| 30 Nov 12 | Rutgers University severs ties with Adidas over working conditions in Asia -- Rutgers University severed its ties to the sports apparel giant Adidas Group on Monday, responding to student concerns about the company's obligation to workers at a former Indonesian manufacturing plant. ( http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20121129_Rutgers_University_severs_ties_with_Adidas_over_worki ) |
| 30 Nov 12 | Germany: Teacher unionists on a warning strike over working conditions -- Massive teacher action The action was undertaken in the Dresden region, as well as in Chemnitz, Leipzig, Bautzen und Zwickau. Saxony’s teachers joined the action en masse and were supported by the local Socialist Party‘s section. GEW State President, Sabine Gerold, indicated that around 10,500 education professionals in the Leipzig, Bautzen, Zwickau und Plauen regions did not report for work on 16 November. GEW noted that no class was held in more than more than three quarters of schools in these regions, and reminded that it was the second teacher strike action during this school year. As the State Parliament will decide upon the biennial budget in December, allocating finance to education and cultural affairs, Gerold said she did not exclude calls for further strike actions before then. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Nov 12 | One Million Burmese Face Thai Deportation -- Around one million Burmese migrant workers in Thailand are facing deportation back to Burma unless they complete a procedure to verify their nationality before Dec 14, according to Burmese government and Thai media sources. ( http://www.irrawaddy.org ) |
| 30 Nov 12 | Security guards threaten to strike -- St. John’s, Antigua – Workers at Multi-Purpose Security Service are threatening to commence prolonged strike action “soon”. ( Laborstart ) |
| 30 Nov 12 | Singapore's first strike in 25 years shines spotlight on racial tensions -- An illegal strike by Chinese bus drivers in Singapore has highlighted tensions over immigration in the city-state and exposed the unfavourable treatment of lower-skilled foreign workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Nov 12 | Samsung under fire over China labor breaches -- SEOUL - Samsung came under renewed criticism from a rights group on Tuesday for illegal work practices at its Chinese suppliers, a day after the South Korean electronics giant admitted excessive overtime and fines for employees in China. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Nov 12 | No talks at shoe factory worker strike -- PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A union representative in the Kandal province of Cambodia, said there had been no negotiations with management since workers struck Nov. 15 for better pay. ( Laborstart ) |
| 29 Nov 12 | Walmart-Brand Clothes Found at Site of the Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire -- A deadly fire in a Bangladesh garment factory that killed at least 112 workers has been linked to Walmart. Photos from the scene of the fire show Faded Glory-brand clothing, an exclusive Walmart label it sells in stores. Walmart said in a statement the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory was no longer authorized to produce merchandise for them at the time of the fire, but that a supplier subcontracted work to it "in direct violation of our policies." The biggest retailer in the United States said they have terminated their relationship with the supplier. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Nov 12 | US Nissan workers seek fair union election -- Management at Nissan’s plant in Mississippi is running an aggressive and sophisticated anti-union campaign against its employees who are forming a union to achieve a voice in the workplace. Nissan is denying these workers a fair, democratic election, and management has sent a clear message to the workforce that considering a union could cost them their job. ( http://www.industriall-union.org ) |
| 28 Nov 12 | Garment Workers Stage Angry Protest After Bangladesh Fire -- DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers staged angry protests on Monday, demanding justice after at least 112 people died over the weekend in a fire at a factory on the outskirts of Dhaka where labor advocates found the charred remains of clothing from brands sold at global retailers like Walmart. ( http://www.nytimes.com ) |
| 27 Nov 12 | Deadly Fires in Factories Supplying Walmart, H&M and Tesco Killed Hundreds, Spark Massive Protests -- Garment workers staged mass protests on Monday to demand an end to "deathtrap" labour conditions after Bangladesh's worst-ever textile factory fire, as a new blaze sparked fresh panic and terror. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Nov 12 | Nurses set to strike for 20pc rise -- Nurses are demanding a 20 per cent pay rise over three years to make them the highest paid nurses in Australia. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Nov 12 | The agony of migrant workers -- The agonies of Indonesian migrant workers will likely continue as the government has repeatedly failed to manage its overseas labor policy. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Nov 12 | Mass protests in Indonesia over low wages -- Up to 10,000 workers in Indonesia took to the streets today to protest against low wages and a new social security law that will require them to pay for health services. