As reported previously, the repression against workers in Iran continues unabated with many workers arrested and sentenced to years of jail for the sole crime of attempting to improve wages and conditions. This week, Reza Shahabi, a leading activist with the Vahed Syndicate of bus drivers in Tehran, was sentenced […]
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As reported previously, the Samsung Electronics company in South Korea is not only notoriously anti-union, but has murderous health and safety record. The company is now trying to discredit labour activists who are increasing the pressure on the company to admit its atrocious OHS record. A protest vigil by OHS […]
In an ongoing dispute that began late last year, bus drivers at the Howick and Eastern Buses Company are fighting to keep their conditions in relation to overtime and penalty rates. Part of their actions involve offering free rides to passengers by refusing to collect fares. The company is owned […]
In the latest of a series of accidents at the coal mines in the Duki region of Balochistan in central Pakistan, three miners were poisoned to death earlier this month. Unfortunately these have not been the only deaths in the coal mines in this region and are an indicator of […]
Life under Israeli occupation is extremely hard for Palestinian workers and their families. While ending the Occupation is of utmost importance, workers also struggle to improve their lives through better wages and conditions. This week saw a major demonstration by Palestinian teachers in Ramallah against the Palestinian Authority in their […]
Last year saw massive mobilisations by Iranian teachers in support of job security, better conditions and pay. These actions by teachers occurred all across Iran. The reaction by the Iranian government has been swift and repressive as usual. The government harassed and arrested a number of the teachers’ organisers (see […]
As previously reported, class struggle in South Korea intensified late last year with massive protests by workers and increasing repression by the government. In the middle of this month, the Korean Teachers Union was deregistered as part of the government ongoing offensive against unions. An unusual ‘ghost’ protest was held […]
The current BJP government in India has initiated a set of ongoing changes to weaken workers’ rights in India. This has led to massive protest by workers all over India. The government is also waging a nationalist and xenophobic offensive against its enemies and minorities. Its youth wing, the ABVP […]
As previously reported, the prospect of returning hundreds of sick refugees to the prisons camps in Nauru, sparked widespread protests in Australia. While the Australian government temporarily backed down, their commitment to a policy of repression remains. This week, an Iranian journalist held in the Manus Island, PNG, prison camp […]
The regions of Gurgaon and Manesar, near the Indian capital of New Dehli, are huge industrial areas that employ millions of people. The workers at the car plant of Maruti Suzuki staged a number of heroic actions before they were brutally repressed by the government (see 2011, 2013, 2014 and […]