At 1130pm, Thurs, Thai foreign Ministry officials informed organizers of APF that 5 out of 10 civil society representatives were rejected from the interface meeting with ASEAN heads of government. The remaining representatives were told to be ready for pick up at 7.A.M., nearly 5 hours before the scheduled meeting. (see below for list of [...]

Everyone wants a peaceful old age, but most people do not think about it when they are young. Yet, in order to be comfortable in old age it is necessary to plan for it soon after a person starts working. SEWA members know this, and yet till recently they did not have a method by [...]

International Metalworkers’ Federation joins global unions in call for secure employment as the essential response to the global economic crisis on this World Day for Decent Work.
GLOBAL: Metalworkers around the world are participating in the World Day for Decent Work today calling for an end to precarious employment and joining the International Trade Union [...]

Dear Friends,
Below is a call for solidarity from the Migrant Trade Union in South Korea on the arrest of another migrant activist arrested there. Kindly extend your solidarity by writing a protest letter to the Korean authorities indicated below against the arrest and whatever other actions you are capable of.
Warmest regards,
Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants [...]

Puerto Rico’s capital San Juan came to a standstill Thursday as public workers and other interest groups staged a general strike protesting Government’s plan to axe 17,000 jobs.
The Government
is trying to reduce its US$3.2 billion deficit and Governor Louis Fortuno has said the lay-offs are necessary to avoid a further downgrade of the country’s credit [...]

Mexican Federal Police last night and early this morning seized the plants of the Central Light and Power Company of Mexico (LyF) which provides electricity to Mexico City and several states in central Mexico. The government of President Felipe Calderón also announced the liquidation of the company, the termination of the workers, and thereby [...]

Genuine development and progress for the people of ASEAN
Stop forced migration and commodification of migrant workers!
Grassroots organizations of migrants, advocates and concerned groups under the network Migrants’ Caucus on ASEAN call on to leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members to work for the genuine development of countries in the region [...]

An awareness meeting organized by Beej Bachao Andolan (Save Seeds Movement) in Uttarakhand, India, as part of the people’s Year of Rice Action (YORA) grew into a larger struggle, protest rally and victory for the people of the region. Held in Upli Nagni (Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand), the rally was part of a regional people’s [...]

The first Workers’ pants are coming to the Market. The Triumph Thailand workers, who have occupied the ground floor of the Ministry of Labour Building in Bangkok since last week is now, with five different set of machines, starting to produce their pants, they have produced many other stuffs for sale as well, such as [...]

We represent youth from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. We gathered together in Petchaburi, Thailand from October 15 to 17 2009 to share our issues, concerns and experiences in our respective countries.
As the future of ASEAN, we affirm our role in shaping the development of our region and [...]