended. The rally on 8 October showed us that we […]
Earlier this week, General Workers’ Union (SJT-TL) Secretary General, Mr. Almério Vila Nova and the National Organizer, Mrs. Henita Casimira were arrested with 17 workers while preparing for a protest outside the Ministry of Justice. The protest was being staged to protest the workers dismissal from the Turismo Hotel. The […]
On Saturday, October 8, over five thousand activists from across South Korea gathered in Busan for the fifth “Bus of Hope” rally in support of workers at the Hanjin Heavy Industries shipbuilding who have been in a struggle against layoffs since November 2010. Two days of protest and cultural events […]