This week has again shown the vulnerable position that Palestinians in Gaza live in facing the heavily militarised and nuclear armed state of Israel. The latest wave of bombardment has to be seen in relation to the changes that have occurred in that region in the last year and the […]
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Just a few months after the mass murder of workers in Karachi, Pakistan, another fire has claimed the lives of garment workers. On Saturday the 24th of November, a fire engulfed the factory of Tazreen Fashions, just outside of the capital Dhaka. As with many similar garment factories, Occupational Health […]
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2012 is 'Spirit of the Tent Embassy: 40 years on. They dared to challenge.' NAIDOC means: National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. This year's theme celebrates the champions who lived to renew the spirit of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through the establishment […]
Earlier this week, at a major construction site in central Melbourne, southern Australia, workers had to defend their picket line against hundreds of riot police. The dispute centres on Grocon’s attempt to weaken the CFMEU’s ability to organise and represent workers. Grocon is one of Australia’s biggest construction companies. The […]
Rally to defend the Fertility Control Clinic in East Melbourne, the first clinic to provide safe and affordable abortions in Australia. Anti-abortionists picket the clinic daily, harassing, bullying and intimidating patients and staff. Our Bodies, Our Choices! Saturday 24 November 10am Fertility Control Clinic, Wellington Pde, East Melbourne
As previously reported, the uprising in Syria has seen a number of reactionary and imperialist forces intervening in this conflict. Nevertheless, workers and other progressive forces have also been organising. With the conflict intensifying, it is important that we support our class brothers and sisters both politically and materially. This […]
International Days of Action around specific disputes or industries, are increasingly being used as methods to grow international solidarity among workers by co-ordinating actions and events internationally. As reported previously, workers at DHL in Turkey have been fighting for the right to organise for many months, with 20 of their […]
Jalila Al-Salman, the acting President of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA), was released from jail in late November. Jalila was arrested at the same time as the then President of the BTA, Mahdi Abu Dheeb, during the Bahrain’s government ongoing crackdown on dissent. Unfortunately, Mahdi is still in jail, and […]
Indonesian workers earlier this week, staged a militant demonstration outside the Japanese and south Korean embassies in Jakarta to protest against outsourcing practices of companies from these countries. This protest was only the latest in a protracted and continuing industrial campaign against outsourcing. Indonesian workers see outsourcing as a strategy […]
Following on from the fire at the Tazreen Factory in Dhaka that killed 112 workers, documents have emerged showing that major companies like Walmart were aware of substandard factory conditions, but refused to fund any improvements because they were too expensive. This is another tragic example of companies putting profits […]