| 27 Jun 12 | Textile mill workers to intensify stir for higher wages -- AHMEDABAD: Underpaid textile mill workers of Ahmedabad will intensify their agitation from Wednesday seeking wage hikes and reinstament of sacked workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jun 12 | Migrant workers clash with locals, police in China -- BEIJING (AFP) - Scores of people were injured when police in southern China broke up clashes between migrant workers and the local population in the latest unrest to hit the nation, a rights group said on Tuesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jun 12 | Miners and Manufacturing Workers Unite to Form IndustriALL Global Union Federation -- “This is a day that I will never forget,” said Jyrki Raina, the newly elected General Secretary of IndustriALL Global Union—but it wasn't entirely clear what he meant. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jun 12 | Air France to cut 5,000 jobs by the end of 2013 -- The figure represents just under 10% of the total workforce of 53,000. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jun 12 | Doctors' union calls strike on 21 June -- Doctors will take industrial action on 21 June in a dispute over pensions, the British Medical Association has announced. Its members will provide urgent and emergency care but will postpone non-urgent cases. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jun 12 | China: Growing Labour Protests and Strikes -- 19 June 2012: A new ITUC report prepared to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s trade policy review of the People’s Republic of China finds restricted freedom of association and limited exercise of the right to organise and collective bargaining. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Jun 12 | China agrees to inquiry into Tiananmen activist's 'suicide' -- Chinese officials have bowed to pressure and pledged to investigate the strange death of a Tiananmen protest veteran after widespread suspicion and anger, Hong Kong media have reported. Li Wangyang, who spent 20 years in prison due to his role in the 1989 pro-democracy protests, was found dead in hospital last week in central Hunan province with a noose around his neck. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Jun 12 | IndustriALL to target multinationals and governments for a living wage -- The Bargaining for a Living Wage conference, which brought together 130 representatives of textile, garment and leather workers’ unions, finished in Copenhagen today, 18 June 2012. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Jun 12 | Nokia to Cut 10,000 Jobs and Close 3 Facilities -- BERLIN — Nokia said Thursday it would slash 10,000 jobs, or 19 percent of its work force, by the end of 2013 as part of an emergency overhaul that includes closing research centers and a factory in Germany, Canada and Finland, and the departures of three senior executives. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Jun 12 | All Acts of Protest Prohibited at Atatürk Airport -- The Atatürk Airport Security Commission decided to ban all forms of demonstrations and acts of protests inside the airport area during a meeting presided over by Istanbul Deputy Governor and Administrative Chief Ahmet Aydın. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Jun 12 | ILO Votes to Re-admit Burma -- Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be a guest of honor on Thursday at the annual conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva, one day after the UN agency voted in favor of restoring full membership rights to Burma. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jun 12 | SWAZI TEACHERS VOTE FOR STRIKE -- Teachers in Swaziland have voted to strike indefinitely from next week, almost certainly closing down schools in the kingdom. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jun 12 | 100 factories shut in Ashulia fearing violence -- At least 100 garments, knitting and packaging factories in Ashulia were shut for a day after workers staged demonstration on Monday demanding a pay hike. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jun 12 | London 2012: bus drivers vote to strike during Olympic Games -- Thousands of London bus workers have voted to go on strike during the Olympics if they do not receive a bonus of £500. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jun 12 | NON ACADEMICS IN CONTINUOUS STRIKE -- More than 12,000 employees of the Non-academic staff of universities have commenced a continuous strike from today (6th) as discussion held yesterday (5th) between the Inter University Trade Union Federation and the Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education Dr. Sunil Jayanthe Navaratne ended unsuccessfully. They have decided to engage in the continuous strike as there had been no solutions for the issues of salary anomalies that have existed for several years. Despite the Secretary to the Ministry of Higher Education offering a discussion with the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance P.B. Jayasundara, the Federation has rejected it as the offer was linked to the condition that they would abandon the strike action. The members of non-academic staffs of universities engaged in a token strike on the 22nd and 23rd of last month demanding a solution for the issue of salary anomalies. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Higher Education has decided to deduct from salaries of the striking employees. However, the representatives of the Inter University Trade Union Federation states the strike would be continued until a solution for the issue is given. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jun 12 | Greek municipal workers call electoral strike, threatening to derail crucial June 17 vote -- ATHENS, Greece — A strike announced Thursday by Greek municipal employees is threatening to derail the crucial June 17 national election, which could determine whether the debt-crippled country continues to use the euro. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jun 12 | Violation of Fiji workers' rights revealed globally -- Loss of democracy in Fiji highlighted in yet another report, this time the ITUC Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Jun 12 | Stop Harassing Oil Workers, Iraqi Unions Tell Government -- Although the right to peaceful protest is covered under Arabic and international conventions, the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Iraq Constitution, Iraqi government agencies frequently interfere with internal union affairs, punishing union activists by imposing forced transfers, demotions, fines, travel restrictions, and other penalties allowed by Iraq’s labor law, which dates from the Saddam Hussein regime. The suppression of worker rights has been most severe in the oil sector, where the Oil Ministry has worked hand in hand with the oil companies to enforce these punishments. ( www.solidaritycenter.org ) |
| 05 Jun 12 | Staff at second Edmonton seniors’ home set to strike -- Licenced practical nurses, health care aides and support employees at a second Edmonton seniors’ home are expected to hit the picket lines at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Jun 12 | Hunger strike ends at Hmawbi steel factory -- WORKERS from Yangon Crown Steelworks in Myaungdakar Industrial Zone ended their hunger strike last week when owners acceded to demands for improved basic pay and other conditions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Jun 12 | Law banning aviation strikes becomes official -- A new regulation banning airlines from carrying out and partaking in strikes and lock-outs was announced in the Official Gazette yesterday after President Abdullah Gül’s approval. Similarly, another regulation increasing the cash fine for unlicensed taxi drivers, taxi stands and other establishments with which they are affiliated also went into effect as part of the omnibus bill. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Jun 12 | No end to Post Office strike -- A three-month strike at the SA Post Office (Sapo) is continuing, the Communication Workers' Union said on Thursday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Jun 12 | Rongo council workers’ strike halts services -- ACTIVITIES at the Rongo Town Council in Migori county was paralysed yesterday as workers went on a go slow. The workers locked out of office the council's top officers over corruption and poor leadership claims. They said the council is unable to deliver services to the residents. The Rongo council workers’ union branch secretary Boniface Obonyo Aoko asked the officers should step down to pave way for investigations into their conduct. “We call on the town clerk Richard Makori, accountant Peter Omondi Ocholla together with the ICT manager Erick Arori to step aside and allow for investigations to be carried out,” Obonyo said. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Jun 12 | New strike at Turkish Airlines after controversial bill -- The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)-dominated parliament passed the bill late Wednesday after a heated debate. ( Laborstart ) |
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