With the election of the new government in Thailand on the 3rd of July, many people hoped that the country was going to turn a corner from the political repression that had imprisoned many activists and forced many more in exile. The reality has been that the new Pheu Thai […]
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With the popular uprising in Syria now in its sixth month, and amid continued government repression, there are growing signs that some form of military intervention by Western powers, or their regional allies, is being planned. This intervention would be launched under the guise of human rights and liberating the […]
While the focus in recent times has been on other countries in West Asia, workers in Iran have not stopped organising. They face repressive anti union laws and a vast security apparatus, but workers nevertheless keep pressing for their rights and challenging the government. Construction workers in the Kurdish city […]
In Septemebr 2011 the United Nations will vote on a resolution to formally recognise an independent state of Palestine. The World Federation of Trade Unions has endorsed the demand for recognition of Palestine and has written to the UN demanding that the occupation of Palestine should cease, the separation wall should […]
On July 12, 2011, a group of Vietnamese workers arrested on a charge of engaging in illegal strike were found not guilty and were released. This is one of many examples that the South Korean government is oppressing migrant workers in South Korea and is in grave violation of their […]
The struggle and dharna of the contract workers of cement multinational Holcim is continuing at Niyogi Chowk, Bhilai Industrial Area, district Durg, Chhattisgarh. On 10th August, 100 women and children, wives of the agitating contract workers marched to the ACC-Holcim gates in Bhilai Industrial estate, shouted slogans demanding implementation of […]
Several hundred railway workers from the Zhuzhou depot in Hunan staged a mass protest at the province’s main railway station in Changsha on 2 August over long-standing grievances at the railway company’s staff deployment system, This is the latest in a series of strikes by transport workers in China this […]
The bitter struggle continues in Syria. Workers went on general strike but this has not stopped government murders, using tanks against protesters. The Local Coordinating Committees of Syria have organised strike action and economic boycott campaigns as well as demonstrations to defeat the government. The International Trade Union Confederation has […]
More than 100 workers, who earlier worked in asbestos mines, have been diagnosed with asbestosis. This came to light when around 250 workers were examined during a recent medical camp organised by the Mine Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC) at Jhadol in Udaipur. Rana Sengupta, of the MLPC, said "There are […]
More than 100 workers, who earlier worked in asbestos mines, have been diagnosed with asbestosis. This came to light when around 250 workers were examined during a recent medical camp organised by the Mine Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC) at Jhadol in Udaipur. Rana Sengupta, of the MLPC, said "There are […]