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Why do capitalists kill unionists in the Philippines? New AAWL solidarity leaflet for distribution at your workplace Stop the killings – Support a living wage Download leaflet

Since 2009 Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been attempting to achieve a massive round of closures and outsourcing of many of its operations. This would result in the dismissal of almost 3,000 employees. Many of these jobs would be tendered out to sub contracting companies where workers would end up performing […]

The Gurindji people from the communities of Kalkaringi and Daguragu are the latest Aboriginal communities to come out against the Government’s so called NT Intervention. This Intervention was enacted by the previous Government in 2007, to allegedly protect Aboriginal women and children from violence and drug abuse. The Intervention has […]

Greetings from the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) Bangladesh. Earlier we had sent news that there are disputes running in total 5 factories as a result of two factory closures and three illegal mass sackings. Locally for these NGWF organized several demonstration and internationally some friends organizations tried and are […]

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 […]