A new report by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has provided more evidence of how companies use sub-contracting arrangements to lower wages and conditions. The report analysed 50 global companies and found that they directly employed only 6% of their workforce. The remaining 116 million workers were employed across […]
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3CR Radio is an activist radio station based in Melbourne, Australia. This year marks its 40th birthday. 3CR Radio is a unique radio station with union, worker, indigenous, women’s, ethnic, LGBTI, environmental, music and other community programs that are not heard elsewhere. Every week AAWL presents its Asia Pacific Currents […]
After being on strike for over 9 weeks, 54 workers employed at the Bitzer refrigerator manufacturing plant in Melbourne, Australia, won their fight against the company. The management of Bitzer wanted to enforce a new agreement on workers that would increase their work days and decrease their job security with […]
In the last few weeks, four workers were killed and others injured in a series of incidents at the Seiko Steel and Laskar shipbreaking yards. These horrific statistics are the direct results of the criminal neglect by employers of safe working conditions and the repression of independent trade unions. Unfortunately, […]
The health and safety of workers in South Korea took a step forward last week with the recognition that Malignant Lymphoma is a disease caused by occupational exposure. This small win was the result of hard struggle by labour activists who have been campaigning for years against the practices of […]
The situation for refugees in Australia remains mired in the policy of repression from the two main political parties. A local artist’s exhibition vividly portrays this inhumanity, while a group of refugees have produced a video condemning the actions of the current immigration minister, Peter Dutton. In the offshore concentration […]
At the start of this month, Khalida Jarrar, was released from jail after 14 months of administrative detention. At her release, Khalida's message was that internationally, the Palestinian solidarity movement needs to devote more energy and campaigning on the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. At the same time Khalida […]
Last week, workers and unions in Melbourne, Australia had a victory for workers to hold political views when Roz Ward, an academic at La Trobe University was reinstated after a short suspension. Ms. Ward is one of the co-founders of the Safe School curriculum which aims to promote acceptance of […]
This week a fire engulfed a housing complex for migrant workers in Qatar, killing 11 and injuring at least another 12 workers. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident as countries in West Asia, like Qatar, are renowned for their brutal exploitation of migrant workers and their anti-union practices (see […]
In a barbaric display of repression and intimidation, the Iranian Government carried out public floggings against 17 mine workers as punishment for them taking industrial action. The workers were employed at the Agh Dareh Gold Mine in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province. They had been protesting against the layoff of 350 […]