| 30 Oct 12 | Kenya: Teacher's Union Issues Strike Notice -- Government has 28 days to pay over three billion shillings pension owed to more than 52 thousand teachers who retired between 1997 and 2005. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Oct 12 | A national strike shows that workers are once again a significant force -- ‘Are you ready to be sacked?’ ‘We’re ready!’, answers the crowd of 50 factory workers. ‘Are you ready to be sacked?’, asks the union leader again. ‘Remember the union is not a god. We cannot protect you. All you have is each other, but if you are united you will be strong.’ ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Oct 12 | Private oil, gas workers call for national strike -- The Argentine Federation of Oil and Gas, which represents workers of private hydrocarbon companies, called for an indefinite nationwide strike starting tomorrow to protest the lack of response to their wage demands. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Oct 12 | KiwiRail workers in Dunedin anxious about future -- Workers at Dunedin’s Hillside engineering workshops are becoming increasingly anxious about the fate of their worksite, the rail union said today. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Oct 12 | Solidarity with the Protest of Hyundai Workers in Ulsan! -- Since 12 days two labor activists - one official of the irregular workers' union of Hyundai Motors and the other a former irregular worker at the automaker - are now in sit-in strike on a power supply post... ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Oct 12 | Salaries of skilled workers in Myanmar to rise up to 50% -- The business community in Myanmar is planning to increase the salary of skilled employees by 20 to 50 per cent in the next six months. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Oct 12 | Strike alight: Greece's 20th general strike in two years erupts into violence -- Riot police were pelted with petrol bombs in a huge anti-cuts demo in Athens today. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Oct 12 | What about the workers? -- A strike involving thousands of workers at Sino-Singaporean joint venture Xinfei Electric Co (Frestech) ended on Friday, but the rumblings of discontent are far from over. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Oct 12 | Foxconn used 14-year-old interns at its factory in China -- Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, has admitted using student interns as young as 14 in a Chinese factory. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Oct 12 | Colombian oil workers’ union under increasing pressure -- IndustriALL Global Union firmly condemns the death threats addressed to representatives of Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) and the acts of repression and intimidation recently perpetrated in Colombia by security and intelligence forces, despite a new government order for negotiations. ( http://www.industriall-union.org ) |
| 17 Oct 12 | Union Members Stave off Attack on Tunisian Trade Union -- October 10, 2012—The offices of the Tunisian Labor Federation (Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail, UGTT) in Tunis, Tunisia, were attacked at 8:45 a.m. today by up to 200 thugs wielding rocks and bottles. Union supporters, including a Solidarity Center staff member, rushed to the scene and barricaded entry to the offices. Ever since last year’s elections, the UGTT has been repeatedly targeted with vicious attacks from groups hostile to the union. Firebomb attacks during the night of June 11-12 damaged three UGTT offices in Bousalam, Bengarden and Jendouba. ( http://www.solidaritycenter.org ) |
| 16 Oct 12 | Henan strikers return to work after bosses accept eight key demands -- Workers at appliance-maker, Xinfei Electric Co. Ltd ended a four day strike on 12 October after management agreed to their demands for higher pay, better benefits and management reforms, the mainstream Chinese media reported today. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Oct 12 | Hall-Mark RMG units closed -- Hall-Mark authorities closed its all readymade garment units for three days following workers' demonstrations demanding arrears. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Oct 12 | Taw Win workers strike over ‘unfair’ managers -- Hundreds of workers from Taw Win timber factory protested outside the Taw Win headquarters on Yangon’s U Wisara Road last week, calling for a meeting with the company’s managing director to discuss their grievances. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Oct 12 | Transport workers in worldwide push for safe, decent work -- Unionists in Nepal and India marched several kilometres to a rally at the Indo-Nepali border this week to stand up for the rights of road transport workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Oct 12 | Greece’s Labor Unions Call Oct. 18 Strike -- Following a massive protest and general strike last month against more austerity measures being readied by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ uneasy coalition government, Greece’s two largest unions have called another strike for Oct. 18, the day of a European Union summit in Greece that could decide whether more international aid is released to prop up the country’s economy. