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Sri Lanka Unions poised to paralyse services nationwide with July 10 strike [Sunday Times]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka JVP strike will severely impact on business, private sector [Sunday Times]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Lankan union leader nominated for international award [Sunday Times]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Asia/Europe Deep skepticism by Asian labor, employer groups about social dialogue with Europe to settle industrial disputes [Asia News Network]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Major trade union showdown inevitable! [The Nation on Sunday]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Schools to come to a standstill on July 10 [The Nation on Sunday]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka NTUC to go ahead with July 10 strike [The Nation on Sunday]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Postal sector strike from Thursday [The Nation on Sunday]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Officials spread falls rumours regarding workers' struggle [Lanka Truth]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Nepal GEFONT National Council directs to form Federal Council of Affiliates [GEFONT]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka JVP strikes while the iron is hot [The Sunday Leader]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India About two lakh diamond workers go on strike seeking wage revision [Hindu]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India High Court to decide on wage ceiling for bonus in a case file by UCO Bank Employees Association [Hindu]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Lift irrigation employees on the warpath in Orissa [Hindu]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Shots fired at protesting diamond workers [IBN]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka JVP sets three conditions to call off strike [The Sunday Leader]  06-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka If Our demands Not met continuous strike would be launched [Lanka Truth]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Hawkers union stalls Spencer’s store inauguration [Hindu Business Line]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Trade unions representing about 1,000 port workers and 750 dock workers at New Mangalore Port serve strike notice on Port Management [Hindu]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Laos/Vietnam Trade Union Cadres Training Centre to be built in Laos [Nhan Dan]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Laos/Vietnam Trade Union Cadres Training Centre to be built in Laos [Nhan Dan]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Trade unions issue tough condtions to government [Lanka Everythng]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Nepal Civil servants demand pay raise [The Rising Nepal]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

China Door opening to contacts with unions [UNI]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India High Court directs Collector, police to release bonded labourer [Hindu Business Line]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Diamond workers go striking, demand increase in wages [The Economic Times]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Hyundai union calls for work stoppage next week [Reuters]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Strike by diamond workers over 20 percent wage hike entered the fifth day [Express News Service]  05-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka National convention of All ceylon Trade Union Congress [Lanka Truth]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Horticultural farm workers threaten stir if the government does not take steps to fully implement, within 15 days, a Government Order on regularisation of 1,083 workers employed in government horticultural farms for more than 10 years [Hindu]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Tea Factories Workers Association to resort to a series of agitations if its demands of about 1500 workers not met [Hindu]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India All work and less pay make STP employees cry foul [Expressindia]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey Workers survive unhealthy sheltering conditions in Tuzla shipyards [The Daily News]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia Laid-off workers get job offers [The Star Online]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia Heartbreaking tales of modern-day 'slaves' [NST online]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia Why foreign workers are not allowed to join unions? [NST online]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia 'At mercy of unscrupulous employers' [NST online]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea South Korea labor group strikes [www.reuters.com]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia '1,000-odd workers left in the lurch after factory closed [business.asiaone.com]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea KCTU Waged 2-hour General Strike on July 2, Calling for Renegotiation on the US Beef Imports [Labour Today]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Coverage of 40-hour Work Week System and Discrimination Correction for Non-regular Workers Expands( [Labour Today]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Cambodia BWI lodges a complaint to the ILO Committee on freedom of association [BWI]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea South Korean auto workers back beef protests [IHT]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea ILO makes recommendations on irregular workers [IMF]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

UK/China Unite prepared to take legal action against GE Aviation [Unite]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Vietnam 6,000-worker strike at leading supplier Chutex [Just Style]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka photos of All ceylon trade Union Congress [Lanka Truth]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea GM Daewoo union calls for work stoppage next week [Reuters]  04-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Port workers in Mangalore to join nationwide strike [Hindu Business Line]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Midday meal scheme workers firm on demands including minimum wages and regularisation of services [Hindu]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Central government and Public Sector Based Unorganised Workers’ Federation seek regularisation [Hindu]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Ireland/India Hibernian chief defends firm's decision to outsource 560 jobs to India [Irish Times]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Bajaj Auto union says no to VRS [Expressindia]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey E-Kart violates workers rights [UNI]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Union activists launch US beef boycott [AFP]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India New Mangalore Port workers to join nationwide strike [Steel Guru]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Pakistan 860 ad-hoc lecturers to be regularised: Pir Mazhar [The News]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Strike by 5 Million Drivers [Prensa Latina]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

