Unionists of South Korea’s public broadcaster MBC went on an indefinite general strike early Monday, demanding the resignation of the president and personnel reforms over what they called biased coverage of major social issues by the broadcaster. The union has argued that the broadcaster has intentionally omitted or reduced the coverage of politically sensitive issues, [...]
unions are gearing up for confrontation with the government over wages, pledging a crippling general strike, roadblocks and demonstrations on Dec. 27 as teachers prepare to strike across the country on Dec. 15. Ghassan Ghosn, head of the General Labour Confederation, announced the strike Monday (Dec 12) after a meeting of the groups’ executive council. [...]
Veteran unionist Diana Chia (picture) was elected president of the National Trades Union Congress, making her the first woman to do hold the post in the union’s 50-year history. At the NTUC’s National Delegates Conference on Dec 8, 381 delegates elected by secret ballot a new 21-member Central Committee to a four-year term which ends [...]
Trade unions in India have called a 24-hour nationwide strike on February 28 as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not hold any discussion with them on their demands, AITUC General Secretary Gurudas Dasgupta said December 6. “For two years we are agitating, but the Prime Minister has not called a single meeting to discuss our [...]
The Home-Based Working Women 2nd National Conference was held in Ankara on from 2 to 4 December. Women from various cities who are working at home gathered in Turkey’s capital and said “We are here” to make their work and lives visible. At the conference, topics like developments in the field of home-based work were [...]
Malaysian lawmakers approved a ban on street protests on November 29 after opposition legislators boycotted the vote and activists criticised the ban as repressive and a threat to freedom of assembly. Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition says the Peaceful Assembly Act is intended to strike a balance between public order and the right to [...]
For all the democratic space created after the fall of President Suharto, with Indonesia signing on to the core principles of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, the country’s trade union movement has not been the force many have expected. Prominent labour activists like Muchtar Pakpahan and Dita Indah Sari, both jailed [...]
The ITUC General Council, meeting at Elewijt near Brussels this week, has set out priorities for global trade union action through to the end of 2012, with a determination to fight back against the attacks on labour rights and the loss of jobs driven by the deepening world economic crisis. Major areas of action include: [...]
Workers mobilise to demand decent jobs – Action in 60 countries Brussels, 7 October (ITUC OnLine): With unprecedented public demand for decent jobs, and pressure mounting on banks and the finance industry, the 2011 World Day for Decent Work today features over 400 actions across more than 70 countries. “More than 200 million people worldwide [...]
The ITF has expressed alarm over the dismissal of seven railway union leaders in Thailand and demanded that they be reinstated immediately. In a letter dated 30 September to Thailand’s prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, ITF general secretary David Cockroft said that he was “alarmed to learn of the situation regarding seven union leaders of the [...]
