The Labour Ministry figures that only about 100,000 workers would lose their jobs permanently as a result of layoffs following the floods, instead of up to 920,000 as estimated recently by the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), according the the Nation news. Permanent secretary Somkiat Chayasriwong said on November 29 that most of [...]
A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Thailand, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, reveals serious violations of fundamental workers’ rights including a high degree of prevalence of forced labour. Both local suppliers and multinational enterprises such as Ford, Mazda, Michelin and Goodyear [...]
General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) marked World Day – violence against women by organising mass meetings and various progammes with a theme -”Domestic Peace is the Foundation for Global Peace” and “Put Gender Based Violence to an End by Combating Suppression” in Kathmandu. Addressing the Mass Meeting Cde. Umesh Upadhyaya, Secretary General of GEFONT said “Nepali [...]
PRESS RELEASE 25 November 2011 Labor NGO, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) hailed the Supreme Court’s unanimous vote in favor of total land distribution of the 4914.15-hectare Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) to more than 6,000 farmer-beneficiaries saying that the decision released on Wednesday is a ‘dramatic victory’ for HLI farmers in their [...]
About 400,000 garment and footwear makers will get a US$5 a month raise starting in January 2012, and the factories that employ them will receive a two-year tax holiday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on November 23, 2011. The $5 raise, from $61 to $66 a month, is intended to help the workers remain healthy, [...]
The government risks falling foul of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) if it continues to ignore objections to the amendments to Employment Act 1955. In issuing the warning, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) said the country’s image and reputation were at stake if the unions report the matter to the ILO and the organisation takes [...]
More than 20,000 Hong Kong-owned factories in the Pearl River Delta may close or downsize because the Guangdong government is ready to raise the minimum wage once again in January, the Federation of Hong Kong industries warns. Federation vice chairman Stanley Lau Chin-ho said provincial authorities are considering raising the minimum wage by 18-20 percent [...]
A strike in the morning of November 8 at a garment factory located near the bend of a dirt road in Bonal Sa-ith village in Sen Sok district underscores the need for enhanced enforcement of labour legislation, the president of the Free Trade Union said on Nov 8. Chea Mony also said the strike over [...]
Despite a slow start, a workers’ protest against a new labour law outside the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) building in Jalan Raja Laut here swelled from 50 people to 200 within a half hour and rising. The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC), an umbrella body comprising 390 labour unions representing 802,323 members, kicked off at [...]
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has unanimously agreed to hold a nationwide picket on November 3 to protest proposed amendments to the Employment Act passed last week that could affect job security and workers’ rights, according to the Malaysian Insider News. The national labour centre’s general committee came to the decision last night at [...]
