| 30 Apr 12 | Thousands of workers to protest on May Day -- At least 100,000 workers from the Greater Jakarta area are expected to stage a rally around the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta to observe International Workers Day. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Apr 12 | On May Day, a Precarious Union of Interests -- On May Day, the traditional workers holiday that falls on May 1, the Occupy movement will join hundreds of unions, immigrants rights and grassroots organizations and untold number of participants in New York City’s streets under the banner, “legalize, unionize and organize.” As the momentous date approaches, there is still some confusion and friction both inside and outside the May Day 2012 movement. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Apr 12 | Strike threat looms at Norwegian Air -- There’s been a lot of legal maneuvering this week, but Norwegian Air remains threatened by its first strike ever after failing to resolve a conflict with the airline’s 570 pilots. The pilots also have won the support of their counterparts at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and Widerøe. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Apr 12 | Biggest Salvadoran Teachers Trade Union Rejects Strike -- San Salvador, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) The National Association of Salvadoran Teachers (Andes June 21, or Andes 21) rejected a strike summoned for today and tomorrow by another trade union, an accuse that organization of trying to destabilize the goverment. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Apr 12 | Teachers continue strike against BUET VC -- A general diary, filed on Monday with Shabagh police station, against a teacher of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alleged that he was a threat to security of prime minister Sheikh Hasina. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Apr 12 | Negotiations ongoing to resolve dispute between workers and JEPCO -- Jordan Times reported that negotiations are still ongoing to resolve a dispute between Jordanian Electric Power Company and its employees. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Apr 12 | PH strikes blow for migrant women workers -- MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines, striking a blow for migrant women workers, has urged oil-rich member-countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to adopt measures that would speed up the repatriation of women workers during crises, particularly household service workers (HSWs) who are most vulnerable to physical and sexual abuses. ( http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/04/17/12/ph-strikes-blow-migrant-women-workers ) |
| 17 Apr 12 | Jordanian electricity workers call off strike -- AMMAN, April 16 (Reuters) - Workers at Jordan's largest electricity generation company called off a two-week strike that had threatened power cuts after the Saudi-owned firm agreed to demands for salary hikes, officials and union activists said on Monday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Apr 12 | 60 bus line drivers take over headquarters, maintain strike -- Drivers of 60 bus line decided on Saturday to maintain their strike, which affects at least 250 thousand users daily and took over the line’s headquarters in Greater Buenos Aires area of Ingeniero Maschwitz, as the provincial police and gendarmerie officers guarded the area. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Apr 12 | Meat workers strike again tomorrow -- Talley's AFFCO workers will strike again tomorrow, Monday 2 April. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Apr 12 | Vita Cortex workers lock site gates -- Workers protesting at the former Vita Cortex factory in Cork today said they had locked the gates of the site in what amounted to an escalation of the dispute. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Apr 12 | Thiess, Operating in Indonesia, Uses Police to Bludgeon Striking Coal Miners -- Indonesia’s largest coal producer, PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), through its mine services contractor Thiess Pty. Ltd. of Australia, has brutally attacked members of two ICEM-affiliated mine unions through police and military force. The dispute dates to the fourth quarter of 2011 when miners working for KPC, part of Indonesia’s Bumi Resources, first took strike action when it became obvious that neither Thiess nor KPC intended to grant a renewal collective agreement. ( Laborstart ) |
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