| 30 Nov 09 | Justice workers resume strike action -- Justice Ministry staff, who collect fines and work at courts and tribunals throughout the country, are resuming their industrial action and will strike from 8.55am this morning.(Mon Nov 30) ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Nov 09 | Electrical Workers Fight Is Fight of All Mexican Workers -- For decades we have been pointing out the way that the Mexican government, whether under the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) or the National Action Party (PAN), has violated the workers’ right to self-organization in defense of their interests, as protected under Article 123, Section XVI of the Constitution. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Nov 09 | Lee calls for tough action on rail strike -- President Lee Myung-bak on Saturday urged stern action against an ongoing strike by workers at a state-run rail company, which has crippled cargo transportation nationwide. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Nov 09 | Labor groups call for dismantling warlordism, inequitable social structures -- Leaders of major labor formations in the country today joined the entire country and the world in condemning the massacre in Maguindanao last Nov. 23 that claimed the lives of at least 57 people, including 18 journalists and two government employees who were also union members.. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Nov 09 | Egyptian Workers Build Independent Union Movement -- Dan Heck, Midwest regional director for Working America, recently visited Egypt as a member of a three-person delegation sponsored by the Solidarity Center. He writes about his impressions of that country’s emerging independent union movement and will follow up here with a series from his visit. To learn more about Egyptian workers’ struggles to form free, independent unions, click here, here, here, here and here. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Nov 09 | Stop Violence Against Women Day: Governments to Take Decisive Action to End Violence Against Women -- Brussels, 25 November 2009: On the occasion of the UN International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the ITUC and affiliates in a range of countries are organizing activities to say “no to violence against women and girls” and to mobilize against the impunity of that violence around the world. These activities are taking place in the context of the UN Secretary-General’s campaign ‘UNiTE to End Violence against Women’ and the Global Unions Campaign ‘Decent Work, Decent Life for Women’. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Nov 09 | Wal-Mart suppliers in China charged with rights abuses -- WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart supplier factories in China feature abusive conditions in violation of the retailer's own "basic" standards, a labor report showed Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Nov 09 | Bucharest Court rules subway workers’strike not legal -- The Bucharest Court ruled on Wednesday that the subway workers’ protest is not legal. The Court sentence is executory and the subway employees are to resume activity. The decision can be appealed against within ten days. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Nov 09 | Rail workers protest pay freeze -- THREE hundred rail workers demonstrated inside Phnom Penh Railway Station on Wednesday to demand that the government pay two months’ back salary. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Nov 09 | Here’s What the World Labor Movement Is Saying to President Obama and Asian Leaders -- The global labor movement and the AFL-CIO are urging President Obama and other world leaders meeting in Singapore at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to take strong stands on issues of jobs, trade imbalances, currency policy, workers’ rights and climate change. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Nov 09 | Gloomy labor, social trends in Indonesia, warns ILO -- Despite some progress in coping with the impacts of the global financial crisis, labor and social trends in the country this fiscal year will likely remain gloomy, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Nov 09 | Pilots end strike - Finnair flight schedules getting back to normal -- Planes of the Finnish airline Finnair are starting to fly again on Wednesday after the airline and its pilots agreed to a settlement to a labour dispute. The conflict had led to a strike by the pilots, shutting down nearly all scheduled flights on Monday and Tuesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Nov 09 | 50 percent rise in Burma forced labour -- Nov 18, 2009 (DVB)–Complaints of forced labour in Burma have risen by nearly 50 percent in the past five months, with more than half of these stemming from the recruitment of youths into the army. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Nov 09 | GM Workers Strike Over Salaries, Vacation -- GM’s local plant is currently facing labor union action as workers demand changes to the terms of their employment. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Nov 09 | Romanian subway workers go on strike -- BUCHAREST, Romania -- Trade unions within Bucharest's subway company Metrorex are staging a nine-hour general strike Tuesday (November 17th), after the transport ministry rejected their request for a 26% raise. Union representatives are demanding negotiations for a new collective labour contract, as the previous one expired at the beginning of this month. Transport Minister Radu Berceanu says he may take the Metrorex workers to court. A similar strike was pronounced illegal in 2005, when the subway protest stopped traffic during rush hour. (AP, Evenimentul Zilei, Ziua, Adevarul - 17/11/09) ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Nov 09 | Unionist spotlights root causes of violence -- Constantina Kuneva, the Bulgarian migrant and trade union activist who was seriously injured in an acid attack in Petralona last December, has told Kathimerini that she feels no anger, only pity for her assailants, noting that society must fight the root causes that drive people to violence. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Nov 09 | Bulgarian labour union activist speaks out after acid attack -- Bulgarian labour union activist Konstantina Kouneva, maimed by an acid attack in December 2008 in Petralona, Greece, has spoken of her ordeal nearly a year later. ( Laborstart ) |
| 18 Nov 09 | Women Trade Unionists Held Captive at Labour Ministry -- Brussels, 16 November 2009: The ITUC has strongly condemned the illegal detention on 6 November of a group of women trade unionists from the Guatemalan labour, indigenous and campesino movement, MSICG. This illegal act of intimidation and mistreatment represents a blatant violation of workers’ fundamental rights. ( http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article4632 ) |
