On April 28, unions and workers around the world pause to not only remember those who lost their lives due to work incidents and disease – but to fight for the living. This means fighting for better regulation, increased government compliance activity, and achieving safer workplaces for all. This year, […]
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May Day has been celebrated internationally since 1886 as the day for workers to unite. With the continuing intensification of the capitalist crisis globally, the significance of May Day and the commonality of our issues has never been more apparent. March in solidarity with workers in struggle everywhere Send us […]
The end of April will mark three years that Somyot has been in jail because of the repressive Lese Majeste law (Article 112). In Thailand, a week of events culminating on May Day, have been organised to push for his release. Meanwhile, at an international Thai Studies conference in Sydney, […]
Pakistan is a very hard place for workers to organise with enemies from many sectors of society. Being a journalist and just trying to do your job is a dangerous task, with over 50 journalists killed in the last 10 years in Pakistan. Last week, Hamid Mir a television journalist, […]
In recent times many Iranian labour activists have had to spend many years in jail as the Iranian government tries to contain workers anger against workplace pay and conditions, see here, here, here and here. Many of these unionists end up at the notorious Evin prison. It was in this […]
With the 1st year anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse just a couple of weeks away, the issue of justice for workers is very stark. While the death of over a thousands workers made international headlines, the companies involved in this massacre have been negligent in paying compensation to the […]
Thirty three workers in Western Australia may lose their cars, homes or other property, after a court ordered bailiffs to seize the workers’ property for refusing to pay fines for striking. The workers were fined up to $10,000 each for an eight-day strike on a Woodside liquefied natural gas (LNG) […]
In late March, more than 500 migrant workers from Myanmar went on strike at their garment factory in Mae Sot, North Thailand. They were paid less than minimum wage, fined for taking sick leave and receive no assistance or compensation for occupational injuries or disease. After a week on strike […]
“Another Promise” tells the story of Hwang Yu-mi, who died of leukemia after working in a Samsung semiconductor factory in Korea. Approximately 200 workers have alleged that they contracted occupational diseases from working in Samsung. More than 50 have died – almost all of them young women. Supporters for the […]
Global Union IndustriAll has released a report highlighting 41 deaths at Rio-Tinto operations around the world in 2013 – including 33 in a tunnel collapse in Indonesia in May 2013. IndustriAll also highlighted two uranium spills at Rio Tinto mines last year, and Rio Tinto’s role in dispossessing people of […]