| 31 Aug 09 | Ink Migrant Worker Pact or Lose Face, Government Told -- Nongovernmental organizations on Sunday urged the government to ratify the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers, warning the country could lose face with the international community if it further delayed legal protection for its citizens overseas. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Aug 09 | Air India staff seek revival package -- HYDERABAD: Demanding a revival package for Air India, the employees unions accused the Union government of trying to declare it ‘sick’ to pave the way for privatising the airline company. “It is not right to blame lowly paid employees for the losses being suffered by Air India. In fact, the government’s unwise policies have put the company in the red,” said S.P.D Sudhakar, Regional Secretary, Air Corporation Employees’ Union. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Aug 09 | Pay strike could stop AFL grand final -- THE AFL grand final could be postponed or even cancelled after MCG security guards won the right to strike on the sport's showcase day, their union says. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Aug 09 | Chinese workers protest at Embassy for overtime payments and meals -- More than 50 Chinese labourers protested yesterday outside the Chinese Embassy in St Clair claiming their employer Trinity Housing has not paid them overtime monies for the past year. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Aug 09 | Mitsubishi closes 'lawless' plant -- Mitsubishi Motors has shuttered indefinitely a subsidiary's plant in Venezuela due to a lack of productivity and problems with worker discipline, the company said Monday. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 25 Aug 09 | Mine labourers strike in Bundi continue -- The strike by a section of miners in the Dabi and Budhpura area of Bundi district continued for the third day on Monday. The workers are protesting meagre remuneration and dismal work conditions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Aug 09 | Indonesia reaches deal on migrants with Malaysia -- Indonesia said Sunday it had yet to decide whether to lift the ban on sending migrant workers to Malaysia although Kuala Lumpur had agreed to Jakarta's request of allowing migrants to hold their own passports. ( Laborstart ) |
| 25 Aug 09 | Employers seek versatility in recruits -- Agility and flexibility are two of the most sought-after qualities among employees by organisations in these tough economic times, according to Jeffrey A Joerres, chairman and CEO of Manpower ( The Nation ) |
| 21 Aug 09 | ILO urged: Probe labor rights violations -- LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA—Noting earlier recommendations from the International Labor Organization that remain unheeded by companies, workers from Southern Tagalog called on the world body to spend more time interviewing them during its fact-finding mission. ( The Nation ) |
| 20 Aug 09 | Talks fail to avert airport strike -- A strike by workers at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool is to go ahead on Thursday after last-ditch talks failed to resolve a row over jobs. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Aug 09 | Mexico's VW workers strike after talks collapse -- Workers at Volkswagen AG's plant in Mexico went on strike yesterday after negotiations for a salary increase broke down. The union, which represents 9,400 workers at VW's Puebla plant, rejected the company's offer of a 1-per-cent pay increase starting in February and one-time bonus of 5,500 pesos ($468), union spokesman Arturo Monter said. Unionized workers, who earn an average pay of 370 pesos a day, are demanding an 8.25-per-cent salary raise. Mr. Monter said the strike will paralyze production of 1,500 cars a day. VW's car output in Mexico fell nearly 37 per cent between January and July compared with the same period in 2008, according to the Mexican Auto Industry Association. VOW (Frankfurt) fell €1.55 to €171.45 ($266.99). ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Aug 09 | Repression and Violence Continue -- Brussels, 18 August 2009 : The ITUC, together with TUCA, and the CUTH, CTH and CGT, its Honduran affiliates, have denounced the repression, forced disappearances, extrajudicial executions and the use of firearms suffered by those taking part in peaceful demonstrations held to protest against the coup d’état and to demand the restitution of the constitutional president, Manuel Zelaya. The international trade union mission, led by the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA/ITUC) and the Global Union Federations (GUFs), which visited Honduras between 5 and 8 August, called for, among other demands, an international day of solidarity with the Honduran people on 11 August as well as supporting the initiatives of the Honduran trade union movement to promote the construction of a new socio-political environment and the formulation of policy proposals to create a new future for the country. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Aug 09 | Hundreds of workers take action across New Zealand -- Hundreds of workers throughout New Zealand are taking action and building momentum in their struggle against the Telecom NZ's decision to outsource its network maintenance to Visionstream. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Aug 09 | UNI joins union mission to show solidarity, promote rights in Honduras -- UNI Americas is part of a global union mission to Honduras to show solidarity with the people of Honduras and their fight for the re-establishment of the constitution. The Global Union Federations and the Union Confederation of the Americas (CSA/CSI) organised the trip. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Aug 09 | Kenya Airways staff call off strike -- Kenya Airways (KQ) workers have called off their strike, after reaching an agreement of an interim 20 per cent salary increment with the airline’s management. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Aug 09 | Kia Labor Union to Resume Strike -- The labor union of Kia Motors, South Korea's No. 2 carmaker, Sunday threatened to resume a partial strike in the coming week due to the failure of wage negotiations. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Aug 09 | China bows to protesting steel plant workers -- BEIJING: Chinese authorities have bowed to demands from protesting workers of a steel mill and suspended the process of privatizing the unit. The Communist Party has also promised to reconsider the decision to hand over the plant to the private sector. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Aug 09 | The Australian Workers Union says there are ongoing problems at a luxury Whitsunday resort, with some staff waiting more than two weeks to be paid. -- Paul Robertson says he has been aware of delays with pay at the Laguna Resort since March and he says neither the head office or resort management are taking responsibility for the problem. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Aug 09 | Factory behind Israel clothes labels is no sweatshop -- Jordan's Ministry of Labor on Wednesday rejected accusations that a local factory supplying clothing to Israel was abusing its workers, saying there was no evidence of either human trafficking or forced work. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Aug 09 | MTUC Demands For Minimum Wages -- KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is demanding a minimum monthly wage of RM900 for the 10 million private sector workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Aug 09 | Harassment against ‘TKW’ -- The increasing harassment and abuse of female Indonesian migrant workers (locally called TKW) in Malaysia has led the Indonesian government to recently issue a temporary policy stopping the flow of TKWs to the country. The importance of this policy is not only to reduce pressure from the public on the government, but also to minimize any further abuse of migrant workers. However, the policy is of course, not problem-free. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Aug 09 | Strike action at DHL subsidiary in Belgium -- Workers in Belgium are taking strike action at European Air Transport (EAT), a subsidiary of DHL, after talks to resolve a dispute over restructuring broke down. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Aug 09 | QIZ success burdened by strikes, underpay -- It was supposed to be the next best thing for Egypt’s economy, which had become stagnant by the end of 2004, so when the country agreed to the establishment of the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) in 2005, there was much praise to go around. Although the economic zones have been successful in terms of business, the realities on the ground have shown there is still much to be desired. In 2005, following the example of fellow Arab nation Jordan, Cairo jumped on the opportunity to use Israel as a middle-man to the American market. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Aug 09 | ILO probes torture of ZCTU leaders -- HARARE – A three-member team of International Labour Organisation (ILO) lawyers arrived in Zimbabwe on Wednesday to begin investigations into the alleged torture of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) leaders in 2006, the labour union has said. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Aug 09 | ICEM Participates in ILO Indonesian Forum -- In Bandung, Indonesia in mid-July, the ICEM contributed to a two-day ILO Sectoral Conference on Chemicals. The ICEM presentation was on “Benefits of Social Dialogue and the Roles of Unions,” and the overall conference served as an effective regional follow-up to an ILO meeting entitled “Instruments, Knowledge, Advocacy, Technical Cooperation, and International Collaboration on Hazardous Substances.” ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Aug 09 | Trade Unions not invited at working meeting with PM on Kremikovtzi fate -- Sofia. Representatives of the Trade Unions wee not invited at the working meeting between Prime Minister (PM) Boyko Borisov and representatives of bond-holders in Kremikovtzi steel mill. This is what two Trade Union’s leaders Vasil Yanachkov and Lyudmil Pavlov said for FOCUS News Agency. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Aug 09 | Guidelines for wages cautioned -- * Chen Jieping, deputy director of Social Security Department at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, said migrant workers are the most vulnerable group. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Aug 09 | Mexican steel workers strike at ArcelorMittal -- MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (Reuters) - About 3,500 unionized workers went on strike in Mexico on Saturday at companies owned by ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS), the world's largest steelmaker. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Aug 09 | KAHUTINDO-BWI-GS FACKET Workers Activities Center Ground Breaking in Central Java, Indonesia -- The global workers solidarity has strengthened its bound in Indonesia with the ground breaking of the Workers Activities Center (WAC) building in Semarang under the cooperation program of the indonesian FSP KAHUTINDO, Building and Wood Workers International, and the Swedish Graphical and Wood Trade Union, on 1st August 2009. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Aug 09 | French workers pull few punches in fight to keep jobs -- Many French workers with deep roots in their factories turn to violence when threatened by layoffs, 'because a person's job isn't just a job in our country.' ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Aug 09 | Jobless report boosts US stocks -- New York - US stocks rose after the government reported Friday that job losses in July were not as severe as expected, reinforcing hope that the economy has begun to recover from the worst recession in decades. ( The Nation ) |
| 07 Aug 09 | Tweak worker policy -- LABOUR leader Josephine Teo wants the Government to 'retune' its foreign worker policy to arrest the declining productivity of Singapore workers. Mrs Teo, who is also a Member of Parliament, has three suggestions on how to tweak the policy to reduce the over-reliance on foreign labour in sectors where the problem is rife. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Aug 09 | Respect Workers 'Rights! Stop Violence against Ssangyong Workers! -- “Shame on you, President Lee Myung-Bak!” This was the chant of workers belonging to the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) as they rallied in front of the South Korean embassy in Makati to denounce the brutal response of the SK government to the strike of more than 800 South Korean workers of Ssangyong Motors. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Aug 09 | Vestas sit-in six call on country to show support -- Six workers who have been staging a sit-in at Britain's only major wind turbine factory for more than two weeks called today for a national day of action to support their attempt to save it from closure with the loss of more than 600 jobs. The men, who say they are determined to remain inside the Vestas Wind Systems plant on the Isle of Wight until bailiffs come to remove them, want people around the country to show support on Wednesday 12 August by downing tools for an hour, holding a rally or hanging up a banner. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Aug 09 | Microsoft to hire 400 Yahoo workers -- San Francisco - Microsoft Corp is to hire 400 workers from Yahoo Inc as part of their deal announced last week to collaborate on search advertising, the companies said in a regulatory filing. ( The Nation ) |
| 03 Aug 09 | Telkom workers to go on strike -- Telkom employees in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal plan to go on strike this week. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Aug 09 | South Korean Government should negotiate with workers, not attack them, says TUC -- TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber today wrote to the South Korean Ambassador to the UK, urging his government to promote negotiations with striking Korean workers occupying the Ssangyong Motor plant, instead of attacking and starving them out. ( Laborstart ) |
| 03 Aug 09 | Workers continue sit-in protest -- Workers staging a sit-in at a wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight have continued their protest that has now reached its thirteenth day. ( Laborstart ) |
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