| 30 Apr 10 | On International Labor Day, Governments Should Pledge to Make Comprehensive Reforms -- (New York) - The reforms undertaken by Middle Eastern and Asian governments fall far short of the minimum protections needed to tackle abuses against migrant domestic workers, Human Rights Watch said today in a report released in advance of May 1, International Labor Day. Despite recent improvements, millions of Asian and African women workers remain at high risk of exploitation and violence, with little hope of redress, Human Rights Watch said. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Apr 10 | Greek austerity measures prompt strike -- Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greek civil servants and private sector workers will hold a 24-hour strike May 5 to protest government austerity measures, the unions announced Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Apr 10 | Taiwanese electronics workers fight for rights -- TAIWAN: Young Fast Optoelectronics (YFO) sacked five union leaders and ten union members in March 2010 after the newly-established union raised complaints about rampant illegalities at the company where workers endure sweatshop conditions. In support of the workers and their union, the International Metalworkers' Federation urges its affiliates to sign on to the workers' campaign. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Apr 10 | “Trade Unions Save Lives”: A Message For The 28TH of April -- Brussels, 28 April 2010: Trade unions, workers and their communities are mobilising on this 28th April 2010 to commemorate workers who have lost their lives or health at work, and to fight for better occupational health and safety. Each and every day of the year, workplace accidents kill more than 1,000 workers. And diseases related to working conditions add more than 5,330 to this death toll every day. In other words more than 270 workers are killed every single hour. In addition, 906,000 workers suffer injuries every day because of accidents at the workplace. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Apr 10 | ILWU Urges Action to Help Costa Rica Dockworkers -- The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is calling on the U.S. government to take immediate action to stop Costa Rica’s attack on SINTRAJAP, that country’s dockworkers union. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Apr 10 | RMG workers block highway for higher pay -- Hundreds of vehicles remained stranded for several hours on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Kanchpur point yesterday as about 38,000 garment workers of a factory took to the street demanding increase of their salary and other benefits. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Apr 10 | What is happening this May Day in Iran? -- While May Day, the International Workers Day, has never been an officially-sanctioned holiday in Iran, workers have nevertheless celebrated it throughout the years, often against heavy police repression. This year, the authorities have banned all gatherings by the independent labor organizations and threatened them with severe punishment. However, the old government-affiliated labor groups have announced a “labor week”, the Green supporters of labor have called for rallies and marches in Tehran and other cities, and, in what promises to be a highly eventful day, more and more labor and pro-labor groups are coming forward with new statements and plans of action for the occasion. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Apr 10 | Indian workers strike over food, fuel prices -- Flights, rail services and road traffic in parts of India were badly affected Tuesday and some schools and businesses shut down by a strike called by the country's opposition communist parties and their allies to protest rising food and fuel prices. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Apr 10 | Child Labour Extensive – More Efforts Needed to Fight Exploitation -- Brussels, 27 April 2010: A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Albania, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found that further measures are needed to comply with the commitments Albania accepted when it joined the WTO. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Apr 10 | ILO 'conspiring' against Egypt, claims ETUF -- The International Labor Organization (ILO) symposium held in Cairo on Sunday devoted to syndicate rights in Egypt witnessed a number altercations between trade union members and syndicate representatives that in some cases almost turned into fistfights. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Apr 10 | Komatsu workers win first collective agreement -- AMWU members at the Komatsu site in Fairfield, NSW have successfully negotiated a 19% pay rise in their first ever union collective agreement. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Apr 10 | Airbus workers 'to disrupt production in France' -- Airbus workers decided to disrupt plane production across France on Monday to press demands for better pay and new hires, union officials said. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 22 Apr 10 | Rail workers in Luxembourg rally for public services and secure jobs -- European transport workers expressed their anger over the liberalisation of the railways and its impact on public services and jobs at a rally in Luxembourg last week. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Apr 10 | Palestinian universities on strike Thursday -- Hebron – Ma'an – College professors will go on strike Thursday at every Palestinian university, the head of the Teachers and Universities Union, Amjad Barham, said Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Apr 10 | Icelandic Volcano Means Lost Wages for Flower Workers in Africa -- Bernard Pollack, who is taking a leave of absence from the AFL-CIO to travel through Africa, and Danielle Nierenberg send us a report from their journey through Africa. Read more at their blog, Border Jumpers. ( http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/04/21/icelandic-volcano-means-lost-wages-for-flower-workers-in-africa/#more-28440 ) |