China/Global Before Beijing Olympics start leading sports brands and unions working together globally for better working conditions [ITUC]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia Spotlight: Migrant workers caught in limbo [New Straits Times]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Burma Appeal for May Day activists denied [DVB]  03-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea/USA Trade unionists to strike today: Call for the renegotiation of the Seoul-Washington beef import deal [Korea Times]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Australia/Asia Probe into 'floating sweatshop' off WA coast [Canberra Times]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey Free Meryem Özsögüt [InfoShop] ActNOW   02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Opinion piece: KCTU Chairman’s Strike Addiction [Donga Ilbo]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Women’s Income Equals 61 Pct. of Men’s [Donga Ilbo]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea KCTU blocked importers from taking US beef out of warehouses [The Hankyoreh]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea The irregular worker protection law, one year later [The Hankyoreh]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea/USA Union protesters trampled, beaten by police [The Hankyoreh]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey IBM Turkey Workers Has Unionized Claiming They Haven’t Recieved Any Rise in Salaries for 5 Years [Turk.internet.com]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Vietnam/Australia Delegation of Vietnamese trade union officials visits Melbourne Trades Hall [VTHC]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

China Workers protest over wages in arrears in quake zone [CSR Asia]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India/UK Child labour? It’s absurd- Export town Tirupur shrugs off Primark charge [Calcutta Telegraph]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India/UK The Primark child labour saga continues [CSR Asia]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

China 20,000 factories to close in Southern China? [CSR Asia]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Australia/China Boss prosecuted for forcing injured Chinese guest workers to work [AMWU]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Teacher unions refuse to budge [The Island]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Hundreds of workers engaged in cutting and polishing of diamonds in Surat take to streets and pelt stones on diamond factories as their wages were not raised since last twelve years [ET]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Two factory workers killed in blast in Noida [Hindu]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Hospital staff denied minimum wages [Hindu]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Port staff plan strike in Tuticorin under the banner of Hind Mazdoor Union, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, All India Trade Union Congress and Indian National Trade Union Congress [Hindu]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Pakistan Irrigation workers threaten to go on strike [The Post]  02-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Azerbaijan Oil and Gas Workers Union wins union rights, pay gains for Caspian Shipyard Workers [ICEM] For more info   01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Indonesia Trakindo fires 20 leaders of Mimika strike [Jakarta Post]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Team submits report on deaths of construction workers to Karnataka State Human Rights Commission seeking better working conditions at building sites and punishing those responsible for accident [Hindu]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Anganwadi workers lay siege to collectorate protesting against the government’s indifferent attitude in solving their demands [Hindu]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Housing corporation staff stage protest in Kurnool demanding regularisation of their services [Hindu]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea/USA Strike called at Hyundai carmaker against US beef [AFP]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Korea/USA Hyundai Motor union to go on strike against U.S. beef imports [Xinhua]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey Union recognition rejected by IBM management [UNI]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Italy/India Indian women's union can inspire others, says author [AKI]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Intuc workers demonstrate demanding statutory benefits for the conservancy staff working with the hospital [The Statesman]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India/Global OPIRA: a helping hand for Indian workers abroad [The Economic Times]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India 1,600 contractual workers of Nilachal Ispat Nigam Limited relaunch stir seeking fulfilment of their 22-point charter of demands [ENS]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Workers withdraw strike after job assurance from the state government regarding job security [Statesman News Service]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Patna University employees to continue strike [PatnaDaily]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Minimum wages for temple contract staff from July 15 [ENS]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India Rural job scheme: wage cut irks workers [ENS]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

