Labour News from Asia
Indonesia/Spain Court rules 8 Jakarta Gran Melia Hotel workers unfairly dismissed, orders reinstatement and back-pay [Bisnis Indonesia/AFW-IUF] For more info 21-Aug-2008
Asia Fighting job destruction: IUF manual on outsourcing, casualization and contract labour now available in regional languages [AFW-IUF] 21-Aug-2008
Korea [8.17] Migrant Workers Protest Unfair EPS [CINA] 21-Aug-2008
Indonesia Worker dies after platform accident [The Jakarta Post] 21-Aug-2008
India Nationwide general strike, called by the Left-backed central trade unions total in West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura [Hindu] Images 21-Aug-2008
India Mangalore varsity non-teaching staff stage protest demanding University Grants Commission pay scale [Hindu] 21-Aug-2008
India Court directive on health condition of sewage workers [Hindu] 21-Aug-2008
Sri Lanka Health trade unions rally to defeat Private Blood Bank Bill [Lanka truth] 20-Aug-2008
Korea Kiryung Electronics: 70 Days of Hunger Strike.. [Korea Times] 20-Aug-2008
India Bengal tea workers to seek higher bonus [Hindu Business Line] 20-Aug-2008
India Nationwide trade unions strike today [Hindu] 20-Aug-2008
India Millions of Indian airport, rail and bank workers strike over inflation, 'anti-worker' policies [AFP] 20-Aug-2008
China The Chinese Trade Union's Big Rush to Set Up Unions in Fortune 500 Companies [CLNT] 20-Aug-2008
India About 80,000 cardamom estate workers in Kerala on an indefinite strike from August 13 demanding hike in their wages [Hindu Business Line] 19-Aug-2008
India Lockout continues at Kochi Apollo Tyres unit [Hindu Business Line] 19-Aug-2008
India Powerloom strike: talks to continue on Friday [Hindu] 19-Aug-2008
India LIC staff to strike in protest against rise in prices of essential commodities and attempts to weaken and privatise LIC [Hindu] 19-Aug-2008
India Pay hike for U.P. Govt. staff, teachers [Hindu] 19-Aug-2008
India Contract para medical staff stage protest for regularisation of services [Hindu] 19-Aug-2008
India Union demands pay hike for textile workers [Hindu] 19-Aug-2008
India Coimbatore district units of AITUC, CITU and HMS demand comprehensive social security programme for farm workers [Hindu] 19-Aug-2008
India Annual general body meeting of the Instrumentation Workers Union opposes move on handing over provident fund deposits to private companies like Reliance and ICICI [Hindu] 19-Aug-2008
India 8,500 non-executive employees at Bharat Electronics to join strike on Aug 20 [BS] 19-Aug-2008
India Stage set for nationwide strike on Wednesday called by the Left-backed trade unions to protest against the “anti-worker,” “anti-people” neo-liberal economic policies of globalisation [Hindu] 19-Aug-2008
India Over 70 lakh to strike work tomorrow in Tamil Nadu:CITU [Express News Service] 19-Aug-2008
Malaysia "MTUC : Thousands of workers have been exploited, cheated, stepped on and abused" [amco.org.my] 18-Aug-2008
India Unions demand social security programme for farm workers [Hindu] 18-Aug-2008
India SBI strike today, all-India stir on Aug. 20 [Hindu] 18-Aug-2008
India IFTU strike against inflation [Hindu] 18-Aug-2008
India Powerloom strike continues [Hindu] 18-Aug-2008
India Union picks holes in pay panel report [Hindu] 18-Aug-2008
India They do a clean job, though unrecognised [Hindu] 18-Aug-2008
Korea Kiryung Electronics strike [Hankyoreh] 18-Aug-2008
China/USA Building Bridges Radio: Olympic Sweatshop: Speedo Production in China [WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report] For more info 17-Aug-2008
Malaysia CUEPACS : Let all workers unionised [cuepacs.blogspot.com] 16-Aug-2008
India Contractors must Engage Local Labour’ [The Hindu] For more info 16-Aug-2008
Malaysia "Allow foreign workers to join unions" [nst.com.my] 15-Aug-2008
USA/China EPI: Chinese trade surplus with US costs almost 2.3M jobs [Press Associates Inc.] 15-Aug-2008
Pakistan Pearl Continental Karachi Hotel Workers Step Up Mobilization in Seven-Year Struggle for Union Rights [IUF] 15-Aug-2008
Asia/Global IUF: an introduction and current campaigns [KPFK/AFW-IUF] 14-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Japan The Southeast Sulawesi administration is preparing 100 local residents to work as nurses at hospitals and old-folk homes in Japan [antara] 14-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Japan The Southeast Sulawesi administration is preparing 100 local residents to work as nurses at hospitals and old-folk homes in Japan [antara] 14-Aug-2008