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Oct 12 | Indonesian workers’ strike hailed -- Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno hailed today the successful nationwide strike demanding an end to contractual employment and a significant wage hike staged last Wednesday by Indonesian workers, calling on Filipino workers to unionize and unite to defend their rights. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Oct 12 | Foxconn worker robbed of dignity, half his brain -- Apple's largest contract manufacturer has been pushing for a Chinese worker left brain-damaged in a factory accident to be removed from hospital in a case that throws a harsh new spotlight on labour rights in China. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Oct 12 | Greek unions call anti-austerity general strike -- Greece's two trade union confederations have called a 24-hour general strike on October 18, the... ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Oct 12 | State blamed for teachers’ strike – Knut -- Kenya National Union of Teachers, Kitui branch has criticised the government for its seemingly insensitive attitude towards workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Oct 12 | Amnesty International UK strike over threatened job losses -- Unite members at Amnesty International UK (AIUK) will stage a second day of strike action on Wednesday 10 October over a large-scale cost cutting programme, including compulsory redundancies. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Oct 12 | Los Angeles Walmart Workers Walk Off Job: Protests Spread Across Nation -- LOS ANGELES –As communities across the country raise their voices in calls for changes at Walmart, workers from nearly a dozen stores in the Los Angeles-area went on strike this morning in the first-ever Walmart Associate walk-out in protest of attempts to silence and retaliate against workers for speaking out for improvements on the job. Hundreds of community supporters, including Dr. Jose Moreno, Executive Director of Los Amigos, Maria Elena Durazo, Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Rev. Eric Lee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, are joining Walmart Associates in their ongoing calls on Walmart and Chairman Rob Walton to address take home pay so low that Associates are forced to rely on public programs to support their families and understaffing that is keeping workers from receiving sufficient hours and is also hurting customer service. The company has not only refused to address these concerns that are affecting 1.4 million Associates across the country, it has attempted to silence those who speak out and has retaliated against workers for raising concerns that would to help the company, workers and the community. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Oct 12 | 3000 to 4000 workers strike at Foxconn’s China factory -- (New York) China Labor Watch (CLW) announced that at 1:00PM on October 5 (Beijing time), a strike occurred at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou factory that, according to workers, involved three to four thousand production workers. In addition to demanding that workers work during the holiday, Foxconn raised overly strict demands on product quality without providing worker training for the corresponding skills. This led to workers turning out products that did not meet standards and ultimately put a tremendous amount of pressure on workers. Additionally, quality control inspectors fell into to conflicts with workers and were beat up multiple times by workers. Factory management turned a deaf ear to complaints about these conflicts and took no corrective measures. The result of both of these circumstances was a widespread work stoppage on the factory floor among workers and inspectors. ( http://www.chinalaborwatch.org ) |
| 09 Oct 12 | Take Part in World Day for Decent Work Oct. 7 -- Each October 7, World Day for Decent Work reminds all of us about the plight of these workers. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) launched Decent Work Day in 2008, and each year, the Solidarity Center and its partners in the global labor movement observe that day to bring attention to the need for decent work. As the ITUC states: “Decent work must be at the center of government actions to bring back economic growth and build a new global economy that puts people first.” ( http://www.solidaritycenter.org ) |
| 04 Oct 12 | Indonesia: 2.8 million factory workers on strike -- A joint statement issued by several labour unions said a total of 80 industrial estates in 24 cities were impacted by the work stoppage. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Oct 12 | Millions Of Workers Go On Strike -- JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian unions say more than 2 million factory workers have gone on a one-day strike across the country to call for higher wages and protest the hiring of contract workers. ( http://www.huffingtonpost.com ) |
| 01 Oct 12 | Canadian workers at Chrysler accept new deal -- Canadian auto workers at Chrysler ratified a new contract with the automaker, the auto union said Sunday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Oct 12 | Turkey: 69 Workers Standing Trial in Ankara -- 28 September 2012: Sixty-nine members of the Confederation of Public Sector Workers’ Unions (KESK), including 15 women, will stand trial on 4 October in Ankara on terrorism charges for merely engaging in legitimate trade union work. The ITUC strongly condemns this flagrant violation of trade union rights in Turkey. ( Laborstart ) |
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