| 29 Apr 11 | Workers to celebrate Labor Day in Tahrir, demand more freedoms -- CAIRO: The Egyptian Independent Trade Unions Federation (EITUF) will organize a ceremony for workers in Tahrir Square on May 1 to celebrate Labor Day. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Apr 11 | China's trade union takes up a new cause — workers -- China’s only legal trade union organization, a tool of Communist Party control long scorned by workers as a shill for big business, is experimenting with a novel idea: speaking up for labor. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Apr 11 | COSATU`s 2011 May Day Message -- Every year on May 1st, workers around the world celebrate their victories, remember their fallen heroes and recommit themselves to the fight for a better life. May Day is a day to remind the world that the worker`s labour is the wheel around which our world revolves. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Apr 11 | Parties start talks to avert unrest over wage dispute -- Talks have started over a demand by the umbrella trade union body for a 60 per cent increase in minimum wages as the government and employers look to stem the possibility of industrial unrest, which would destabilise the economy further. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Apr 11 | About 800 Air India pilots go on strike -- New Delhi: About 800 Air India pilots took to strike Tuesday midnight after failure of talks with the management over payment parity and better working conditions. Their action is likely to cause disruption of flights of the state-owned carrier from Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Apr 11 | Medical workers missing in Bahrain -- LONDON — More than 30 medical workers are missing in Bahrain, an American rights group said yesterday, in the latest indication that the country’s health care system is being drawn into Bahrain’s confrontation with prodemocracy campaigners. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Apr 11 | Umbrella unions join forces -- The heads of the nation’s two umbrella unions vowed Monday to stand against what they call a oppressive Lee Myung-bak administration and influence the by-elections slated for Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Apr 11 | Kenya's Central Union Body Issues Fresh Strike Threat -- NAIROBI, April 25 (BERNAMA-NNN-KBC) -- Kenya's Central Organization Of Trade Unions (COTU) has issued fresh threats to hold a nationwide strike if the government does not respond to its proposal of a minimum wage increase of 60 per cent come May 1. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Apr 11 | Workers of Denryoko Soren Face Dire Plight at Fukushima Nuclear Site -- Six weeks after an earthquake and tsunami decimated the six nuclear reactors inside the Fukushima power plant in northeastern Japan, union members and staff of Denryoku Soren, the ICEM-affiliated Federation of Electric Power Related Industry Workers’ Union of Japan, work voluntary week-long shifts to contain radiation leakage. They work inside a 20-kilometre zone in which Japanese rescue teams searching for the dead are prohibited from entering due to radiation levels. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Apr 11 | The Social Workers' Strike: A Setback with Important Lessons -- The social workers’ strike ended in disappointment. (See Background article.) After the momentum gathered by thousands of social workers who took to the streets for 23 days, there is the feeling of a squandered opportunity. The agreement forced upon them by the Finance Ministry, the Labor Court and the Histadrut goes directly against their expectations and demands. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Apr 11 | COTU issues fresh threats -- The Central Organization Of Trade Unions(COTU) has issued fresh threats to hold a countrywide workers strike if the government does not respond to its proposal of a minimum wage of 60 percent and the general wage by 10 percent increment come May 1. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Apr 11 | Civil servants' strike threatens Botswana budget -- GABORONE — A public workers' strike in Botswana threatens to derail government efforts to rein in spending as it tackles a budget deficit while trying to shore up a nascent economic recovery. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Apr 11 | Labor Board Case Against Boeing Points to Fights to Come -- For businesses, it was the type of action they have feared from a National Labor Relations Board dominated by Democrats. For labor unions, it was the type of action they have hoped for. And for both, it may be a sign of things to come. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Apr 11 | Swaziland pro-democracy struggle continues -- April 12 marks the day that Swaziland declared a state of emergency in 1973, which is still ongoing 38 years later, making it one of the world’s longest running state of emergencies. It has been used to suspend the human rights and political freedom of the Swazi people and includes a ban on political parties. April 12, 2011 was chosen by pro-democracy campaigners for mass protests. Yet the protests planned for three days from the April 12 faced brutal crackdown by Swaziland security forces on anti-government protestors. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Apr 11 | BWI Calls for an End to the Sackings of Union Members in Bahrain -- Despite repeated calls by the international trade union community to stop the unilateral firings of members of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU), an affiliate to the Building and Wood Workers International (BWI), union leaders continue to be terminated from their jobs. The BWI calls for end to these unjust lay-offs which is being pushed and endorsed by the Bahraini government in response to the GFBTU’s General Strike from March 13 to 22, 2011. The General Strike was in response to ensure the protection of workers who were deliberately targeted and brutally attacked throughout Bahrain during that period. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Apr 11 | 90,000 Botswana government workers on strike -- Gaborone, Botswana (CNN) -- Public servants across Botswana are in the fourth day Thursday of a strike that is expected to last until April 29. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Apr 11 | New BWI Regional Representative for Latin America and Caribbean -- The BWI officially announces the appointment of Nilton Freitas as the new Regional Representative for Latin America & Caribbean. Nilton will help the BWI in reaching its strategic priorities including the defense of human and labour rights and strengthening the union movement in the region. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Apr 11 | Drivers consider joining strike ACTION -- The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is imposing overtime bans for workshop staff, affecting re-fuelling and maintenance of buses. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Apr 11 | Bahrain: Stop the attack on the trade union movement -- The authorities in Bahrain have launched an all-out attack on the Bahraini trade union movement. Thousands of workers have been dismissed for taking part in trade union activities in suport of the peaceful calls for greater democracy and reform. