Qantas Airlines is trying to become a regional airline by shifting many of its operations to countries where workers are less organised so it can employ them on the lower wages and conditions. Current Qantas workers are fighting these moves with many unions now in dispute with the company. […]
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Workers from the National Garment Workers Federation had set up a permanent protest site front of the National Press Club in Dhaka. The workers were demanding outstanding wages and allowances, as well as food subsidies. This week workers at some of the factories in dispute received the money they were […]
WWI lasted four years, WWII lasted six, and the Vietnam war continued for eight years. As of this month, Australia has been at war in Afghanistan for ten years. 30,000 is estimated to be a conservative count of the Afghani civilians killed so far in this war, but nobody is […]
Occupy Wall Street has sparked a movement in New York and in the United States, giving voice to the people being ground down by capitalism. On Saturday 15 October major protests in opposition to corporations and capitalism are taking place across the world. The New York police are threatening to […]
The recent execution of eight migrant workers from Bangladesh has once again highlighted the terrible situation that million of workers face in West Asia. Amnesty International has condemned the executions as carried out without any semblance of proper process for the defendants. Last year the case of the Sri Lankan […]
The deepening capitalist crisis of this year is provoking more and more protests by workers and activists all around the world. In India, coal mine workers will stage a nation wide strike next month, while a general strike has been called for the 8 November. In Japan major industrial actions […]
The deepening capitalist crisis of this year is provoking more and more protests by workers and activists all around the world. In India, coal mine workers will stage a nation wide strike next month, while a general strike has been called for the 8 November. In Japan major industrial actions […]
The violence against the popular uprising in Yemen escalated in recent weeks with the return from exile of President Saleh. Listen to a podcast interview with spokesperson from the revolutionary youth organisation. In Bahrain, protesters were recently given heavy sentences for alleged crimes committed in protests for democratic reforms earlier […]
Last week workers from the PALEA union were forcibly evicted from their workplaces where they were staging a sit down protest. They have been locked out since then and were all terminated from their jobs on 1 October. Despite this repression, Philippines airlines has been unable to resume normal operations […]
With the strike by thousands of workers continuing, Freeport management has hired a security company Securicor to harass and intimidate the workers. The workers have not conceded, and the strike has gained support from many unions and political organisations in Indonesia. Freeport has also been alleged of donating millions of dollars […]