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In July a delegation from the Fiji Trades Union Congress visited Australia and New Zealand to ask for solidarity against new repressive measures against workers being enacted by the Fiji government. Upon their return to Fiji, FTUC president Daniel Urai and fellow union official Dinesh Goundar were arrested for having […]

A very radical series of protests over housing costs has been taking place in Israel. A crucial issue is how these protests will intersect with the Palestinian rights movement, and how much they will link up with the democratic rights uprisings taking place in Egypt and Syria. Meanwhile the Boycott, […]

The South Korean government is continuing to target workers who are organised or politically active. Recently it successfully prosecuted almost 1,400 public servants and teachers, members of the Korean Government Employees Union (KGEU) and the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU), for supporting political parties. The government is now […]

Report from the Federation of Workers’ Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI) All the 223 oil workers at the Shiwashok oil company in Kurdistan, Iraq have began an open-ended strike on August 1, 2011, which has stopped the work of the entire field. The workers who are resident of the […]

Heavily armed Indonesian security forces were unable to prevent a mass rally of tens of thousands of protesters who are demanding a Referendum on the future of the province. Thousands of Papuans Marched on the streets of Jayapura on 2 August, paralyzing the provincial capital with their huge numbers. Supporters […]

The ITF has responded with ‘shock and disbelief’ to today’s Thai Labour Court decision to allow the dismissal of seven leaders of the SRUT railway workers’ trade union for their part in a safety-related industrial action two years ago, and the imposition of a  15 million Bath (US$ 500,000) fine […]

A branch of ICEM Indonesian affiliate FSP-KEP (SPSI), the Trade Union of Chemical, Energy, and Mine Workers, ended an eight-day strike on 13 July against US-based Freeport-McMoRan at the Grasberg copper and gold mine in eastern Papua province on New Guinea Island. Some 10,000 of the mine’s 18,000 workers downed […]

On 25 June 2011 31 Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) activists were arrested at Kepala Batas, and on 26 June 2011 30 were remanded for 7 days to be investigated "for waging war against the King." The activists were arrested in connection to a mass mobilisation (called Bersih 2) in […]

Since the violent crackdown in March of this year against anti government protestors, workers are continuing to feel the brunt of the repression. According to international trade union organisations, over 2,000 workers have been dismissed by employers for participating and/or supporting the protest movement earlier this year. This is part […]

In June of this year, 35 workers at the Salit quarry in the Occupied West Bank went on strike over pay and conditions. The workers are demanding the right to bargain for a collective agreement that will improve their pay and conditions. Palestinian workers not only face the normal pressures […]