| 31 Aug 11 | Labor Board’s Exiting Leader Responds to Critics -- Conservative newsletters describe the presidentially appointed board as “Marxism on the march” and its members as “socialist goons.” Business groups denounce it as a handmaiden of union bosses, while Representative Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential candidate, says she will shut down the agency if elected. ( Laborstart ) |
| 31 Aug 11 | Hanjin workers and KMWU continue fight -- Hanjin Heavy Industries insists on dismissals in breach of contract, despite huge company profits and payment of generous dividends and bonuses to owners and senior company executives. KMWU continues its fight to protect the interests of workers. A Hope Bus Rally is planned in Seoul on August 27 to 28 under the theme "Another World is Possible! ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Aug 11 | Chile: Clashes at Start of 2-Day National Strike -- Protesters barricaded roads and burned tires in parts of Santiago, Chile’s capital, on Wednesday as a two-day national strike demanding economic and other changes began, but copper mining was not disrupted and the government said 95 percent of public workers ignored the call. In several cities outside Santiago, however, stone-throwing protesters clashed with police officers in riot gear who responded with water cannons and tear gas. The strike, called by the main umbrella labor union, comes on the heels of huge protests by students demanding education reforms. Many critics of the government have railed against President Sebastián Piñera, a conservative billionaire, and demanded a greater share of the wealth created by a copper price boom. Chile is the world’s top copper producer. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Aug 11 | EMS Strike Still On -- ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Industrial action by employees of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division in the Ministry of Health continued for a sixth straight day on Monday with no end in sight, despite intervention efforts by the country’s attorney general. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Aug 11 | The Rules of the Game Must Change – and the Settlement Enterprise Must End -- August 22, 2011: A new grassroots movement is on the streets and boulevards of Israel. Tent communities have sprung up, and massive demonstrations are taking place not only in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, but also in over a dozen smaller cities and communities across the State of Israel. The protests are against the high cost of housing, medical care and childcare, and against the increasing financial pressures on middle-class and working-class Israelis at a time when the Israeli economy is doing very well indeed. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Aug 11 | Talks resume to end Spanish strike -- The Spanish Football League (LFP) will resume talks with the Spanish Professional Footballers' Union (AFE) on Monday in a bid to prevent a second round of strike action for this coming weekend's fixtures. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Aug 11 | CTA to defend minimum wage ‘ till death’ tomorrow -- CTA’s head Hugo Yasky assured today the Workers Union will defend the minimum wage till “death” tomorrow when the Unions, businessmen and the government head to the negotiation table to discuss the issue. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Aug 11 | Striking Verizon Workers to Return to Work Tuesday -- The 45,000 striking Verizon workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Electrical Workers (IBEW), will return to work Tuesday under the existing contract as bargaining resumes. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Aug 11 | No Deal to End Miners’ Strike in Albania -- After weeks wіthout resolution, strikes arе ѕtill continuing at thе chromium mine at Bulqiza in Albania, аs wеll as аt two оthеr facilities. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Aug 11 | Striking Oil Workers' Leader Sentenced In Kazakhstan -- Aizhangul Amirova, a member of opposition People's Front movement's central council, told RFE/RL that Aqzhanat Aminov was found guilty on August 17 by an Aqtau court of organizing an unsanctioned mass gathering. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Aug 11 | UNION LEADERS ON HUNGER STRIKE -- Jaleela AlSalman, Vice President of the Bahrain Society for teachers, and Rula AlSafar, President of Bahrain Nursing Society, are into the 12th day of a hunger strike to protest what they claim is their "illegitimate detention" in a Bahraini prison along with hundreds of teachers, doctors, and nurses who insisted on doing their jobs in the face of attacks and abuse from the government's security forces. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Aug 11 | Railway strike set for Wednesday -- Union members had been demanding a pay rise of 250 zloty (60 euro) per month and a change in the management of Przewozy Regionalne. The rail operator was only prepared to raise wages by 100 zloty per month, however. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Aug 11 | Playschool Teachers in Iceland Planning to Strike -- The wage disputes between kindergarten teachers and local governments in Iceland have been fruitless so far and a strike is being planned as of Monday next week if agreements aren’t reached by then. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Aug 11 | Vic blood workers to walk off job -- Health Services Union (HSU East) deputy general secretary Marco Bolano said workers were unhappy with enterprise bargaining negotiations and would stop work for four hours on Wednesday afternoon. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Aug 11 | Train dispute still off-track -- For nearly two months, onboard attendants for the Rocky Mountaineer train have been locked out — and it doesn’t appear the labour dispute is going to end any time soon. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Aug 11 | What America’s faltering economy means for China -- The US economy continues to suffer from the effects of the 2007 recession and global economic depression, posting minimal gains in employment, manufacturing, or overall growth so far in 2011. Recent passage of deficit reduction legislation and an increase of the US debt limit by $400 billion have mostly failed to achieve any immediate gains for the US economy beyond avoiding a US government default on debt payments. The downgrade of the US government’s credit-rating by Standard & Poor’s on August 6th, followed by a 5-7% decline in all three major US stock indexes the succeeding Monday, has only made future economic outlook for the US more grim. News today of another steep decline in stock market values by almost 5% only proves to further solidify this point. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Aug 11 | Siem Reap hotel sacks more workers -- Labour department officials have taken action against Siem Reap province’s Angkor Village Hotel and Resort after the luxury hotel sacked more than two thirds of its workforce over the past week, including 48 people on Saturday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Aug 11 | Striking Kazakh Oil Workers' Lawyer Gets Six-Year Jail Term -- AQTAU, Kazakhstan -- A lawyer for striking oil workers in western Kazakhstan has been sentenced to six years in jail for "igniting social unrest," RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Aug 11 | Railway employees threaten strike -- BANDUNG: The association of workers at state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api are threatening to go on strike if the government insists on splitting the company into two entities, one to provide services and the other to provide facilities. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Aug 11 | Forestry Union welcomes intergovernmental agreement on Tasmanian forestry -- Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) National Secretary Michael O’Connor has welcomed today’s signing of the intergovernmental agreement on the Tasmanian forestry industry, including $25 million for immediate training and employment support for redundant forestry workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Aug 11 | 300,000 Israelis take to streets in third rally for social justice -- Published 02:47 07.08.11 Latest update 02:47 07.08.11 300,000 Israelis take to streets in third rally for social justice Largest demonstration takes place in Tel Aviv, where an estimated 280,000 participated in one of the biggest demonstrations in Israeli history. By Eli Ashkenazi, Ilan Lior and Jack Khoury Tags: Israel housing protest Israel protest Tel Aviv Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem More than 300,000 people took part in demonstrations across Israel last night to protest the high cost of living. The largest was in Tel Aviv, where an estimated 280,000 participated in one of the biggest demonstrations in Israeli history. The rally was held on Kaplan Street under the banner, "The people demand social justice." The extreme crowding prevented tens of thousands of people from getting anywhere near the stage, which was adjacent to the Kirya defense compound. Chants of "The people demand social justice" echoed throughout the center of the city. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Aug 11 | Crane-Top Strike Rattles Seoul -- Even by South Korean standards, where labor activists go to great lengths to press their causes, an eight-month protest at the top of a 35-meter crane is a little extreme. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Aug 11 | Stop the prosecution and harassment of Korean public workers -- The Government of South Korea has prosecuted almost 1,400 public servants and teachers, members of the Korean Government Employees Union (KGEU) and the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU), for alleged violation of punitive laws which make it unlawful for public workers to either support or criticise political parties. Hundreds more teachers and public servants are facing indictments and prosecution. The KGEU and the KTU are affiliated to the global union federations Public International and Education International respectively ( Laborstart ) |
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