| 21 Apr 10 | DJ Neves-Corvo Copper Union Plans To Strike May 5-12 - Lundin -- The union representing workers at the Neves-Corvo copper mine in Portugal has notified the mine's owner that workers plan to strike from May 5-12, Lundin Mining Corp. (LUN.T) said Tuesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Apr 10 | Ekiti Judiciary Workers Begin Strike Today -- The Ekiti State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has announced its intention to commence an indefinite strike today. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Apr 10 | Solomon Islands' unions consider strike action over MP pay rise -- Trade union bodies in Solomon Islands are meeting to decide whether to hold a nationwide strike, to protest against pay increases for politicians. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Apr 10 | PAL union vs. planned layoff of 3,000 -- MANILA, Philippines—Philippine Airlines (PAL) employees on Monday held a motorcade on Monday in protest at a massive retrenchment to be implemented on May 31. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Apr 10 | Indonesian President Snubs Hotel Workers' Long March for Justice -- Dismissed workers from the 5-star Bandung Grand Aquila Hotel have walked nearly 200 kilometers to seek a meeting with the president of Indonesia, and are still waiting to hear if the country's leader is prepared to enforce Indonesia's legislation which makes union-busting a criminal offense. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Apr 10 | ITUC Strengthening its Presence in the Arab Region, to Better Defend Trade Union Rights -- Tunisia, 16 April 2010: Nine Arab trade union organisations affiliated to the ITUC met in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 14 to 16 April, together with six guest union organisations from the region. Open and constructive discussions were held with ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder on the ITUC’s strategy for the Arab region, within the framework of preparatory discussions ahead of the ITUC Congress in Vancouver (Canada) in June. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Apr 10 | Union chiefs call for investment to bolster 'fragile' labour market -- UNION leaders have called for continued investment in Scotland's "fragile" labour market as their annual conference got under way. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Apr 10 | Shangri-La Villingili stalling over strike, claims TEAM -- MALE, April 18, 2010 (Haveeru News Service) – Management of Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort & Spa has not made a decision about several local staff who are on strike since Friday, Tourism Employments Association of Maldives (TEAM) has said on Sunday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Apr 10 | Shangri-La staff sacked for playing PlayStation, 157 now on strike -- Staff at the Shangri-La Villingili Resort are on strike after four workers were dismissed for allegedly playing on a PlayStation in a vacant villa. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Apr 10 | Food Industry Strike Begins -- A three-day strike by food industry workers began on Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, the Finnish Food Workers' Union turned down a settlement proposal put forward by National Conciliator Esa Lonka. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Apr 10 | ATE march hinders BA city traffic -- Several demonstrations had been held in Buenos Aires province and City by workers' organizations and unemployed that generated chaos in traffic. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Apr 10 | Iraqi Workers Need Your Help -- Erin Radford, program officer at the Solidarity Center, sends us this request for action to support Iraqi union leaders in their struggle for bargaining and other workplace rights. ( http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/04/06/iraqi-workers-need-your-help/ ) |
| 08 Apr 10 | Battling to get women workers their due -- It was after toiling in a towel factory and seeing up-close the pathetic conditions of the female factory workers that Rehana Yasmeen, along with other workers, decided to constitute a union by the name of Hosiery Garment Textile Workers Union in 1997. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Apr 10 | General strike in schools and hospitals Monday -- Bethlehem – Ma'an – Non-essential hospital staff and teachers will strike Monday, while schools will also close after 11pm Wednesday and Thursday, protesting what officials called the failure of the Palestinian Authority to meet demands for better conditions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Apr 10 | Respect Workers’ Rights When Rebuilding Haiti -- This week, trade unionists from around the world will meet in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to draft a road map for rebuilding Haiti. Unions have already made it clear the reconstruction and future development of Haiti must include social protections, creation of decent work and respect for workers’ rights. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Apr 10 | French strike disrupts Channel ferries' Easter service -- CALAIS, France — A strike by French ferry workers disrupted traffic on both sides of the Channel over the Easter holiday after entering its second day on Saturday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Apr 10 | Bucharest Bus and Tram Drivers Go on Strike -- More than 4,500 bus and tram drivers in Bucharest staged a strike without warning Thursday, demanding the annulment of wage and bonus cuts that are part of austerity measures. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Apr 10 | Bus services paralysed in Haryana after staff strike -- Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) Bus services in most parts of Haryana were paralyzed Wednesday following a one-day strike called by the Haryana Roadways Employees Union. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Apr 10 | Lufthansa, pilots clash over arbitration offer -- FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lufthansa and its pilots crossed swords on Thursday over the airline's offer of arbitration talks on pay to head off a planned four-day strike that could cost it tens of millions of euros. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Apr 10 | French Polynesia airport strike settled -- International flights from and to French Polynesia have resumed after a strike at Tahiti’s airport was settled as it was in its second day. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Apr 10 | Nordic unions aid BA crew -- Trade unions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have lined up to take action in support of British Airways cabin crew. Five unions – Sweden’s SEKO and Swedish Transport Workers’ Union, Denmark’s 3F and Norway’s Parat and Norwegian Transport Workers’ Union – have given or are considering giving the formal notice of solidarity action required under each of their national laws. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Apr 10 | Ireland promises to end pay cuts to avert strikes -- DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government agreed with trade union leaders on Tuesday that it will not cut public sector pay further for the next four years to try to avert strikes and end work-to-rule protests. ( Laborstart ) |
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