The Turkish government is using the opportunity of the July 2016 failed military coup to target the still powerful Turkish working class. The figures speak for themselves. The number of teachers dismissed in this time has reached almost 30,000, with another 10,000 still under investigation. An additional 20,000 civil servants […]
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Since the start of 2015, there has been a determined push by a number of far right groups in Australia to increase their influence by exploiting the current economic and political climate to their advantage. While Labour and human rights groups have organised counter mobilisations to oppose them, at the […]
The long running case against labour right activist Andy Hall concluded this week when a Thai court found him guilty of criminal defamation and violating the Computer Crime Act. Andy’s research focused on the mistreatment of workers, mostly migrant workers from Burma, employed at the Natural Fruit Company, in Prachuap […]
A new investigative report into the working conditions for workers employed by the global fashion company H&M has highlighted a number of labour rights violations. All the workers were not employed by H&M directly but were working for sub-contracting firms. In addition to low wages that often forced workers to […]
Over one hundred security workers in East Timor are battling Gardamor over their entitlements after being summarily dismissed. Gardamor is a security company run by an ex guerrilla fighter. Workers in East Timor have had lots of difficulty securing good working conditions and rights in the workplace, since independence. The […]
Death Squads in the Philippines have predictably started assassinating worker organisers. Orlando Abangan “Ka Lando” was shot dead on his way home in Talisay, Cebu in the Philippines on 17 September. Ka Lando was a well-known labour and human rights activist. Recently he had been a staunch critic of the […]
Aboriginal people in Australia continue to survive colonisation and the impact of the invasion is brutal and long lasting. In Melbourne last week, in an historic occasion, the first ever monument commemorating the death of Aboriginal freedom fighters was unveiled (see video of unveiling). In the meantime, in the northern […]
Somyot Prueksakasemsuk is one of Thailand’s best known political prisoners. Somyot is a journalist and a labour activist who has been in jail for over 5 years now, convicted under the draconian and repressive Lese Majeste law. Somyot’s birthday is 20 September. He will turn 55. The international campaign group […]
Workers in Korea are continuing to resist the economic and political offensive of the government. Following a major demonstration in July, subway and rail unions will commence an unlimited strike against the government’s policies and its repression of unions and its leaders on 27 September. Major lead up rallies indicate […]
While the historic general strike earlier this month was a massive show of force by Indian workers, there are also ongoing actions by workers. This week, workers from the Honda Motorcycle plant in Tapukara, Rajasthan began an indefinite hunger strike to protest against the company’s mass dismissals of workers. They […]