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Apr 11 | Workers of GNA embark on sit-down strike action -- Workers of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Monday afternoon laid down their tools following the National Media Commission’s (NMC) decision to recall Nana Appau Duah, General Manager (GM) from an indefinite leave. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Apr 11 | German rail services disrupted on day two of strikes -- Berlin - German commuters faced delays Tuesday on railway routes connecting smaller towns as many train drivers stayed away from work for the second day of a 60-hour rail strike. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Apr 11 | Bahrain: Urgent ITUC Mission Warns of Slide into Dictatorship -- “Bahrain is sliding rapidly towards absolute dictatorship, and the authorities seem intent on creating and deepening sectarian divisions. The Bahraini trade unions have been at the forefront of the movement for dialogue, peace and reconciliation, yet the government has clearly decided to try and destroy them. The international trade union movement will not simply stand by and allow this to happen. If the government does not change course, the global diplomatic and economic consequences will be severe,” said Wienen. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Apr 11 | KMWU rally in Busan to support strike at Hanjin -- KOREA: On April 8 thousands of workers from across Korea including the Korean Metal Workers' Union (KMWU) gathered in Busan to protest mass dismissals and demand comprehensive revision of the Trade Union Labour Relations Act. The Hanjin Heavy Industries Local of the KMWU has been on strike since December 20 and is calling for the company to: ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Apr 11 | Nurses Threaten Escalation, Strikes -- AMMONNEWS - The Jordan Nurses and Midwives Council (JNMC) on Sunday decided to escalate measures to call on the government to endorse their demands, which include raising wages and administrative restructuring. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Apr 11 | Young Japanese Temporary Workers Create Their Own Unions -- From the early 2000’s onwards, a new kind of trade unionism has been steadily gaining ground in Japan. While the country’s major trade unions are stagnating or losing workers, temporary workers, especially young people, have begun to create their own structures. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Apr 11 | Katz on collision course with railway workers -- The Israeli government is embarking on a collision course with the Israel Railways workers committee. That is the clear and present result of today's press conference by Minister of Transport Israel Katz, in which for the first time he spelled out what the government has been saying behind closed doors for a long time: We've had it up to here. We cannot continue putting people's lives in the hands of aggressive workers who operate a critical public service with criminal negligence. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Apr 11 | UNRWA employees in Gaza on strike -- GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- An estimated 11,500 employees of UNRWA's Gaza Strip sub-offices went on strike Wednesday morning, protesting the dismissal of a group of workers, and demanding permanent contracts for staff. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Apr 11 | Minimum wage restored to €8.65 an hour under terms of revised deal -- its previous level, transfers to the State loans agency will cease and employers will have their social insurance contributions reduced under the revised terms of Ireland’s finance deal with the European Union, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Apr 11 | KEB labor union moves to block hefty dividend payout -- (Yonhap) -- The labor union of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) filed an injunction with a Seoul court on Tuesday in a bid to block the bank's recent decision to dole out hefty dividends. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Apr 11 | Barapukuria power plant workers strike -- Dinajpur, Apr 10 (bdnews24.com)—Workers of Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant are on a wildcat strike over 'barring one of their leaders from joining work'. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Apr 11 | Public workers strike in Algeria -- Algerian public sector workers on Wednesday (April 6th) mounted a general strike to demand higher wages and improved conditions, El Watan reported. According to the National Autonomous Union of Public Administration Personnel (SNAPAP), the protest was observed by 84% of its members. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Apr 11 | Gabon Oil Workers’ Strike Cost $131 Million Loss, Union Says -- A four-day strike by oil workers in Gabon cost the government and two main oil companies 60 billion CFA francs ($131 million) in lost revenue, according to the labor union that organized the walkout. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Apr 11 | Patrick to appeal against wharf strike action -- Fair Work Australia has given the Maritime Union (MUA) permission to launch industrial action from this weekend after negotiations over pay and conditions with Patrick failed. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Apr 11 | Mexico: Labour Legislation Reform Without Consultation -- On 10 March 2011, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), backed by the National Action Party (PAN), put forward a bill radically reforming Mexico’s labour laws. The bill was drawn up without consulting the social partners and proposes sweeping labour law reforms that seriously curtail workers’ rights and heighten job insecurity. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Apr 11 | Gabon’s oil output halted as strike sets in -- Libreville—Almost the entire oil production of Gabon, sub-Sahara’s fourth largest producer, was halted Saturday on the second day of a strike against the employment of foreigners in the national petroleum firm. Petrol pumps ran dry in the capital city Libreville while no oil supplies emerged from the African nation’s sole refinery Sogara at Port-Gentil, its oil capital, due to the strike called by the The National Organisation of Petroleum Employees (ONEP). ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Apr 11 | Algerian Oil Workers Poised to Win Pay Increase -- ALGIERS — Algeria's top energy officials Sunday said they plan to meet "legitimate" pay-increase demands by employees of state oil-and-gas company Sonatrach Spa in a bid to solve a protest that could have threatened production and vital export revenue. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Apr 11 | Zambia: Axe Falls on Shoprite Unionised Workers -- SHOPRITE management has sacked all unionised workers countrywide following a four-day strike that has paralysed operations. ( Laborstart ) |
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