India Six workers die as part of power plant crashes [Hindu] 14-Aug-2008
India Tamil Nadu state transport workers to join nationwide strike [Hindu] 14-Aug-2008
Korea Int'l labor group protests detention of Korean activist [Yonhap] 14-Aug-2008
India Govt may announce higher wages for employees [Reuters] 14-Aug-2008
India Bus workers strike enters second day in Kerala against delay in implementing fair wages fixed by the state government [Hindu] 14-Aug-2008
India Cabinet approves higher wages for govt workers [Reuters] 14-Aug-2008
Canada/Philippines Medical Apocalypse [Asian Pacific Post] 14-Aug-2008
Netherlands/Korea Secret North Korea mission [News from Amsterdam] 14-Aug-2008
Philippines Filipino workers solidarity with KCTU [none] For more info 13-Aug-2008
India Workers want revival of the Alappuzha port, welfare schemes and pensions and festival allowances along with a month’s free ration during Onam [Hindu] 13-Aug-2008
India Sanitary workers of Karimnagar Municipal Corporation beg for alms in protest [Hindu] 13-Aug-2008
India BSNL casual employees in Behrampur protest against non-payment of minimum wage prescribed by the government [Hindu] 13-Aug-2008
India All Karnataka State Government Employees Federation and Central Government Employees and Workers Coordination Committee to join the all-India government employees’ strike on August 20 [Hindu] 13-Aug-2008
Philippines University of Philippines workers, teachers lambasted DBM for its refusal to grant them the mandated 10-percent salary increase [Daily Inquirer] 13-Aug-2008
India Trade unions’ rally today in Andhra in support of the nationwide strike on August 20 [Hindu] 13-Aug-2008
India 9 arrested for bid to kill Pfizer workers [TNN] 13-Aug-2008
Philippines 2 workers without masks die in septic tank task [Daily Inquirer] 13-Aug-2008
India Haldia Dock officers’ forum disputes Kolkata Port Trust claims [Hindu Business Line] 12-Aug-2008
India West Bengal More than three lakh workers in 280 tea gardens observe a strike in protest against the collapse of the wage revision talks [Hindu Business Line] 12-Aug-2008
India Kerala staff to join Nabard strike [Hindu Business Line] 12-Aug-2008
India Handloom workers to stage marches and picket in front of Central government offices to highlight their various demands, including minimum wages [Hindu] 12-Aug-2008
India Cashew workers seek bonus [Hindu] 12-Aug-2008
Philippines/United Arab Emirates 5 Pinay workers file labor abuse charges in Dubai [GMA News] 12-Aug-2008
Philippines/United Arab Emirates The Philippine ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has urged overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who claim to be victims of contract substitution to stand by their rights [GMA News] 12-Aug-2008
India Accident at Jindal steel plant kills two workers when a 600-tonne hopper loaded with sponge iron falls on them [IANS] 12-Aug-2008
Turkey 3 workers die in boat plunge at Istanbul shipyard [Associated Press] 12-Aug-2008
Korea Kiryung Electronics: Sit-in Protest and Hunger Strike [CINA] 12-Aug-2008
Canada/Japan Marxist novel reflects worker anxiety [Globe and Mail] 12-Aug-2008
Global/China PSI supports the campaign "Play Fair 2008" [PSI] 11-Aug-2008
Pakistan Two year campaign pays off as Pakistan government lifts trade union ban [ITF] For more info 11-Aug-2008
Korea South Korea: Calls for cessation of KCTU repression [ITUC] 11-Aug-2008
India Protesters march to protect livelihood-demand MCD ban private waste collection agencies from there turf [Hindustan Times] 10-Aug-2008
India Over three lakh workers employed in 280 tea gardens in West Bengal to observe one day’s token strike in protest of the failure of the wage talks between the unions, employers’ representatives and the State Government [Hindu Business Line] 10-Aug-2008
India RU employees stage protest, block V-C's office demanding compensation to the next of the kin of an employee who was killed in an accident while on official duty [TNN] 10-Aug-2008
India Trailer crew withdraw strike at Kochi Port [Hindu Business Line] 09-Aug-2008
