According to the Express News Service, workers who came under exposure of mysterious gas leak at Foxconn factory in Sriperumbudur were admitted to Ramachandra Medical College Hospital, Porur, on Saturday morning (24th July) with complaints of giddiness, nausea and breathlessness. Later, all but 15 of them, were discharged after treatment. Of the remaining 15, five remained in [...]

The Karen National Union (KNU) has released a press statement “Pre-Election Military Operation by SPDC” on 27th July 2010. In the statement, it is said that SPDC (State Peace and Development Council) has started pre-election miliary operations, targeting the innocent Karen civilians in the Karen State and other KNU areas. Fifty seven houses, one Christian church, one [...]

At least nine female garment workers were injured on Tuesday in clashes with Cambodian riot police who used shields and electric shock batons to try to end a week-long strike over the suspension of a local union official, according to Reuters news on 27 July. More than 100 police, at least 50 in riot gear [...]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is investigating the torture and death of an Indonesian migrant worker in Kuwait. According to an official report by an Indonesian forensic team, domestic worker Sariah, 37, from Indramayu, West Java, died from abuse and not of natural causes, as claimed by Kuwaiti doctors. The team from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital [...]

 The Malaysian government will consider the possibility of employing illegal immigrants as foreign workers to meet the high demand from employers, according to the Malaysian Newspaper The Staronline on 16 July, 2010. Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr. S. Subramaniam said these were among 51 suggestions discussed by a special laboratory set up by the ministry [...]

CAW’s Powerpoint Presentation on 100 years of women workers’ struggles (1911-2011): Where Do We Now find Our Livelihood Click here to download.

Thailand’s health care system is an example of the double standards practised in our society. The health care system lacks fairness and equality. For example, public health resources including budgeting, physicians, nurses, hospitals and modern technology are allocated mainly to Bangkok and major cities. In 2005, the physician-patient ratio in Bangkok was 1:700 while the ratio [...]

The government calls it “sealed management.” China’s capital has started gating and locking some of its lower-income neighborhoods overnight, with police or security checking identification papers around the clock, in a throwback to an older style of control. It’s Beijing’s latest effort to reduce rising crime often blamed on the millions of rural Chinese migrating [...]

23 – 31 July, 2010 Jakarta, Indonesia Committee for Asian Women is organising one week Training of Trainers on “Production Mapping” for women garment workers from 23-31 July, 2010 in Jakarta, Indonesia.  The purpose of the training is to build the knowledge of the workers about their company, working place and the production system and to motivate workers [...]

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