| 29 Mar 13 | Workers Strike Over Pay at Hong Kong Port Backed by Li Ka-shing -- More than 100 workers at Hongkong International Terminals Ltd., backed by billionaire Li Ka- shing’s port operator, are striking to demand about a 20 percent pay increase amid higher inflation. ( http://www.bloomberg.com ) |
| 29 Mar 13 | International Airlines Group loses senior executive after union conflict -- Willie Walsh, boss of the merged British Airways and Iberia, lost one of his senior executives on Wednesday when the head of the Spanish airline stepped down after months of conflict with unions over layoffs. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Mar 13 | Federal mediator holds meeting for Strongsville teacher, school board in hopes to end strike Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/federal-mediator-holds-meeting-in-hopes-of-reaching-agreement-in-strongsville-teachers-strike# -- INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - The Strongsville Education Association and the district’s school board members met behind closed doors Tuesday for another round of negotiations as the teachers’ strike enters its fourth week. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Mar 13 | Domestic workers to get equal rights in Brazil -- The Brazilian Senate has brought in a new law giving domestic servants the same rights as other workers for the first time. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Mar 13 | General strike paralyzes Silesia -- The protest action by a coalition of trade unions was joined by workers from the rail, mining, metallurgical and energy sectors as well as teachers and public health service employees, Slawek Szefs reports. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Mar 13 | Haryana - MSWU pamphlet on the launch of indefinite dharna and hunger strike -- We are on an indefinite dharna from 24 March 2013, and will go on an indefinite Hunger Strike from 28 March 2013, in Kaithal, Haryana in front of Kisan Bhavan, residence of State Industries Minister, R.S. Surjewala. Please join in solidarity and circulate this message as widely as possible. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Mar 13 | Hong Kong Denies Maids' Residency -- HONG KONG — After three years of legal argument, the highest court in Hong Kong has upheld a government appeal that denies overseas domestic workers the right to residency in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The case has implications for Hong Kong’s judicial independence from Beijing, and the rights of poor migrant workers across Asia. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Mar 13 | Metal workers fired as others block railway -- TBILISI, DFWatch–The management of the metallurgical plant in Poti has fired nine employees the day after the port workers there went on strike. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Mar 13 | China’s workers demand a better trade union -- China’s workers have demonstrated remarkable solidarity and organizational ability for several years now in strikes and protests across the country. They have demanded and in many cases obtained higher wages and better working conditions from their employer. Moreover, they have done this on their own and without the help of the trade union, which is usually seen as ineffectual or merely a tool of management. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Mar 13 | Decent work for youth and nothing less! Southern Cone Youth Committees begin to mature -- The PSI /IMPACT-sponsored project “Young workers in southern cone: from a project to a union policy”, which took place from 2011-2013, helped to strengthen PSI Regional and National Youth Committees in numbers and representation. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Mar 13 | German rail workers go on strike amid wage dispute -- Strikes began early Monday morning in Germany, with a Deutsche Bahn spokesperson saying commuter lines in particular were "severely affected." Travelers in the states of Berlin, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and in the southwest of the country all faced delays. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Mar 13 | Local workers want govt help to compete -- In the lead up to the ASEAN free trade zone in 2015, workers and tourism associations are demanding the government be more transparent in using funds collected from foreign workers to improve the quality of local talent, which will face tougher competition for jobs. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Mar 13 | 1,534 staff of 26 TTCs unpaid for 6 months -- The faculty and staff members of 26 technical training centres set up and run under Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training development projects have been going without salary and other benefits for the past six months. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Mar 13 | Labor rights advocates commemorate fallen unionists, warn of worsening repression -- On average, 90 trade unionists and activists per year become victims of filing of criminal charges since the Aquino administration took over. This is more than double the yearly number of cases from 2004-2009. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Mar 13 | After the Savar tragedy, time for an international minimum wage -- For Bangladeshis, the tragedy at the garment factory in Savar is a symbol of our failure as a nation. The crack that caused the collapse of the building has shown us that if we don't face up to the cracks in our own systems, we as a nation will get lost in the debris. Today, the souls of those who lost their lives in Rana Plaza are watching what we are doing and listening to what we say. The last breath of those souls surrounds us. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Mar 13 | Call for Flexibility in Cambodian Wage Talks -- The Cambodian government on Wednesday called on unions and employers to be flexible in their negotiations over an increase in the minimum wage for garment and footwear workers as the two sides remained poles apart following a second straight day of tense talks. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Mar 13 | Call for Flexibility in Cambodian Wage Talks -- The Cambodian government on Wednesday called on unions and employers to be flexible in their negotiations over an increase in the minimum wage for garment and footwear workers as the two sides remained poles apart following a second straight day of tense talks. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Mar 13 | Chinese bus drivers in Singapore sent to jail for organizing strike -- Four Chinese bus drivers in Singapore were sentenced to jail terms of up to seven weeks for their part in a strike over unequal pay and poor living conditions late last November. ( Laborstart ) |
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