Fourteen Thousand Strike in Vietnam
With consumer prices rising steadily in Vietnam, 14,000 Hwa Seung Vina footwear workers are demanding an $18 raise and rejected the compromised raise from management of $12.
Strike Against German Airline Lufthansa July 28, 2008 - Approximately 5,000 freight, catering and maintenance staff walked off the jobs at midnight after the Verdi service union representing 52,000 workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of an indefinite strike.
Worker Unrest in China Social uprising in China continues as migrant workers have rioted for three days in eastern China after a migrant worker was beaten up by security guards.
Strikes Continue in Peru Miners began another strike at Shougang Hierro Peru on Monday July 13th, 2008.
Wildcat Strike in Vietnam
Six thousand workers have begun a strike as of July 3, 2008 at a Vietnam textile plant called Chutex group demanding pay raises.
Nationwide Strike of Miners in Peru On June 30th, 2008, a national strike began by more than 28,000 miners of more than a dozen mines with demands for increased wages, a shorter work day, and better pensions including a demand that Congress pass legislation that afford them a bigger...
Mineworkers Walk off Job in Peru For the third time in fourteen months Peruvian mineworkers have staged a national strike for better pay and benefits.
Workers Killed and Injured on the Job June 9, 2008, Stelllenbosch, South Africa: Five workers have died and thirteen have been injured when a sub-contractor was demolishing a wall at an old wine cellar in Stellenbosch in the wine region of South Africa.
Diamond Workers Strike in Namibia June 2008 – Approximately 200 workers of Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) factory have been striking for four days without the support of their union.
The Unbridled Savagery of German Capitalists on the Way Paved by Trade Unions
The 21st century is a disgusting comedification of the tragedy of the exploitation of labour power by capital. The form of such a farce is different in different parts of the world. In Iran, the tragic comedy is made up of the owed back wages to...
Shoe Workers Strike in Vietnam Hai Phong City, Vietnam – nearly than 7,000 shoe workers walked off the job with demands for higher wages.
Petrotrin Oil Workers Work Stoppage May 8, 2008 – It is now the second day of a strike for 6,000 workers of Trinidad and Tobago’s state-owned Petrotrin in protest to health and safety issues and fears of job cuts.
Solidarity Letter From Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) in Support of Mahmoud...
To the Iranian Government:
I am writing on behalf of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
(OCAP), in Toronto, Canada, to condemn your despicable treatment of
Mahmoud Salehi. We learn that you are intending to keep him...
New Case Made Against Mahmoud Salehi in order to keep him in Jail
Today, March 17, 2008, Mahmoud Salehi was taken from Sanandaj, Iran prison to the Ministry of Justice in order for them to lay new charges and to issue him provisional jail time.
Millions of Workers Striking in Greece
At various points during the last two months, millions of workers from many industries have shut down numerous services in Greece.
