Mrs. L.T. Ariyawathi (49), a mother of three has returned from Saudi Arabia after less than five months of employment. Within a short time of her return she was hospitalized for an operation to remove 24 nails from her foot and a needle implanted by her employer. Doctors who x-rayed her at Kamburupitiya hospital have [...]
Press Statements/Release 26 August 2010 Innabuyog, alliance of indigenous women’s organizations in the Cordillera, Philippines #16 Loro St., Dizon Subdivision, Baguio City 2600, Philippines Tel. +63 74 442 5347 Reference: Vernie Yocogan-Diano, Chairperson The International Women’s Alliance is Born Women from different parts of the world have gathered in a historic gathering in [...]
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said on August 22 Islamic fundamentalism is a relatively new phenomenon, which has deviated from the original teachings of Islam. She said fundamentalism by definition is an extreme position. Hence, fundamentalism–be it Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian or Jewish cannot bring good in the society, he added. She was addressing at a workshop [...]
Burmese migrant workers held a demonstration on 21 August at a prawn-processing plant to the south of Bangkok, Thailand over changes in their overtime-pay arrangements. One of the protesters said Thai police detained eight strikers, according to the Mizzima News. About 300 migrant workers from Asian Seafood in Maha Chaing, south of Bangkok, staged the strike at [...]
Take action now to condemn the kidnapping of two trade union leaders at a Marks & Spencer (M&S) supplier factory in India and to call for their immediate and safe return. The kidnappings are part of a brutal attack against 60 workers, which took place as they arrived for work at the Viva Global factory [...]
There will be no wage increase for domestic helpers in Hong Kong, the Labor department announced on 25 August 2010. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, meanwhile, assured President Aquino that Filipinos will be shielded from any backlash arising from Monday’s hostage-taking incident where eight tourists from the Chinese territory were killed. The Minimum Allowable [...]
Filipino maids working in Hong Kong are being sacked by employers angry over the deadly hostage crisis in the Philippines, a news report said Wednesday August 25. Eight Hong Kong tourists died in a chaotic shoot-out Monday as police in Manila tried to end a 10-hour siege by an armed former police inspector who took [...]
In the past few days, a garment workers’ strike has found itself in conflict with bosses, local authorities and union officials while last week, construction workers struck in solidarity with sacked workmates. Around 160 garment workers continued to strike on Monday (22nd August) outside the gates of a factory in Meanchey district, where they have [...]
A garment factory in Kampong Chhnang province in Cambodia was briefly shut at the weekend after almost 200 workers fainted on the job, according to the Phnon Penh Post on 23 August 2010. Roughly 185 employees at the M&V garment factory passed out and were sent to hospital Saturday, said Pao Sitha, director of the Kampong Chhnang [...]
The police in Bangladesh have arrested three garment industry labor leaders and 18 other people on charges that they organized and participated in violent protests last month, according to the New York Times. International advocacy groups like Human Rights Watch and the International Labor Rights Forum have criticized the arrests, calling them a tactic for [...]
