Campaigns

Interview about Asian Floor Wage

Oct 11th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Campaigns, Formal Economy, Garment industry, Wage Campaigns

Labor activists and union leaders in Asia have joined forces to campaign
for wage rises for workers in the region’s garment industry.
The umbrella organisation, Asia Floor Wage, says garment workers are
routinely paid too little to afford the cost of living in their home
countries. And the campaign to get workers a fair minimum wage is being
taken directly [...]



Wage Conference 2009

May 6th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Campaigns, Events, Events on Formal Economy Issues, Wage Campaigns

29 April 2009
CAW and Thai Labour Solidarity Committee jointly organised a conference on Wage Security and Workers’ Rights in Rattanakossin-Royal Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand on the 29th of April 2009.  The conference raised discussion on wage security in the time of financial crisis, country wage profile and wage demands of labour groups in Thailand, India and Indonesia, and wage [...]



Wage Security in the Time of Financial Crisis

Apr 30th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Campaigns, Formal Economy, Wage Campaigns

Wages for workers, especially low-skilled and informal workers, have been eroded due to the financial crisis. The financial crisis is linked to the hike in fuel and food prices which further affect jobs and devalue wages. Working class families, migrant workers, informal sector workers feel the pinch most. Millions of workers have been retrenched with [...]



Campaign for Domestic Workers

Nov 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Campaigns, Domestic workers, Domestic workers are workers, Informal Economy

Campaign for Domestic Workers
There are more than 100 million domestic workers worldwide. They are also known as ‘servants’, ‘domestic helpers’, ‘nannies’, ‘cooks’, ‘housekeepers’, ‘cleaners’, among other names. They work more than 10 hours a day in poor or slavelike conditions; most are abused, underpaid, underfed and overworked. They have no opportunities to study or develop [...]



Press Statement: Domestic Workers are Workers, Decent Work for All

Nov 4th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Domestic workers, Domestic workers are workers

Committee for Asian Women demands Asian governments and the International Labour Organization (ILO) to recognise domestic workers as workers and legislate protection for domestic workers’ labour rights.
The contribution of domestic workers to the economy and development of their sending countries is unnegligible. However, their rights as workers have not been recognised. A research by the [...]



Public action launched campaign for domestic workers

Nov 4th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Domestic workers, Domestic workers are workers, Events, Events on Informal Economy Issues

The regional conference “Domestic Workers are Workers: Decent Work for All” was successfully held on August 26-27, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand by forty five participants from eight Asian countries and one from South Africa. As part of the conference’s campaign launching, the participants joined labour activists, NGO supporters and domestic workers in Thailand in a [...]



Asian Domestic Workers Network (ADWN)

Jun 11th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Campaigns, Domestic workers, Domestic workers are workers, Informal Economy

ABOUT ADWN:
The Asian Domestic Workers Network (ADWN) was officially formed in the year 2005 as an outcome of an Exchange workshop of Asian Domestic Workers in Hong Kong in 2004. This exchange was organised by Committee for Asian Women (CAW). It is the first Asian-based network that links [...]



Minimum Wage Campaign: Press Release : Minimum Wage is NOT a Privilege but a Fundamental Right for Workers

Apr 27th, 2005 | By admin | Category: Wage Campaigns

Over the years, neo-liberal policies have seen a steady erosion of the concept of minimum wage and there has been a steady reduction of the wage to increase profitability under the name of competitiveness. While salaries and remunerations for executives have reached record limits, workers find themselves facing pay cuts and even retrenchment. Accordingly, the [...]