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It was ten years ago, on the 26th of August, that the Norwegian freighter Tampa responded to a May Day call and rescued over 400 asylum seekers as their boat was sinking off the coast of Australia. The Tampa incident was the start of a new cycle of repression for […]

Transport workers in a container terminal in Tuticorin, India, have won a substantial wage rise following a four-day strike and assistance via the ITF’s global network terminals (GNT) network. The Tuticorin PSA SICAL Container Terminal Staff Union reached a four-year wage settlement after members walked out on strike for four […]

Following massive student protests against the privatisation of education, hundreds of thousands of Chilean workers joined a two-day national strike called by the CUT trade union centre, pressure is mounting on the government of President Piñera to respond to the widely-supported demands for a major change in direction. The international trade […]

Workers are not responsible for the capitalist crisis. In all countries the rights and living standards of workers are under attack by capitalists and their governments desperate to increase profits. All workers now face some common problems. All workers need to fight back together for their common demands. The Global […]

On 20 September Fatah and Hamas will jointly request the United Nations to recognise the State of Palestine AAWL public meeting: What are the priorities for solidarity activists? Wednesday 7 September at 6pm Trades Hall, Lygon Street Carlton Rally: Stop Israeli apartheid! Friday 9 September at 5:30pm State Library, Swanston […]

The current Labour Government is continuing with its policy of trying to intimidate asylum seekers arriving by boat. They hope that if reports of terrible conditions for asylum seekers who arrive in Australia filter back to others who have not yet embarked on the dangerous journey they will go elsewhere. […]

Virgin pilots are on the verge of signing a new collective agreement that will cement good pay rises and other conditions over the next three years. On the other hand, Qantas, Australia’s biggest airline carrier has announced that it will start a major round of restructuring and outsourcing in order […]

Trade union leaders representing workers of the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) have called on the authorities to publish the report of the presidential commission that investigated the recent unrest in the FTZ that followed the killing of Roshen Shanaka by police. Roshen was killed in workers protests against a controversial […]

On Friday 2 September Daniel Urai, President of the Fiji Trade Union Congress and General Secretary of the National Union of Hospitality, Catering and Tourism Industries Employees, and union organiser Nitin Gounder, are scheduled to appear in the Nadi Magistrates Court in Fiji charged with unlawful assembly. Both men are […]

Thousands of oil workers have been on strike in the Manghystau region of western Kazakhstan since May, demanding a wage increase, equal rights with foreign workers, the release of jailed union lawyer Natalya Sokolova and the lifting of restrictions on the activities of independent labor unions in the region. Sokolova […]