| 17 Nov 09 | Indonesian Workers Join Global Campaign Against Vale’s Conduct -- JAKARTA, 16 Nov 2009 – Leaders of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) from Indonesia, Brazil and Canada, representing workers at Vale and Vale Inco (majority owner of PT Inco), have signed a Joint Statement in Soroako, South Sulawesi, charging the Brazilian-based global mining company disregards the needs and rights of its workers and the communities in which it operates. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Nov 09 | Tomada wants to analyze subway conflict -- The Labour Minister met with representatives from the subway workers' union, who asked for the recognition of a new union's legitimacy. The meeting's goal was to work out an agreement with regards to the syndicate conflict, which may once again cut off weekly subway services. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Nov 09 | Business Council Honors Vale CEO for Clipping Workers, Wacking Towns -- A business group is honoring Roger Agnelli, the CEO of Vale, one of the largest mining companies in the world, which, coincidentally, is in the midst of its longest ever labor dispute. The award is for exceptional accomplishments in corporate social responsibility. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Nov 09 | China: Strike by 3,000 women workers -- Women workers at a garment factory in Hainan, southern China, began a strike on Wednesday 11 November to press their demands on pay and vacations after management announced drastic cuts in bonuses. Around 3,000 workers at the Hainan Youmei Underwear Co., Ltd in Haikou City, the provincial capital, gathered outside the plant. The factory is wholly owned by German-Swiss lingerie giant Triumph International, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of women’s underwear. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Nov 09 | Rape and the Plight of the Female Migrant Worker -- No one knows if 1-year-old Yunus will ever see his mother again. Like 6 million other Indonesians, she traveled far from home to find employment. She was hired by a wealthy family in Saudi Arabia. But one day, while on her boss's property, she went to check on some goats and, according to what is known of her tale, was raped by two men. Yunus was conceived of that assault. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Nov 09 | PM Rudd in emotional apology to 'Forgotten Australians' -- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an emotional apology on Monday to half-a-million "Forgotten Australians", including British child migrants, who faced abuse and neglect in care homes over decades. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 12 Nov 09 | Tomada says Kraft is 'not coming through' with agreement promises -- Labour Minister Carlos Tomada asked the Kraft Foods Company to "give news about the situation" that employees have complained about, referring to the firing of 8 of the 53 suspended employees, and added that "they are not coming through on their part" of the signed agreement if they do not speak about the crisis. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Nov 09 | TUs join hands with Intuc for fulfilment of demands -- PATNA: In a first, all the Central trade union organizations have joined hands with the Indian National Trade Union Congress (Intuc) to raise the issues like price rise, disinvestment and proper implementation of labour laws across the country. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Nov 09 | UNI Apro Commerce – Stepping up in Malaysia -- Workers form trade unions to create a harmonious conducive working environment that will translate into better bottom line for employer, customer satisfaction and better working conditions ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Nov 09 | Strike on waterways called off -- Water transport workers withdrew the countrywide strike yesterday after being assured of fulfilment of their demands. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Nov 09 | CLC convenes Air India-pilots union meeting tomrw -- Mumbai, Nov 8 (PTI) In the face of proposed strike by Air India pilots, Chief Labour commissioner has called a conciliatory meeting between Nacil management and pilots' union representatives in New Delhi tomorrow. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Nov 09 | South Korean workers protest gov't labor policy -- Tens of thousands of South Korean workers rallied Saturday to protest the government's plan to begin implementing contentious labor laws. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Nov 09 | 'Made in China' now made in Egypt -- With cheap labour, investment incentives and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as an ideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition at home. ( Bangkokpost ) |
| 06 Nov 09 | Railway Workers Launch 2-Day Strike -- South Korea's railway union launched a 48-hour strike at 9 a.m. Thursday after failing to resolve a dispute with management over working conditions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Nov 09 | City Hotel Workers Walk Off Job -- A handful of hotel workers walked off the job Thursday morning in San Francisco. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Nov 09 | Global campaign against Vale gaining momentum -- From Sweden to Korea, New Caledonia to Indonesia and Mozambique, IMF and ICEM affiliates around the world are calling on Vale to make a Fair Deal NOW and respect basic labour rights at all of its operations around the world. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Nov 09 | For Migrant Workers, Health Care Often More Miss Than Hit -- Activists on Tuesday called for the government to pay more attention to the health needs of the country’s migrant workers, saying most were not properly taken care of by their employers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Nov 09 | Guatemala Mourns Another Trade Union Leader -- On October 25, 2009, Guatemalan trade union leader Víctor Gálvez was gunned down as he was leaving work. Gálvez was a community leader and a member of the natural resources protection and resistance front, FRENA, affiliated to the national front for the defense of public services and natural resources, FNL, which is part of the Guatemalan labor, indigenous and campesino movement, Movimiento Sindical Indígena y Campesino Guatemalteco (MSICG). MSICG and members of the international trade union movement strongly condemn the assassination of yet another union leader in Guatemala. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Nov 09 | Guatemala Mourns Another Trade Union Leader -- On October 25, 2009, Guatemalan trade union leader Víctor Gálvez was gunned down as he was leaving work. Gálvez was a community leader and a member of the natural resources protection and resistance front, FRENA, affiliated to the national front for the defense of public services and natural resources, FNL, which is part of the Guatemalan labor, indigenous and campesino movement, Movimiento Sindical Indígena y Campesino Guatemalteco (MSICG). MSICG and members of the international trade union movement strongly condemn the assassination of yet another union leader in Guatemala. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Nov 09 | Philadelphia Transit Strike Averted for World Series -- PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Pennsylvania's governor and Philadelphia's mayor say the city's transit union has agreed not to go on strike as contract talks continue before the start of Game 3 of the World Series. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Nov 09 | Railway Workers to Strike -- The Korean Railway Workers' Union said Friday it will stage two strikes - from Nov. 5 through 6 and once more in mid November. ( Laborstart ) |
| 02 Nov 09 | Fifteen shot dead at Mexico ranch -- The body of Margarito Montes, an organiser of agricultural workers, was among those found riddled with bullet holes in southern Sonora state. ( Laborstart ) |
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