Five miners were killed and eight were injured in an explosion at a Sheraz Coal Company mine on 2 April, in the north western province of Khyber Paktunkhwa, Pakistan. In 2016 already 17 miners had been killed in mines in this region. Coal mines had been closed, but mine owners […]
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The Cambodian Parliament has rammed through the draconian labour law, designed to limit workers’ rights to strike, and puts union registration and deregistration entirely at the whim of government. Unions and other labour groups have been protesting the labour law, but it was voted up with a clear majority on […]
Against a brutal occupations, and in defiance fo the Israeli apartheid laws, Palestinians again marked Land Day, in many commemorations events that were sometimes repressed. Unfortunately the issue that began Land Day, land confiscation, has not decreased in importance, as the current Israeli government illegally confiscates land, farms and houses […]
During 2015 economic crisis continued to ravage the planet. Workers and unemployed people everywhere found themselves under attack by corporations and governments. Work harder for less, with less security and less safety, with weaker contracts, fewer regulations – these are the rules imposed on the workers of the world. To keep […]
As reported last week, anti-racist activists right across the world took to the streets in their thousands to oppose racism and fascism and to stand in support of refugees. The international day, declared M19, was observed right across the globe over the weekend of March 19 to 21. Check out the photos and reports from many […]
An anti-racism rally has been organised in Melbourne Victoria on Sunday April 3. The rally is in response to the concerted effort by far right and fascist forces to organise and become a serious political movement in Australia. History shows that in times of economic crisis, far right and fascist […]
AAWL Annual General Meeting Wednesday 6 April at 6pm Meeting Room 2 at Trades Hall More information, contact Jiselle Hanna on 0411 054 859 (only financial members and affiliates can vote. To join or renew your membership to AAWL, please complete the membership form and return to AAWL – PO […]
The city of Hong Kong has around 300,000 domestic workers, mainly women from Indonesia and the Philippines. A new report has found that the working conditions for many of them are still very oppressive, with as many as 50,000 of them working in conditions of forced labour. Unfortunately this is […]
A recent report on factories in Udyog Vihar, Haryana state, reveals that companies exploit the fact that the workers are new to the industry, and still have some families and land in the villages, to enforce long work days and piece work rates. In addition, most workers are also exploited […]
Anti-racist activists right across the world took to the streets in their thousands to oppose racism and fascism and to stand in support of refugees. The international day, declared M19, was observed right across the globe over the weekend of March 19 to 21. In Australia, the annual Palm Sunday […]