Earlier this month, over ten thousands garment workers in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, paralysed large sections of the city by holding a snap demonstration in some of the city’s busiest roads. The workers were angry about a planned change to their Employee Provident Fund. While this threat to […]
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This week the military arrested another 10 anti-dictatorship activists as well as breaking up anti-government demonstrations. Some of those arrested have now been accused of ‘crimes’ under the Sedition Act or the Lese Majeste Act. These are both draconian laws that carry long jail sentences. In a separate incident, an […]
The globalisation of the world economy and the increase use of temporary migrant labour has also seen a rise in the numbers of workers being grossly exploited. In mid-April, in the north eastern city of Brisbane, 50 workers from Taiwan were discovered being kept as virtual slaves and forced to […]
International Worker’s Memorial Day is held on 28 April every year. Events and actions are held by labour organisations and activists around the world to remember those who have died or have been injured at the workplace. Millions of workers annually are injured or killed by their work. The day […]
May Day has been celebrated internationally since 1886 as the day for workers to unite as a class. Capitalists and governments are killing us in our workplaces and in our communities. Workers need to stop the politics of austerity and war. March in solidarity with workers in struggle everywhere. Rallies […]
The giant Coles supermarket chain continues to pay many of its workers below the legal minimum wage. Coles workers are exploited under a terrible EBA, signed thanks to the efforts of the largest yellow union in Australia, the SDA. But the EBA is being contested, so possibly, thousands of workers will […]
This week, Tiga Bayles, a long time advocate and activist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander industrial and civil rights died after a long illness. Tiga was central to the long running fight by Aboriginal workers in the state of Queensland to recover their stolen wages. The Queensland Council of […]
This month, hundreds of workers employed at the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to read household meters went on strike demanding that they be made permanent employees, see video. The issue of precarious employment has been fought against by these workers for a number of years. This week, after a strike […]
There are over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, many either locked up in ‘administrative detention’ without trial, or convicted for protesting against the Israeli occupation. The 17th of April is known as the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners. Solidarity actions were held throughout the world as […]
Early next month, labour activists internationally are going to co-ordinate an advocacy campaign against the global company Pepsi-Co over its indifference to labour right violations in oil palm plantations. Pepsi-Co is a massive buyer of palm oil for its snack food products and beverages. The exploitation of workers in the […]