India More than 100 part-time teachers of West Bengal to undertake an indefinite hunger strike to compel the state government to frame a fixed pay structure and provide job security [Statesman News Service]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey/Global Jailing and killing union activists is not acceptable [DailyKOS] For more info ActNOW   01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Bahrain/India Around 2,000 workers threaten to strike work after Indian's suicide [Times of India]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Maldives Teachers strike over pay [BBC]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Ceylon Federation of Labour will not participate in strike action [The Ceylon Daily News]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Bahrain/India Hundreds of workers stay away from jobs, want answers. to Indian guest worker suicide [Gulf Daily News]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

UK/India Clothing firm Primark has fired three Indian suppliers because they used child labour to finish goods [BBC]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

UK/India Embroidered T-shirt. Price: £4. Cost: Misery [BBC]  01-Jul-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Additional Rs.1,000 for public servants [Daily News]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Global/Korea World Summit on Safety and Health - ILO welcomes new Declaration on promotion of safer workplaces [ILO]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Indonesia/Japan Japan needs 1,000 Indonesian workers [Antara]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Indonesia/Japan Japan needs 1,000 Indonesian workers [Antara]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Japan Hankyu Tour Guides Demand Health and Pension [General Union]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea [6.28/29] Police Violence Led to Hours of Street Battles [CINA]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

China Door opening to contacts [UNI]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Asia Gaming expansion focuses [UNI]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey/Global Union recognition rejected by IBM Turkey management [UNI]  30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey/Global Trade Unionist in Turkey, Meryem Özsögüt, jailed for 6 months, get E-Active to help [Labourstart] For more info Images ActNOW   30-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Five federations of port and dock workers threaten strike from July 16 [Hindu Business Line]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India State pursuing anti-worker policies, says CITU [Hindu]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Contract worker electrocuted in Orissa’s Sundergarh district sparking agitation among co-workers [Hindu]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Karnataka Labour Welfare Board decides to grant scholarships to 10,000 children of workers, studying in high schools and colleges this academic year [Hindu]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia 'Cuepacs proposes COLA payments of RM500 for all states' [bernama.com.my]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia 15 Indian workers stranded after Malaysian employer refuses to pay [economictimes.indiatimes.com]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia 'Govt urges FMM to set a reasonable wages for workers' [bernama.com.my]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia 15 Indian workers stranded due to recruiting agents' [thaindian.com]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Workers to strike in protest of beef import deal [France24]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey E-Kart: The workers on strike are not alone!! [UNI]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Kandla Port labour unions threaten to go on strike from July 16 [Newsline]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Labour bomb ready to explode [The Sunday Leader]  29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

USA/Japan Building Bridges Radio: Toyota's Labor Abuses; Atlantic City Casino Workers Rally [WBAI's Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report] For more info   29-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Another Union Member Dies [BWI]  28-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Dump Truck Drivers on Strike over Implementation of New Construction Equipment Legislation [BWI]  28-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Bangladesh/Kuwait 700 workers unpaid for six months [The Daily Star]  28-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Canada/China Alberta unions call for public enquiry into treatment of Chinese workers [The Journal of Commerce]  28-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Hyundai Motor Workers Back Strike on Wages, Government Policies [Bloomberg]  28-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council casual workers go on fast demanding regularisation of service of around 8,000 workers [Hindu]  28-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Wage board for 30% interim relief for journalist and non-journalist newspaper employees [PTI]  28-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Landless agriculture workers protest delay in payment of wages [Hindu]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

UK/India Tesco 'slave labour' row [LondonStandard]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India/UK Tesco charged of gross under-payment at Indian factory [The Economic Times]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

UK/India Tesco denies allegations of worker neglect [FT]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

UK/India Tesco accused of selling slave labour clothes [The Times]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

UK/India Tesco ‘sweatshop shame’ fury: Clothes workers paid 16p an hour [War on Want]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Nilachal Ispat Nigam Limited workers on strike, revision of wages demanded [Statesman News Service]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Casual workers demand job security, to go on strike soon under the banner of Janamukti Asthai Karmachari Sanghathan [Hindu]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

USA/Asia Building Bridges Radio: The Toyota you don't know, oil prices, Atlantic City Casino workers want to be dealt a fair hand [BuildingBridgesRadio] For more info   27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

