| 29 Jul 11 | Samoa nurses seeking unpaid overtime and allowances -- More than 200 nurses in Samoa are asking their association for help saying their overtime and allowances haven’t been paid for several months. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Jul 11 | Striking Kazakh Oil Workers Thank Sting For Support -- ATYRAU, Kazakhstan -- Striking oil workers in the western Kazakh city of Atyrau have sent a letter to popular singer Sting to thank him for canceling a concert in support of their strike, RFE/RL's Kazkah Service reports. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Jul 11 | Police warn beer protesters -- After police ordered them to quiet down on the third day of their strike, the “beer girls” protesting in front of the head office of Cambrew Ltd took aim at the slogan of one of the Kingdom’s most popular brands, Angkor beer. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Jul 11 | Census workers rampage -- FUSTRATED census workers stormed the Kondum Agaundo House - the provincial headquarters of Chimbu - on Friday demanding their allowances for work they had done during the census exercise, creating chaos in the operations of the Department of Simbu. About 3000 workers turned violent when they found out that they were unable to get their promised allowances on time and stormed the provincial headquarters, damaged two government cars and forcing public servants to flee their offices in fear of being attacked. The Provincial Census Coordinator Arabil Gonapa was under siege in his office but quick police action prevented a nasty confrontation. �Yes, this has happened because of a misunderstanding between the Provincial Census Coordinator and the District Coordinators over payment. I saw the leaders of the frustrated workers later that day and assured them that they will be paid,� Provincial Administrator Joe Kunda Naur said last night. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Jul 11 | Argentina's Top Union Pushing For 40% Minimum-Wage Hike -- BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentina's most powerful labor union is pushing for a massive rise in the country's minimum wage amid soaring inflation and an election year which has seen lavish spending by the government. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Jul 11 | South Korea woman spends 200th day in crane-top protest -- Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction announced last year it was cutting 400 jobs from its shipyard in the southern city of Busan. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Jul 11 | Thousands of oil workers protest in Colombia -- Bogota – Some 10,000 oil workers in eastern Colombia went on strike amid protests over the dismissal of hundreds of contractors, labor union spokespersons and local authorities said. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Jul 11 | KESC employees call off strike on governor’s assurance -- KARACHI: The employees of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) have called off their ongoing strike after receiving firm assurance of solution to their issue from Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at a three-hour-long meeting at the Governor House on Thursday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Jul 11 | Noticeable increase in workplace mental stress claims -- Australia’s Comcare agency has identified a “54% increase in mental stress claims” since 2006-2007. This is of great concern to the agency, which covers the OHS and compensation needs of Australian government agencies and others, as Work Health and Safety General Manager, Neil Quarmby, outlines in a media release on 21 July 2011. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Jul 11 | Venezuela’s Chavez Announces Wage Increase for Doctors, Maintains Executive Cabinet -- Merida, July 8th 2011 (Venezuelanalaysis.com) – In his first Council of Ministers meeting since returning from Cuba, yesterday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced a 30% wage increase for doctors working in the country’s public health sector, the formal appointment of the country’s first Minister of Youth and Students, and the ratification of all acting ministers in their positions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Jul 11 | Air Algerie talks to resume on Thursday -- ALGIERS — Negotiations between the management of Air Algerie and staff, who staged a strike last week over pay that grounded dozens of planes, will resume Thursday, a union representative said. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Jul 11 | What have workers gained from Egypt’s revolution? -- CAIRO — Since June 12, half of the 18,000 workers who operate and service the Suez Canal have been on strike. They are employed in maritime services by seven subsidiary companies of the Suez Canal Authority in Suez, Isma‘iliyya, and Port Said. In contrast, those employed directly by the canal authority have always received higher wages and better benefits. Long before January 25, 2011 subsidiary company workers raised the demand for parity, effectively a 40 percent wage increase. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Jul 11 | Metal Strike Ends in South Africa with Exemplary 3-Year Contract -- The two-week strike by 120,000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers’ of South Africa (NUMSA) ended over the weekend when union members accepted a three-year contract from the Steel and Engineering Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA), the main metal employers’ federation in South Africa. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Jul 11 | Hope Bus participants exposed to chemicals added to water canons -- Results of componential analysis by the National Forensic Service of a lachrymatory agent sprayed on participants in the second Hope Bus Campaign on July 10 indicate that the solution, if used in excess, is dangerous to the human body. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Jul 11 | ITF denounces aviation union leaders’ murder -- The ITF has declared the death by sectarian violence of Amir Shah, President of the People Unity CBAUnion of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as a “rude shock not only for Pakistan but the entire world.” ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Jul 11 | Schools Out as British Teachers Strike Over Pension Cuts -- London They may not have been the largest crowd assembled in the streets of the capital, or the loudest demonstration in British history, but Thursday’s strike here by four public sector unions protesting government moves to cut state employees’ pensions was certainly the best behaved protest for its size. Which is fitting since three of the striking unions, the National Union of Teachers, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and the University and College Union, represented much of the nation’s teachers. Support among union members was strong enough to shut down half the schools in England and Wales—the government admitted some 11,000 state schools had been affected by the strike—as well as airports, welfare offices, the driving license agency and museums staffed by the Public and Commercial Services Union, whose 200,000 members also walked out for the one-day strike. After marching to Trafalgar Square the strikers helped clean up their litter. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Jul 11 | Khama's remarks dishearten teachers' union -- Botswana Secondary Teachers Union (BOSETU) has been rubbed the wrong way by President Ian Khama's remarks on the recent civil service strike at last weekend's Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) congress in Mahalapye. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Jul 11 | Union threatens to stop flights to Fiji -- Australian holidaymakers travelling to Fiji are being warned of possible disruptions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Jul 11 | Botswana: Support 100,000 striking public sector workers -- Around 100,000 public sector workers in Botswana, Southern Africa have been on strike since 18 April 2011. After enduring a three year wage freeze, which has left salaries well below the cost of living, workers are demanding a 16% wage rise. All attempts at negotiation have ended in deadlock and the strike continues. The Government has responded by dismissing hundreds of workers classified as providing essential services, including doctors and nurses. Leaders of public sector unions have been periodically detained and released without charged. Hospitals, schools and other vital public services have been paralysed as a result of the strike. There are concerns that the protests are becoming increasingly violent as security forces seek to silence the striking workers by “whatever means possible”. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Jul 11 | Minimum wage protesters disrupt Link affair -- The Link Real Estate Investment Trust (the Link) faced another angry protest as enraged trade unionists stormed an anniversary celebration for shareholders on Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Jul 11 | Laborers Issue Demands Over Draft Union Law -- Union leaders offered their official recommendations for a draft law to the Ministry of Labor on Wednesday, saying they wanted at least 12 articles dropped that they say will inhibit the work of labor leaders. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Jul 11 | Solomon Islands teachers threaten strike -- The union representing teachers in Solomon Islands is threatening nationwide strike action over a pay rise. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Jul 11 | Woman striker rallies Korea workers from the top of a crane -- For South Korean labour activist Kim Jin-suk, crane No. 85 at a Busan shipyard is her soapbox to demand workers' rights and the reversal of a local shipbuilder's plans to lay off around 400 employees . ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Jul 11 | Huge strike by some 90,000 Pou Yuen shoe workers, some strike leaders arrested -- [CPVW 12th July 2011] There are unconfirmed reports that dozens of strike leaders have been arrested by the Vietnamese authorities after a strike from 21st to 28th June, at its peak involving all of the approximately 90 thousand workers at all Saigon factories of the Taiwan-owned shoe manufacturer Pou Yuen, an Adidas contractor. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jul 11 | Strike halts world's largest copper producer -- AFP - Workers at the world's largest copper producer, Chile's Codelco, went on strike Monday for 24 hours over modernization plans they fear amount to privatization. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jul 11 | Nation’s teachers set up first legal trade union -- After a long wait, teachers in Taiwan officially established their national trade union yesterday after a legal revision that took effect on May 1 finally allowed teachers to unionize. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jul 11 | S. Korea bank to shut some branches due to strike -- SEOUL — Standard Chartered bank's South Korean unit said Monday it would temporarily shut dozens of offices due to a strike by workers protesting at attempts to adopt a performance-based pay system. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jul 11 | Unions in talks to retain Air Tahiti Nui boss -- Four of French Polynesia’s main unions have met the leadership of Air Tahiti Nui amid a row over the fate of the carrier’s CEO, Cedric Pastour. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jul 11 | Unions unite on draft law -- A COALITION of seven unions issued a joint statement yesterday warning the Ministry of Labour that they would refuse to support the Kingdom’s draft union law if the government continues to ignore their recommendations for it. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Jul 11 | Labor angered by Obama's willingness to cut Social Security in debt ceiling deal -- President Obama’s apparent willingness to discuss Social Security cuts in the debt-ceiling negotiations with Congress has angered labor unions and could cause them to withhold support for Democrats in the next election. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Jul 11 | Pilots vote to strike -- Air Malta pilots have approved plans by their union to “suspend the service”, threatening to ground planes as early as next week, an action the Finance Ministry warned could lead to the airline’s bankruptcy. ( http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110706/local/Pilots-vote-to-strike.374047 ) |
| 07 Jul 11 | University Staff to Join Labour Congress Over Minimum Wage Strike -- The Academic Staff of Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will join a strike for the implementation of the new minimum wage by the Nigeria Labour Congress even as it chided the federal government for allowing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to take over the policy design and economic management of Nigeria. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Jul 11 | Bahrain : Unions Call for Reinstatement of Sacked Workers and End to Anti-Union Attacks -- Ebrahim H Abdulla and Abdulla M Hussain of the national trade union centre GFBTU explain in the interview why the unions are taking part in the “national dialogue” launched by the authorities following the suspension of a state of emergency on July 1. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Jul 11 | Fiji union leader says regime beatings aim to intimidate workers -- Prominent Fiji trade unionist, Felix Anthony, says the beatings of union officials by members of the military-led regime are aimed at intimidating workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Jul 11 | Wage rise triggers American Samoa job losses -- Since 2007 the US has imposed a minimum wage structure on its territories. The report says that as a result of the increase American Samoa's employment has fallen and there are concerns that budget shortfalls could threaten future development. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Jul 11 | Biggest school strikes since 1980s as doubts grow on pension reform -- One of the government's key arguments for reforming public sector pensions crumbled when it was made clear that they are projected to become more affordable in the future, not less, as teachers staged the biggest school strikes since the 1980s over the plans. ( Laborstart ) |
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