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Nov 12 | Bangladesh blaze kills 109 -- At least 109 people were killed and scores injured in a fire — believed to be the most devastating in the country’s industrial history — that gutted a garment factory in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Saturday night. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Nov 12 | Sponsor a Striker on Black Friday! -- When Walmart workers speak out for change, Walmart has sought to silence and intimidate them. But now they’re fighting back. Many have already walked out on strike and many more promise to make this Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, a memorable one of the company. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Nov 12 | Twenty-three Bahraini health workers sentenced to prison -- A court in Bahrain sentenced 23 medics to three months in jail after they treated protesters and took part in demonstrations. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Nov 12 | Workers at IKEA store in Greece walk out over pay cuts -- Employees working at at least one branch of the Swedish home furnishings company, IKEA, reportedly walked out on Monday after they were informed that their wages were to be cut by between 11 and 15 percent. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Nov 12 | Myanmar garment, wood factories’ workers strike -- Myanmar workers from Dagon Seikkan Township’s garment and wood factories went on strike recently, demanding for a better salary and compensation. ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Nov 12 | Sacked workers' cases 'being exaggerated' -- MANAMA: Labour Minister Jameel Humaidan yesterday accused a trade union federation of exaggerating the number of cases pending of workers sacked during last year's unrest. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Nov 12 | Sugar workers take to streets -- Workers at state-run sugar factories gathered at the Press Syndicate on Monday to demand regulations on sugar imports to allow honest competition. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Nov 12 | Animosity International: Staff on strike in Amnesty offices across the globe -- For more of the past 50 years it has been regarded as the paragon of human rights organisations – a globally admired beacon of liberty and hope. But in recent times a note of discord has crept into the public reputation of Amnesty International. Behind the scenes lurks a crisis that threatens its very existence. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Nov 12 | FIJIAN WORKERS FACE WORLD’S WORST LABOUR VIOLATIONS -- This week the ILO named Fiji as one of five countries where the core labour standard of freedom of association is most seriously violated. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Nov 12 | Renault fires 23 workers for attending strike, signals more dismissals -- The Oyak Renault factory located in Bursa denied entry to 23 of its workers who are members of the Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Unions (DİSK) on Wednesday following their participation in a strike on Tuesday over a dispute on a union agreement, with additional dismissals expected to come as more workers are identified. ( Laborstart ) |
| 16 Nov 12 | Mexican Lawmakers Allow Changes in Labor Law -- Mexico’s Congress has approved broad changes to the country’s antiquated labor law that will make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, signaling the first major economic change in Mexico in more than a decade. ( http://www.nytimes.com ) |
| 16 Nov 12 | Seeking more rights for migrant workers -- KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15, 2012): Upholding the rights of migrant workers must be made paramount in any legislation or agreement pertaining to their recruitment and placement abroad. ( http://www.thesundaily.my/news/541388 ) |
| 15 Nov 12 | When workers’ actions speak louder than words -- Workers at Shiroki, a Japanese auto parts maker in Guangdong, had long been unhappy at the company’s practice of forcing them to work an additional 20 minutes each day to make up for their rest period, which was not considered by the company to be work time. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Nov 12 | Photos: General Strike Called For In Spain -- Spain, the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy where one in four workers is unemployed in a deep recession, is calling its second general strike in eight months to protest draconian budget cuts. Spain’s main CCOO and UGT unions urged people to rally under slogans such as “They are taking away our future!”, deploying pickets during the night at airports, bus and railway stations. ( http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/11/13/photos-general-strike-called-for-in-spain/#name here ) |