China New Labour Contract Law: Myth and reality six months after implementation [IHLO]  27-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

China Door opening to contacts in China as relations between global unions and ACFTU thaws [UNI]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Japan Rare Japanese labor win prompts new fears [Business Week] Images   26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Ireland/India Hibernian staff to ballot over job cuts, plan to shift work to India [RTÉ]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Farmers protest in Sri Lanka [Lankadissent]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Vietnam Worker still critical after shipyard scaffold collapse [Thanh Nien News]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Indonesia Sampoerna workers strike hits third day [Jakarta Post]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Ireland/India Hibernian faces bitter fight over relocation [Irish Independent]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Massive agitation by private sector unions [Lanka Truth]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Bangladesh Non-govt teachers want separate pay scale [The Daily Star]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

China Factory to the world will soon get the right to strike [DNA]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Pension eligibility age of handloom workers revised [Hindu]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Payment of wage arrears sought by over 278 gangmen who are yet to get arrears of their wages, due for over three decades [Hindu] Images   26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Conflict Escalates Over Minimum Wage [K. Times]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

China The crisis in Chinese industrial relations: A Global Labor Strategies report back [Global Labor Strategies]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India More than 3,000 non-teaching staff of all the universities in Bihar on strike demanding payment of salary and allowances on a par with government staff and merger of 50% DA with basic pay [Hindu]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea "We, along with the people, will fight the war!'' [CINA]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey Euro 2008 Supplier Gets Red Card for Workers' Rights [Clean Clothers Campaign]  26-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka More trade unions to join strike on 10th July [Lanka Truth]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India CITU urges State Government to ensure that the managements of plantations paid the new wage to their workers [Hindu]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Employees of Travancore Titanium Products take out march to the State Assembly demanding steps to revive the flagging unit [Hindu] Images   25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Progressive Construction Limited Workers Union decides to stop Thoubal dam works due to irregularities in salary and lack of healthcare and medical treatment for workers [Imphal Free Press]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Philippines NUBCW Calls for a Shutdown of Hanjin Shipbuilding Facility in Subic after Three More Deaths [BWI]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia Foreign workers eating dog meat [The Star Online]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia '32 job seekers stranded without adequate water and food' [thedailystar.net]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia 'New allowance for "graveyard shift" govt workers' [bernama.com.my]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia 'Dont allow labour suppliers to bring in foreign workers' [bernama.com.my]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia Tighter procedures for hiring foreign workers [monstersandcritics.com]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Malaysia Cuepacs want govt to standarised COLA [perkhidmatanawam.blogspot.com]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Bangladesh Our stranded workers in Kuala Lumpur [The Daily Star]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey Schools to stop Tuzla deaths [The Daily News]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Bangladesh Woman wins rights for garment workers [The Christian Science Monitor]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Govt urged to reinstate 7,194 anganwadi workers [Sahil Online]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Caribbean/China ACFTU in China will enhance cooperation with the trade unions in the Caribbean [China View]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India IFTU calls for union of jute workers in Kolkata [Fibre2Fashion]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

