| 27 Dec 12 | 50 injured in RMG workers-police clash in Savar -- Savar, Dec 25 (UNB) – At least 50 people were injured as garment workers clashed with police on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar on Monday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Dec 12 | Potential strike on US mainland East Coast ports could affect Guam -- A potential strike on the mainland’s East Coast ports could affect cargo shipments to Guam and other Pacific ports. ( Laborstart ) |
| 27 Dec 12 | Singapore strikes shed light on workers' woes -- Singapore, RoS - After 26 years without a strike, labour unrest over low wages and appalling living conditions has roiled Singapore - drawing attention to the country's often-exploited migrant worker community. ( http://www.aljazeera.com ) |
| 24 Dec 12 | Myanmar to draft first labour safety law -- The first law on safety and health in workplaces is being drafted by the Ministry of Labour and will be promulgated in 2013, a senior ministry official said last week. ( http://www.mmtimes.com ) |
| 24 Dec 12 | The Great Walmart Walkout -- The morning after Thanksgiving, as many Americans were sleeping or shopping, Walmart workers were striking. In Hanover, Maryland, a handful of strikers were joined by hundreds of supporters for an 8:30 am rally in the cold. Smiling, uniformed, ten-foot-tall cardboard cutouts of employees were emblazoned with the workers’ grievances: poverty wages, miserly benefits, dignity denied. The head of the labor group Jobs With Justice blasted Walmart for abusing workers and pushing public school privatization. Then the crowd marched, two-by-two and 400 strong, through a shopping-center parking lot. When they reached the outer edge of Walmart’s property, police were waiting to block them. “We’re just nervous,” said striker Barbara Elliot. “It’s new, what we’re doing, but we’re tired…We’re doing it for other generations, too.” ( Laborstart ) |
| 21 Dec 12 | Nurses' strike ends with 'historic' deal -- After 17 days, the Treasury and the Nurses' Union have formulated a new wage deal meant to end the nurses' nationwide strike. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Dec 12 | Death Threat Against COSATU General Secretary Must be Fully Investigated -- Vavi was informed by acting crime intelligence chief Major-General Chris Ngcobo on 28 September that Iranian intelligence officials had bribed one of his bodyguards to disclose his travel arrangements and that a member of an NGO that worked closely with COSATU would use this information to find an opportunity to poison him and thus sow chaos ahead of the ANC’s Mangaung Conference. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Dec 12 | Railwaymen's federation threatens to go on strike -- VISAKHAPATNAM, DEC 18: The All-India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) has warned the Union Government that it will be left with no other option but to call for a strike, if the latter does not honour the agreements made with the unions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 19 Dec 12 | The NHL lockout – a message for labour -- As a negotiator for the Canadian Media Guild, I’ve been watching and writing about the circus called the NHL-NHLPA negotiations. It’s an understatement to say the negotiations between team owners and hockey players have been unlike almost any other. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t lessons to be learned and questions to ask. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Dec 12 | PNA offices’ performance declines due to growing financial trouble -- RAMALLAH, Dec. 16 –The performance of ministries and institutions of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is declining due to the growing financial crisis it is passing through, which makes it unable to pay its servants salaries, officials said Sunday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Dec 12 | In Garment Sector, a Labor Movement Divided -- There was so much noise blasting from the loudspeakers that the occasional rallying cry from striking workers at the demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district last week could hardly be heard. ( http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-garment-sector-a-labor-movement-divided-6717/ ) |
| 17 Dec 12 | Sectorial workers to get higher wages -- The Jakarta Remuneration Board set the 2013 minimum provincial wage for different sectors (UMSP) between 5 to 17 percent higher than the standard wage, despite there being no agreement between employers and workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Dec 12 | Rail workers ratify employment agreement -- Rail workers have voted to ratify their collective agreement for a two year term. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Dec 12 | Walmart Workers Will Rally in Ten Countries Tomorrow -- The labor campaign confronting Walmart in the United States is planning an international escalation for tomorrow. In partnership with the global union federation UNI, the union-affiliated group Making Change at Walmart is supporting a “Global Day of Action,” with participation expected from Walmart workers in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, Nicaragua, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Zambia. The day’s main US protest will be a Miami demonstration featuring a street theater performance in the tradition of the United Farm Workers’ teatro campesino. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Dec 12 | Vietnam’s wage growth higher than average: ILO -- “Vietnam has done well in terms of wage growth compared to the world as new ILO figures show a continuing slowdown in global wages, particularly in developed countries,” according to the ILO’s Global Wages Report 2012-2013. ( Laborstart ) |
| 12 Dec 12 | Indian employees of a steel factory in Sri Lanka on strike -- Dec 10, Colombo: A group of 76 Indian nationals employed in a steel mill in Madampe near Chilaw in North Western Province of Sri Lanka have commenced a strike. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Dec 12 | Temporary Workers -- Nissan’s decision to use a large number of “temps” from labor agencies instead of hiring its own workers directly is not a good way to do business in the long term. Regular workers (Nissan calls them “technicians”) and temps (Nissan calls temps “Nissan Associates”) work side-by-side, doing the same jobs. But the temps get less pay and fewer benefits. And most important, there is no sense of job security for temporary workers who have been loyal to Nissan for years. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Dec 12 | Corporate giants mull wage-hike impact -- Administrations in 25 provinces, regencies or cities have increased their local monthly minimum wages for next year. The Jakarta administration, for example, has upped the monthly minimum wage by 44 percent to Rp 2.2 million (US$229) in 2012. ( The Nation ) |
| 06 Dec 12 | Garment Factory Protesters Clash With Police -- Hundreds of garment factory workers clashed with police at a factory in Phnom Penh yesterday during the latest strike in what is now a month-long campaign to have two union leaders rehired. ( http://www.cambodiadaily.com ) |
| 06 Dec 12 | First rally for workers’ rights in Qatar -- 1.2 million migrant workers in Qatar are denied the right to form or join a union. A construction boom is expected in the next ten years ahead of the 2022 World Cup with billions of dollars of infrastructure projects underway. ( Laborstart ) |
| 06 Dec 12 | Huge win for public sector contract workers in Israel -- According to a report in today’s Jerusalem Post, the victory achieved by the Histadrut’s general strike back in February has been translated into positive results on the ground for contract workers employed in the public sector. ( Laborstart ) |
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