| 30 Jul 12 | Strike is on, teachers maintain -- Dar es Salaam. Public school teachers yesterday vowed to go ahead with their countrywide strike plan tomorrow despite government’s warning that the industrial action would be illegal. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Jul 12 | NUPENG Suspends Solidarity Strike -- The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has announced the suspension of its solidarity strike against the non-payment of subsidy funds to importers of petroleum products. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Jul 12 | A dream for millions of Egyptian workers: A minimum wage -- Despite repeated promises by officials to implement a national minimum wage since the 2011 uprising, many workers are still waiting for a living wage and are suspicious of government promises ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jul 12 | 15,000 sick leaves reported in three days -- Manama: More than 15,000 sick leaves had been submitted by Kuwait’s state employees in the first three days of Ramadan. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Jul 12 | Shipping jobs at risk with Caltex decision to close Kurnell refinery -- The Maritime Union of Australia has criticised Caltex's decision to close its Kurnell refinery, saying it could have ramifications for shipping jobs in the Australian coastal trade. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jul 12 | Civil servants strike, demand salary hikes -- Just one hundred civil servants in Harare went on a protest march, to denounce the government’s failure to meet their salary demands. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Jul 12 | TROOPS STANDBY TO BREAK STRIKES -- The army in Swaziland is on standby to break the public sector strikes that have gripped the kingdom for more than a month. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Jul 12 | 'STRIKING TEACHERS WILL BE FIRED' -- Public sector employees who engaged in illegal strike action, specifically teachers, will face the full force of the law which includes dismissal, Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini has warned. Dlamini sounded the warning in a press conference held at the cabinet offices on Friday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Jul 12 | Riot police intervene to break steel plant strike -- Scuffles broke out between riot police and protesters Friday when a prosecutor was dispatched to reopen the Halyvourgia steel plant in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, following a nine-month strike by workers that had effectively closed down the facility. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Jul 12 | Railway workers stage protest -- The All-India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) and the South Western Railway Mazdoor Union (SWRMU), Hubli, on Wednesday staged protests in support of their demands. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Jul 12 | Bahrain social workers unite for the trade union launch -- The new labour federation will be committed to make a difference to the labour segment through loyalty and will work without a political agenda, said a trade union leader. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Jul 12 | Egypt textile workers in revolt: Seven companies join Mahalla strike -- Egypt's Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mahmoud Issa, is planning to visit the state-owned Mahalla Misr Spinning and Weaving Company factory as an ongoing strike wave starts to spread to a number of neighbouring governorates. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Jul 12 | Trafficked Into Tragedy: Abuse of Immigrant Workers in Afghanistan and Iraq -- On every military base in Iraq and Afghanistan exists an economy sustained by immigrant workers. For transportation, construction, food services, security and more, the United States government relies on 174,000 laborers, 70,000 of them recruited from developing countries like Nepal, India, the Philippines and Uganda. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Jul 12 | Bangladesh: Protesting Tobacco Workers Killed by Government Militia; Business Leaders -- 17 July 2012: Two workers from the Akij Bidi tobacco factory in Daulatpur district were killed by government militia yesterday, as they protested to demand payment of unpaid wages and seek a pay rise. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Jul 12 | Unions ready to fight cops -- The protesters who are usually members of workers’ unions said experience taught them that each time they are on the streets to express their concerns, they are beaten and some end up in hospitals. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Jul 12 | Guatemala: rising tide of violence -- 13 July 2012: Anti-union violence in Guatemala has reached untenable proportions with the murder of trade union leader Enrique Linares from the Río Chiquito community. The national, regional and international trade union movement can no longer tolerate the violence that has been unfolding since 4 July. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Jul 12 | Thousands stage strike at Egypt textile giant -- (Reuters) - More than 23,000 workers angered by low wages at Egypt's biggest textile company staged a strike on Sunday, bringing production to a halt and adding to the challenges facing the new president. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jul 12 | Looming Strike Imperiling Hyundai Momentum -- For Hyundai Motor Co. (005380), Moon Yong Moon’s labor protests during the 1990s became such a nuisance that South Korea’s largest carmaker laid him off three times. The strategy didn’t work. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Jul 12 | Greece's GSEE Union Threatens Nationwide General Strike -- ATHENS--Greece's largest private sector umbrella union said Tuesday that it plans to call a nationwide general strike on an as yet unspecified date, depending on the outcome of ongoing labor market reform talks with employer representatives and the new coalition government. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Jul 12 | AI pilots may strike again if govt denies full reinstatement -- New Delhi: Pilots affiliated to the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) could well strike work again if the Air India management refuses to discuss reinstatement of all 101 sacked pilots. Pilot sources indicated on Monday that they would be left with no other option since the management was unwilling to hold talks with them. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Jul 12 | ANZ Bank in Fiji denies union exploitation claims -- CEO Norman Wilson tells Bruce Hill they are not exploiting their workers, but simply following local laws. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Jul 12 | Railways union quits Histadrut -- The Israel Railways workers committee yesterday quit the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) and joined Koach La Ovdim Democratic Workers’ Organization, which will now represent Israel Railways' 2,000 employees. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Jul 12 | Norway government seen intervening to end oil strike -- * Analysts say clock ticking to step in and prevent lockout * Move will avert total shutdown of output by 13-day strike * Strike has affected crude, gas output, lifted oil prices ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Jul 12 | Steelworkers, Global Solidarity Put End to Rio Tinto’s Six-Month Lockout in Quebec -- TORONTO - The United Steelworkers (USW) and its global allies are hailing the end of Rio Tinto's six-month lockout of aluminum smelter workers in Alma, Quebec, as a great victory for the workers and their supporters around the world. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Jul 12 | Swaziland: Govt Fails to Jail Strike Leaders -- The Industrial Court in Swaziland has refused to allow the government to jail the entire executive of the teachers' union for leading a pay strike. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Jul 12 | Transport strike cripples southwest region -- Khulna/Bagerhat, Jul 2 (bdnews24.com) -- Passengers in five southwestern districts continued to face severe trouble as a strike by the transport workers entered the second day on Monday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Jul 12 | Air India strike is second longest in aviation industry -- New Delhi, (IANS) The strike by a section of Air India pilots will Monday enter the 57th day, to attain the notorious distinction of becoming the second longest strike in the country’s aviation history. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Jul 12 | SPANISH MINERS' STRIKE -- This week, over 1,000 trade unionists representing 50 million workers in manufacturing and mining founded a new global union federation: IndustriALL. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Jul 12 | Unions Stage One-Day General Strike in Argentina -- Thousands of striking truckers and other union members gathered in front of Argentina's presidential palace on Wednesday to demand tax cuts in a one-day work stoppage seen as a challenge to President Cristina Fernandez. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Jul 12 | Argentinian -- In Argentina, women who earn a living by having sex in exchange for money have splintered into two groups. The one group of women, who call themselves “sex workers” to reflect their choice to work in the profession, is finalizing a bill asking the government for legalization so they can have greater rights and even pay taxes. The other group of women prefers the term “prostitutes,” insisting that they are victims – not proponents – of the industry. This group has proposed a bill for public policies that offer subsidies and create alternative employment opportunities. ( Laborstart ) |
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