USA/India US labor activists rally for Indian workers [India New England]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Bangladesh 20 RMG workers hurt in Narayanganj clash [The New Nation]  25-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Indonesia Qantas cancels some flights in Australia due to engineers strike [Jakarta Post]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Indonesia Adidas seeks friendly breakup with supplier amid fears for 6,500 jobs [Jakarta Post]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Indonesia Adidas Broken Contract May Cause Thousands to be Jobless [Tempo]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Hike in wages sought by women working under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme [Hindu]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Temporary employees appointed by the Government under the Tamil Nadu Education Department Medical Aid Scheme demand regularisation of services [Hindu]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Union wants Government to fill up the 50 per cent vacancies in the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Audit Department [Hindu]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka IFJ calls for fair judicial process for Tissainayagam in Sri Lanka [IFJ]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka IFJ letter to UN Secretary General-Danger for Sri Lankan journalists [IFJ]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Australia/China AWU pushes for pressure on China over global emissions trading scheme. [ABC The World Today]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Ireland/India Insurance giant axes 580 workers in move to India [Irish Independent]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Guam/Philippines Gannett Publishing Faces Anti-Filipino Racial Bias Lawsuit, Potential Worker Strike [Pacific News Center]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Middle Class Shrinking, Income Gap Widening [K. Times]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Most truckers return to work after their week-long strike [Yonhap News]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Australia/Asia Wake up Woolworths [BWI]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea LeeMB Orders Crackdown on Anti-gov't Movement [CINA]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Bill to regulate headload workers introduced [Newindpress]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India About 1,000 goods transport workers employed with the freight carrier agencies in Siliguri to go on strike [The Statesman]  24-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Cambodia Labour shortages in Cambodia's garment industry [Radio Australia]  23-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Pakistan 10 per cent shares demanded for workers in KESC [The News]  23-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Nepal Govt, transporters talks inconclusive [eKantipur]  23-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Reid & Taylor workers’ strike demanding wage revision [Hindu]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Construction workers plan Statewide demonstration in Tami Nadu over their 16-point charter of demands [Hindu]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Vietnam 330 illegal strikes in six months [libcom.org]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Vietnam More time off for mums [Viet Nam News]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka JVP sets stage for general strike on July 10 [Sunday Leader]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Japan Talks between Osaka Gov Hashimoto, Osaka labor unions stall [Daily Yomiuri]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Govt. moves to destabilise CEB, charge unions [The Nation on Sunday]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Vietnam Impotent labor unions don’t help workers: officials [Thanh Nien News]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Pakistan City workers end three-day strike [The News]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Sri Lanka Baiz at it again, threatens CEB workers [The Nation]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Korea Ongoing Mass Protests Against the S.K. Gov't [CINA]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Uzbekistan Forced Child Labor in the Cotton Fields [NYT]  22-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

USA/China Steelworkers celebrate: Win trade case against China, clearing the way for penalty tariffs [Associated Press]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

USA/China Steelworkers praise historic China Steel Trade decision imposing duties on imports, providing relief to domestic industry and U.S. workers [Steelworkers]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

China/USA Chinese steel imports 'injure' US workers. The US International Trade Commission says Chinese products had been sold at "less than fair value" [BBC]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Unorganised workers picket revenue offices in support of their demands at Gantyada, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram and Bobbili [Hindu]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Worker involved in cleaning a septic tank dies of asphyxiation [Hindu]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Compensation for Neyveli Lignite Corporation contract labourer’s kin following a protest staged by the labour unions over his death and prolonged negotiation [Hindu]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey Urgent action plan for shipyard deaths after safety strike [The Daily News]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Bangladesh On the Factory Floor, an Activist Is Born [The Post]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Vietnam Workers to be hit by costs for strikes [VietNamNet]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Nepal Protesters demand compensation for slain ITC worker [Thaindian News]  21-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Azerbaijan IFJ Voices News Concern after Azerbaijan Attack [IFJ]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Indian Federation of Trade Unions to launch a militant struggle to press for reconstitution of wage board for jute industry [Hindu]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Weavers strike work; stage protest against increase in prices of yarn [Hindu]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

India Police arrest CITU leaders for picketing civic office [Hindu]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Nepal Strike in ITC’s Nepal factory after worker’s murder [Thaindian]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Japan Tecmo Labour Union leader and Ninja Gaiden 2 lead engineer, in law suit with their employer [Kotaku]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Japan More Tecmo Employees File Suit For Overtime Pay [Wired]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Japan Court Order Silences Exiled Ninja - Tecmo stop union workers from speaking to media [Wired]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Japan Computer games giant denies claims by three employees of Tecmo over alleged non-payment of bonus and overtime pay [Wired]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Japan Every Tecmo Employee Sues Over Labor Violations [Shack News]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Turkey Subcontracting system in Tuzla will be eliminated [Turkish Daily News]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Philippines Cagayan de Oro DO power firm workers vow strike over wages [The Inquirer]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Nepal Strike in ITC's Nepal factory after worker's murder [MyNews]  20-Jun-2008   Pass it on!

Azerbaijan Workers of Caucasus Tinned Food Factory End Strike After Talks with Management [Trend Capital]  20-Jun-2008