India Three factory workers suffer burns in Kurnool [Hindu] 09-Aug-2008
India Pay hike for NREGP field staff [Hindu] 09-Aug-2008
Pakistan Kiln workers, carpet labourers, sanitary workers and civil society activists protest against ill treatment of bonded labour [Daily Times] 09-Aug-2008
India/Global Government finalises labour agreements to secure emigrants against exploitation and abuse in the host countries [PTI] 09-Aug-2008
India HMS for 12% increase in 6th pay panel wages [Hindu] 09-Aug-2008
India Up in arms: Unions of BSNL question public offer valuations [TNN] 09-Aug-2008
India About 60,000 State Bank of India officers to strike against merger and demands superannuation benefits for offiecers of associate banks [Hindu Business Line] 08-Aug-2008
India People in Chitradurga deprived of wages under NREGS due to procedural formalities [Hindu] 08-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Japan Indonesian nurses in Japan under free trade pact [The Jakarta Post] 08-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Japan Indonesian nurses in Japan under free trade pact [The Jakarta Post] 08-Aug-2008
Japan/Indonesia Indonesian nurses leaves for Japan [The Jakarta Post] 08-Aug-2008
Japan/Indonesia Indonesian nurses leaves for Japan [The Jakarta Post] 08-Aug-2008
Indonesia Ex-migrant workers join forces for more sustainable future [The Jakarta Post] 08-Aug-2008
Global/Philippines 9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 2008 – Organizing out of poverty: indigenous peoples in the Philippines [ILO] 08-Aug-2008
Global/Korea South Korea: ITUC Calls on Authorities to Cease Repression of KCTU [ITUC] 08-Aug-2008
Japan/Indonesia Japan relaxes immigration rules, accepts foreign nurses [GMA News] 08-Aug-2008
Japan/Indonesia Japan relaxes immigration rules, accepts foreign nurses [GMA News] 08-Aug-2008
Philippines/Jordan Jordan wants to tighten rules in hiring Pinoy domestics – report [GMA News] 08-Aug-2008
Kuwait/Bangladesh Bangladeshi migrants export class struggle [libcom.org] 08-Aug-2008
Canada/Korea Protest South Korean government arrests of unionists [CUPE] 08-Aug-2008
India Supreme Court expresses inability in directing municipal bodies to implement the NHRC's recommendations on safety of sewage workers, who are prone to accidents and ailments [Zeenews] 07-Aug-2008
India Workers in unorganised sector to be provided social security soon [Indian Express] 07-Aug-2008
India Strike by teachers of Central varsities today to protest the delay in finalisation of report of the University Grants Commission [Hindu] 07-Aug-2008
India Insurance employees stage protest in Kurnool to protest against anomalies in promotion [Hindu] 07-Aug-2008
Asia/Saudi Arabia Around 100 Asian workers of Riyadh-based Al-Omrania & Al-Wagaiya Catering and Maintenance Company stranded as their employer has not paid their salaries for months and kept them in labour camps minus power and water connections [IANS] 07-Aug-2008
Bangladesh About 30,000 ship breaking workers risking lives [SteelGuru] 07-Aug-2008
India Aligarh Muslim University strike to demand the revised pay scale for teachers [PTI] 07-Aug-2008
India Kochi port staff body offers support to management o surmount the serious and intricate crisis that the port has been facing [Hindu Business Line] 06-Aug-2008
India Once Labour Court holds that a workman is on permanent rolls management cannot alter his status says Madras High Court [Hindu Business Line] 06-Aug-2008
Singapore/India Shipyard worker electrocuted and dies as a result in the Tuas Cresent Shipyard [Hindu Business Line] 06-Aug-2008
Singapore/India Shipyard worker electrocuted and dies as a result in the Tuas Cresent Shipyard [Hindu Business Line] 06-Aug-2008
India Tiruchi General Workers’ Union urges government to provide free pattas to all members of the Unorganised Sector Workers’ Welfare Board [Hindu] 06-Aug-2008
India All India Reserve Bank of India Employees Association to join strike on August 20 [Hindu] 06-Aug-2008
India State Express Transport Corporation crew strikes work [Hindu] 06-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Japan Indonesia Kirim 208 Perawat ke Jepang [Kompas] 06-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Japan Indonesia Kirim 208 Perawat ke Jepang [Kompas] 06-Aug-2008
