The laws of the land, giving workers the right to form trade unions have been violated o­nce again, resulting in the �double sacking� of Helen Mary, the secretary of the newly formed Kamaya Electrical Workers Union. In addition, the company has turned down the claim for recognition of the union o­n the flimsiest of excuses.

It is Union busting at its prime. A company who just can't see a Union being formed. It needs to be crippled before they start asking for some decent demands. This seems to be encouragement to the workers in Malaysia. The union membership continues to decline as exploitation soars. This is a weird scenario but yes Union Busting is still the rule of the game.

Helen was sacked by Kamaya Elektric Sdn Bhd o­n 18 May 2005 for leading the formation of the union in Kamaya. Subsequently, barely five days after joining another company, Ultrawin Sdn Bhd, she was sacked again, o­n 17/6/05, o­n the grounds of her involvement in union activity in Kamaya. Helen was told by her new boss that Kamaya Sdn Bhd had telephoned him and passed o­n the information about her!

The employees of Government service in Nepal were allowed to form a 'single' association as per Civil Servants Act. The legitimate organization recognized after the Supreme Court Verdict of August 16, 2001 is Nepal Government Employees' Organization. However, this hard won right is now in stake; the regime is secretly planning to amend existing Civil Servant Act with a provision of virtually no-union proposal. They are of a opinion that right to association should be granted to o­nly non-officers; workers will be divided into several pieces based o­n their 'post'. Moreover, their plan is to freeze all non officer post in the days to come and hire them under contractual agreement through recruiting agencies aiming to de-unionise government service. This o­ngoing conspiracy against organisation has been informed the concerned agencies including, ILO, PSI, and other Global Union families.

• Altogether 25 trade unionists have been arrested in Nepal after the royal military takeover and some leaders of Trade unions are under threat to arrest and are compelled to go into hide-outs. Mainly, Chairperson, Vice chairperson & Secretary General of GEFONT and President of NTUC are under threat of arrest as warrantees and are in hideouts
• Fundamental rights provided by the Constitution were fully expelled during February 1 to April 30. Now the state of Emergency in papers has been lifted but suppression is at the same level in practice