| 24 Sep 13 | Crisis: Greece; state workers, teachers continue strikes -- (ANSAmed) - ATHENS - Another difficult week for the Greek government kicked off on Monday as a new wave of strikes is scheduled in the next few days against austerity measures involving the public administration. Adedy, one of Greece's two largest unions representing public employees, has called a 48-hour strike on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 24-25. Moreover, Adedy and representatives of Gsee, Greece's other top union representing private sector workers, are trying to turn tomorrow's protest into a general strike with a joint demonstration scheduled in Klathmonos square in downtown Athens. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Sep 13 | Bangladesh garment workers go on strike -- DHAKA: About 50,000 garment industry workers held their largest protest so far in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka to demand an increase of more than 1-1/2 times in the minimum wage, police and labour officials said yesterday. ( http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=361497 ) |
| 24 Sep 13 | Bangladeshi factory workers locked in on 19-hour shifts -- It's the middle of the night and I am lying on the floor of a van in the sweltering back streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk ) |
| 19 Sep 13 | Ugandan teachers go on strike for pay rise -- World Bulletin/News Desk Ugandan school teachers went on strike on Monday after their demands for a 20 percent pay increase were rejected, underlining the strains the government faces after Western donors cut off direct budget support last year. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Sep 13 | Nurses, Healthcare Workers in 13 Countries Join Global Day of Action for a Healthy Economy -- Nurses, Healthcare Workers in 13 Countries Call Day of Action September 17 in Stepped Up Call to Stop Austerity, Healthcare Cuts, ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Sep 13 | 95% of govt workers on strike -- RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Around 95 percent of government employees answered their union’s call to strike on Sunday, the union chief said. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Sep 13 | Hospital workers protest cuts in Moncton -- MONCTON – It has been tough week for Shelly Crossman, who is one of dozens of hospital workers who received their lay off notices last week. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Sep 13 | China’s workers turn up the heat in summer of protest -- China’s long hot summer saw workers across the country stage strikes and protests against low pay, wage arrears and poor working conditions. In the three months from June to August 2013, CLB recorded a total of 183 incidents on our Strike Map, up seven percent from the previous three months, and more than double the 89 incidents recorded from June to August in 2012.* In July alone, we recorded 78 incidents, with another 67 in August. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Sep 13 | No designer blouses, jeans for women employees in Karnataka: State govt -- BANGALORE: Drape yourself in nine yards or cover yourself from head-to-toe is what the Karnataka government is willy-nilly telling its women employees. A September 12 circular on the subject of "provocative" clothing at the workplace proscribed jeans, designer blouses and blouses that allow cleavage peeks or are held by spaghetti straps, strings or knots. Men were barred from trotting into work in jeans and T-shirts. ( http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-15/bangalore/42080477_1_women-employees-dress-code-blouses ) |
| 16 Sep 13 | Global Day of Action – Korea -- Exciting news from Korean Health and Medical Workers Union KHMU in South Korea who held their Global Nurses Union Day of Action on Saturday September 14 in Seoul (a Korean holiday prevented them from holding the action on 17 September). More than 1000 nurses marched on the Korean National Assembly to demand an end to austerity, save the Jin Ju Medical Center and pass the Robin Hood Tax. This is an excellent kick-off to our global day of action on Tuesday September 17. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Sep 13 | Workers find ways: The factory worker -- CAVITE, Philippines - It takes personal sacrifice to build a union. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Sep 13 | The personal cost of the garment industry -- It's thought to be the deadliest garment factory disaster -- ever. More than 1,100 people were killed, hundreds were seriously injured. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Sep 13 | Thousands of Polish union members march through Warsaw to demand labor security, higher pay -- WARSAW, Poland — Thousands of Polish labor union members marched through Warsaw in the rain Wednesday, sounding sirens, throwing smoke grenades and blowing whistles in a protest against government labor policy and pension system reform and to demand higher pay. ( Laborstart ) |
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