Mini news takes a summer break
This is the last mini news email for 2017. We are taking a summer break. The Asia Pacific Currents (APC) radio program is also taking a break over summer. During this time, we will continue to cover labour issues on...
This is the last mini news email for 2017. We are taking a summer break. The Asia Pacific Currents (APC) radio program is also taking a break over summer. During this time, we will continue to cover labour issues on...
The garment industry is one of the most brutal internationally with a constant Race to the Bottom dynamic employed by companies as they scour the world for the cheapest labour that they can exploit. Nevertheless, constant pressure is having some...
The global giant, Posco, is one of the world’s largest steel-making companies with factories located all around the world. In Turkey, it has fired scores of union members from its steel plant in Kocaeli, Turkey. The current total of dismissed...
Reports are coming out this week that jailed labour activist Reza Shahabi has suffered a stroke that has left him partially paralysed. Nevertheless, prison authorities are denying his family’s requests for Reza to be transferred to a hospital outside of...
Hundreds of workers employed by the electronics factory Lakepower Converter Inc. in the Cavite Economic Zone, have been on strike since the middle of the previous week. The workers went on strike to protest against unfair labour practices as well...
Last week, the state government of Bihar, northern India, ordered that 80,000 allied health workers be sacked for taking strike action. The dispute began at the start of this month, when tens of thousands of health workers employed on short...
The dispute that started in late November, over the dismissal of an active unionist at one of the port terminals in Melbourne, Australia, has been won with the company agreeing to reinstate the worker. This outcome was achieved through the...
This week there was a demonstration at the Democracy Monument in central Bangkok by scores of activists against the undemocratic nature of the current military crafted constitution. Activists had to be very careful to not breach any of the junta’s...
On 15 December, about 400 coal miners willingly raised to the surface, following the court's decision of Shakhtinsk of the suspension of the strike. Earlier, 154 miners raised to the surface after the meeting with the governor of the Karaganda region on 13 December, another 100...
Iran: calls for support of jailed education union leader made around the world Topics in this post: Education International joins in the Amnesty International “Write for Rights” Appeal for Iranian education unionist Esmail Abdi. Maths teacher EsmailAbdi, leader of the...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.