Indonesia Pengadilan Minta Freeport Bayar Upah Karywan PHK [antara] 06-Aug-2008
Pakistan Unilever's Blue Band magarine: a union-busting spread [AFW-IUF] 06-Aug-2008
Indonesia Merpati Airlines to Terminate 1,500 employees [tempointeraktif] 06-Aug-2008
Japan Minimum wage rise sought / Panel calls for raising lowest pay rate by 7-15 yen per hour [The Yomiuri Shimbun] 06-Aug-2008
Japan/Indonesia Male Indonesian nurses rejected / 66 men not matched with Japanese care facilities despite EPA [The Yomiuri Shimbun] 06-Aug-2008
Japan/Indonesia Male Indonesian nurses rejected / 66 men not matched with Japanese care facilities despite EPA [The Yomiuri Shimbun] 06-Aug-2008
Taiwan Financial and insurance workers experience highest fatigue level: CLA [The China Post] 06-Aug-2008
Thailand Triumph workers petition Prime Minister for reinstatement of head of their labour union; throw underwear into Government House in anger [Bangkok Post] 06-Aug-2008
Sri Lanka Strikes: Is it a healthy option? [Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka] 06-Aug-2008
Global/China Olympics: IOC Inaction on Labour Rights Shameful [ITUC] 05-Aug-2008
India Welfare schemes for workers in Tamil Nadu [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India Meeting for quarry workers in Coimbatore as thery are not covered under any work place protection measures [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India Plantation Labour Association and the Nilgiri Industrial and General Workers Union submit memorandum for increase in wages of tea factory workers [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India Udupi Beedi and Tobacco Labour Union protest seeking hike in minimum wages [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India Panchayat Raj staff plan rally in Hyderabad for payment of pending salaries, implementation of minimum wages and extension of PF and ESI [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India Andhra government threatens around 1,000 contract staff of NREGA who are on strike demanding benefits on a par with regular government employees [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India Joint Struggle Committee of Central and State Government Employees, Teachers and Workers serves strike notice [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India A.P. Medical and Sales Representatives Union members to join general strike [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India Child labour: maids join the rescue effort [Hindu] 05-Aug-2008
India Package of varsity teachers likely to be hiked [PTI] 05-Aug-2008
India Pro-UPA trade unions to join Left-backed strike against inflation and other demands [ET Bureau] 05-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Korea Some 5,393 Indonesian workers recruited by S Korea in 2008 [antara] 05-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Korea Some 5,393 Indonesian workers recruited by S Korea in 2008 [antara] 05-Aug-2008
Malaysia HR Minister denies worker abuse at Nike factory [the malaysian insider.com] 05-Aug-2008
Vietnam Workers in Vietnam go on strike for higher salaries [Taipei Times] 04-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Malaysia Indonesia wants higher wages for maids in Malaysia: report [AFP] 04-Aug-2008
Indonesia/Malaysia Indonesia wants higher wages for maids in Malaysia: report [AFP] 04-Aug-2008
Global/Indonesia Global Fuel Hikes, Indonesian Wood Workers in the Lead of Increasing Minimum Wage [BWI] 04-Aug-2008
India JK Industries ordered to give ex-worker’s pay [Hindu] 04-Aug-2008
India Anganwadi Workers and Helpers’ Union seek G.O. on wage hike [Hindu] 04-Aug-2008
India 1,300-odd health workers of Kochi Corporation to be covered by a health insurance and medical support scheme [Hindu] 04-Aug-2008
India CITU for regularisation of outsourced employees [Hindu] 04-Aug-2008
Indonesia Migrant workers face delays [The Jakarta Post] 04-Aug-2008
Malaysia Nike Addresses Abuse Complaints At Malaysia Plant [WSJ] 04-Aug-2008
Malaysia Nike finds major violations at Malaysian factory [AP] 04-Aug-2008
Malaysia/Indonesia Indonesia wants higher wages for maids in Malaysia: report [inquirer] 04-Aug-2008
Malaysia/Indonesia Indonesia wants higher wages for maids in Malaysia: report [inquirer] 04-Aug-2008