| 15 Nov 12 | Workers go on flash strike -- HUNDREDS of workers of a construction company went on a flash strike yesterday in protest against its officials' failure to repatriate their dead colleague's body to India. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Nov 12 | Lufthansa agrees pay hike -- German airline Lufthansa today agreed to raise cabin crew pay by 3.95 per cent over a two-year period from January next year under a new wage deal that also promises job security. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Nov 12 | Workers Barred from Factory despite Strike End -- Around 300 workers from Taw Win carpentry factory in Rangoon’s Shwepyitha Industrial Zone have not been allowed back to work despite officially ending an almost three-week-long strike on Sunday after accepting a decision by the Labor Dispute Arbitration Court. ( http://www.irrawaddy.org ) |
| 14 Nov 12 | The AFL-CIO president talks Obama's win, the struggles ahead, and the movement's evolving political role -- Unions had a good night last Tuesday. “I think we were the margin in states like Ohio, Wisconsin and Nevada, and probably three or four other ones,” AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka told Salon in a Wednesday interview. In Ohio, said Trumka, AFL-CIO members are 83 percent white. 40 percent are evangelicals, and 53 percent own guns. “And they voted 70 percent for Barack Obama.” ( http://www.salon.com ) |
| 13 Nov 12 | Russia: Teacher union collects one million signatures to amend Education Bill -- To protest against stonewalling by lawmakers introducing a new Education Bill, the Education and Science Employees Union of Russia (ESEUR) collected 1,081,934 signatures from its members and had them send 37,959 telegrams to the president, the parliament and the Ministry of Education. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Nov 12 | Walmart Black Friday Strike Being Organized Online For Stores Across U.S. -- Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving regarded as one of the biggest shopping days of the year, may be dramatically different this year. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Nov 12 | Revolt in Renault Turkey -- Tonight 1500 workers in Renault, occupied the factory, stopped the work and want to resign from yellow union Turk Metal and join Birleşik Metal-iş. Renault management afraid of the workers' demand and cancelled the night shift. Workers gathered in the factory yard, they are shouting "Turk Metal Resign". Some other workers gathered outside the factory, police tries to disperse workers waiting outside the factory. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Nov 12 | Victory for Texim workers in Turkey -- After 4 months of struggle and the insistent campaigning of Texim workers, the union’s key demands for recognition of fundamental workers’ rights and reinstatement have been accepted. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Nov 12 | Hyundai strike enters ninth day -- CHENNAI, NOV 7: The strike by a section of employees at Hyundai Motor India’s manufacturing facility near here continued for the ninth day on Wednesday, even as the Korean auto-maker said production continued to be normal. ( http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/hyundai-strike-enters-ninth-day/article4074812.ece ) |
| 08 Nov 12 | Strike against "scary wages" on Halloween -- Workers at the Legoland theme park in Günzburg in the south of Germany walked off the job on October 31 in protest against low wages and precarious working conditions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 08 Nov 12 | Greece faces second day of general strike as lawmakers vote on austerity -- ATHENS – The Greek government overcame divisions on Wednesday to defeat an early challenge to an austerity package needed to secure vital international aid, but it still faced internal dissent and angry protests ahead of a final vote. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Nov 12 | NAACIE sugar workers strike -- GuySuCo workers represented by the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) have downed tools across the corporation in protest at a pay offer they deem too low. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Nov 12 | Foxconn tragedy highlights the anger and mistrust of many migrant workers -- The man at the centre of the dispute, Zhang Tingzhen, sat quietly during the heated and at times angry debate between his father and the lawyer for his employer Foxconn on the level of compensation Zhang should be awarded after a work accident left him with severe brain damage. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Nov 12 | Chile: Bus Drivers on Strike in Capital -- Santiago de Chile, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) About 150 buses for the Transantiago transportation service in the capital of Chile were paralyzed today for a new drivers' strike, against the refusal of the enterprise to answer to their demands. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Nov 12 | Hyundai workers strike continues, plan demonstrations next week -- Chennai, Nov. 3: The strike by the workers at Hyundai Motor India Ltd is set to continue over the weekend with the Hyundai Motor India Employees’ Union announcing a series of demonstrations starting Monday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 05 Nov 12 | Greece: Unions call 48-hour strike to protest latest austerity measures -- Greece’s two biggest unions representing civil servants and private sector workers today called a 48-hour strike next week to protest new austerity measures demanded by foreign creditors. ( Laborstart ) |
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