Korea Call for Int'l Solidarity [KCTU] 04-Aug-2008
Vietnam Thousands of workers strike in inflation-battered Vietnam [afp.google.com] 04-Aug-2008
Malaysia/Philippines 'Abuses and maltreatment are still rampant in their detention facilities' [abs-cbnnews.com] 04-Aug-2008
Malaysia/Philippines 'Abuses and maltreatment are still rampant in their detention facilities' [abs-cbnnews.com] 04-Aug-2008
Nepal Workers ‘take over’ tea factories, resume operations [Kantipur Online] 03-Aug-2008
India Demand for hike in hamalis’ wages [Hindu] 03-Aug-2008
India Kerala Coir Workers Union demands free ration for the workers because of crisis in the sector [Hindu] 03-Aug-2008
India Tamil Nadu teachers seek regular monthly wages instead of consolidated pay [Hindu] 03-Aug-2008
India Bajaj Auto forks out Rs 500 cr to settle Akurdi workers’ dues [Hindu Business Line] 02-Aug-2008
India Tuticorin Port Trust Democratic Staff Union stage demonstration against poor wages paid to 62 members of the union [Hindu] 02-Aug-2008
India Women garment workers flay Karnataka Labour Minister's remark that there were no reports of sexual harassment [Hindu] 02-Aug-2008
India Karnataka government decides to increase minimum wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme from Rs. 74 a day to Rs. 82 a day [Hindu] 02-Aug-2008
Bangladesh/Kuwait Bangladeshi workers deported from Kuwait [BBC] 02-Aug-2008
Indonesia Forestry workers strike for better pay to compensate for rising prices [the jakarta post] 02-Aug-2008
Bangladesh/Kuwait Bangladeshi workers return home [BBC] 02-Aug-2008
Global/Korea ITF meets Hebei Spirit seafarers held in Korea [ITF] 02-Aug-2008
Pakistan Sacked NCHD employees stage protests across NWFP [The News] 02-Aug-2008
Pakistan Workers Union of the Karachi Electric Supply Company demands that all contractual employees be regularised [The News] 02-Aug-2008
India Gwn12: News from workers in Gurgaon, Haryana [GWN] 02-Aug-2008
Indonesia Forestry workers strike for better pay to compensate for rising prices [The Jakarta Post] 02-Aug-2008
Malaysia/Asia Malaysia urged to legalize illegal workers in Sabah [The Jakarta Post] 02-Aug-2008
Malaysia/Asia Malaysia urged to legalize illegal workers in Sabah [The Jakarta Post] 02-Aug-2008
Sri Lanka Private bus owners support wages struggle [Lanka Truth] 01-Aug-2008
Japan AEON does about face over housing issues [General Union] 01-Aug-2008
Japan OECD: Japan Wasting Its Female Labor Power [Forbes] 01-Aug-2008
Japan Revised temp staff law to ban dispatches of day laborers [Asahi Shimbun] 01-Aug-2008
Japan Fishermen's strike cuts supplies on Tokyo's Tsukiji market by 20% [Yahoo Asia News] 01-Aug-2008
India Two labourers buried alive as wall of an under-construction rice mill collapses [Hindu] 01-Aug-2008
India Casual labourers of Air India at the Cochin International Airport Ltd to strengthen their agitation demanding an increase in wages [Hindu] 01-Aug-2008
India NREGA workers to have savings accounts in banks, post offices [Statesman News Service] 01-Aug-2008
India Two employees die in Rivona restaurant [TNN] 01-Aug-2008
Global/China Trade unions in China Membership required [The Economist] 01-Aug-2008
Korea Foreign workers can now stay up to 5 years in South Korea [Inquirer.net, Philippines] 01-Aug-2008
Canada/Philippines Philippine labour sheriff lays down the law [Asia Pacific Post] 31-Jul-2008
India BSNL union opposes IPO and threatens to go on a nationwide strike [Hindu Business Line] 31-Jul-2008
Pakistan PTCL United Workers Alliance calls off its nationwide strike after management accepts their demands [The Dawn] 31-Jul-2008
Pakistan 80,000 NCHD employees may lose jobs [Daily Times] 31-Jul-2008
UK/China Director admits manslaughter charge after Chinese worker plunged to his death at a Norfolk building site [Norfolk Eastern Daily Press] 31-Jul-2008
Korea/India Hebei Spirit officers gain hope as protest grows [ITF] For more info 31-Jul-2008
Korea/India Hebei Spirit officers gain hope as protest grows [ITF] For more info 31-Jul-2008
Jordan/Philippines Philippine labor secretary lifts eight-month ban on sending workers to Jordan [International Herald Tribune, France] 31-Jul-2008
Philippines/Jordan Philippines lifts Jordan labour ban: official [Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates] 31-Jul-2008
India PSU insurance employees threaten strike against FDI [Hindu] 30-Jul-2008
Global/Turkey Violation of ILO Conventions 87 and 98 and other international and European instruments [PSI] 30-Jul-2008
China Wal-Mart gets its collective agreements in China [Union Renewal] 30-Jul-2008
Korea Monthly labor costs per a worker in 2007 were calculated at KW 3, 640,000 [KOILAF] 30-Jul-2008
Korea Ssangyong Motor's labor union votes for wage deal [KOILAF] 30-Jul-2008
India Activists express concern over child labour in hybrid cotton cultivation [Hindu] 30-Jul-2008
India Revised pension benefits by August 31 [Hindu] 30-Jul-2008
Burma Aung Lan farmers pressured after ILO complaint [dvb.no] 30-Jul-2008
Indonesia 2,000 Batam shipyard workers strike over conditions [The Jakarta Post] 29-Jul-2008
India India: Focus on the female child care workers [PSI] 29-Jul-2008
India Indian electricity workers protest [PSI] 29-Jul-2008
Korea Korean Media Workers Union under threat [UNI] 29-Jul-2008
Canada/Cambodia Leaders from NUPGE, other Canadian unions tell Colombians free trade will hurt, not help [BCGEU] 29-Jul-2008
India Delhi airport employees boycott work, threaten indefinite strike if their grievances are not redressed [IANS] 29-Jul-2008
Thailand/Burma Domestic Workers Everywhere in Thailand but Invisible [The Irrawaddy] 29-Jul-2008
Thailand/Burma Domestic Workers Everywhere in Thailand but Invisible [The Irrawaddy] 29-Jul-2008
India Labour Progressive Front to form union for unorganised workers [Hindu] 28-Jul-2008
India Over 30,000 Anganwadi workers demand better pay, regular service [Hindu] 28-Jul-2008
Pakistan Talks between PTCL workers, management fail again [Daily Times] 28-Jul-2008
India Nurses may end strike at SMS hospital [TNN] 28-Jul-2008
Turkey Police Use Force to Break Up Peaceful Union Protest [ICEM] For more info 28-Jul-2008
Korea More Attacks Against KCTU - Protests Are Continuing [CINA] 28-Jul-2008
China/Hong Kong IFJ condems harassment of Hong Kong journalists in Beijing [IFJ] 28-Jul-2008
India Over 2,000 employees at Delhi airport to boycott work and demonstrate at the office of the Civil Aviation Minister [IANS] 28-Jul-2008
Bangladesh Educationists and experts call upon Government to increase salary and facilities for primary teachers [The New Nation] 28-Jul-2008
India Trade unions to protest Govt's bid of financial reforms [PTI] 28-Jul-2008
Philippines KMU lambasts speaker Norgrales "living simply" and "use resources of government judiciously and wisely" speech [KMU] 28-Jul-2008
Philippines Workers vow to struggle for needed change in state of nation [KMU] 28-Jul-2008
India GESCOM contract workers demand minimum wages [Hindu] 27-Jul-2008
India Co-operative Spinning Mill employees go on strike demanding the release of the recommendations of a committee constituted for wage revision [Hindu] 27-Jul-2008
India 10 percent wage hike for loadmen in Tamil Nadu [Hindu] 27-Jul-2008
India Wage hike for weavers under study [Hindu] 27-Jul-2008
India Karnataka State Gram Panchayat Employees threaten State-wide protest to press for their demands [Hindu] Images 27-Jul-2008
Bangladesh Poor salary makes future uncertain for Community School teachers [The Daily Star] 27-Jul-2008
Vietnam 14,000 on strike at SKorean footwear plant [AFP] 27-Jul-2008
Pakistan TMA workers continue strike [The Daily Times] 27-Jul-2008
USA/Korea Building Bridges Radio: Immigrant Workers in Korea and U.S. Fightback [WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report] For more info 27-Jul-2008
Philippines GMA's SONA report will be far from this [KMU] 27-Jul-2008
Philippines Regimes' wage freeze and price deregulation policy kills; Black protest march marks people's grievances, wrath [KMU] 27-Jul-2008
Nepal GEFONT congradulate [GEFONT] 27-Jul-2008
Pakistan PTCL employees give govt 48 hours to meet demands [Daily Times] 26-Jul-2008
India 200,000 women migrant workers in Delhi: Study [IANS] 26-Jul-2008
India Bank employees threaten nation-wide strike against move to merge SBI-SBS [Express News Service] 26-Jul-2008
Nepal Workers demand wage increase and ration cards [The Rising Nepal] 26-Jul-2008
Pakistan PTCL workers threaten to jam network today [Asia Media] 26-Jul-2008
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