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Clothing company beating of Bangladeshi workers in Athens met with wildcat collective action

pirate — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:42:22 -0400

Libcom.org June 25, 2008

Bangladeshi workers in clothing sweatshop in Athens, Greece, were attacked by company thugs for refusing to work on Sunday. When their co-workers walked out in solidarity, the company fired 120 out of 180 of the working force. In response the workers have sealed the factory off forcing the company to withdraw the lay-offs and negotiate. read more »

Vietnam: 330 illegal strikes in six months

pirate — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:04:23 -0400

June 20th, 2008 Libcom.org

A total of 330 strikes have been recorded so far this year and all of them were illegal because they were not led by the trade union and didn’t follow the law, reported the Vietnam National Confederation of Labour at a conference in Hanoi on June 16-17. read more »

Guinea police take superiors hostage in pay protest

pirate — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:41:55 -0400

by Mouctar Bah Mon Jun 16, 2008

CONAKRY (AFP) - Guinean police officers took a dozen of their superiors hostage in the capital Conakry on Monday as part of a pay protest, officials said, just a week after a deadly pay protests by s read more »

Greece's "Strawberry Slaves" Protest Work Conditions

pirate — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:24:05 -0400

May 11, 2008

PATRAS, Greece (AFP)--Hundreds of protestors demonstrated in the southern Greek Peloponnese region to protest the working conditions of migrant farm labourers, police sources and union organisers reported.

More than a thousand people, including members of the communist-affiliated Workers Militant Front, or PAME, and several of the seasonal workers themselves, attended the demonstrations, which were called by PAME.

The protests took place in several towns in the region, including Nea Manolada and Vardas, Nikos Gontikas, a PAME official told AFP.

It was in Nea Manolada that seasonal workers held a three-day strike in early April, the first time that they had staged this kind of action. read more »

Cabbies' protest ends as demands met

pirate — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:26:04 -0400

April 30, 2008 news.com.au

A PROTEST by cab drivers which has caused mayhem in Melbourne's CBD appears to have ended with cabbies having their demands for safer conditions met.

Driver representative Mohammed Jama and Victorian Taxi Directorate general manager Peter Corcoran said safety screens would be made compulsory in taxis and introduced by Christmas.

Pre-paid fares will be compulsory between 10pm and 5am each night, and the State Government will cover all medical costs for a driver stabbed and left for dead this week.

Mr Jama said he was happy with the result and drivers could remove the screens if they did not want them. read more »

ILWU To Shut Down All West Coast Ports To Protest War

pirate — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:00:01 -0400

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French docks blockaded in strike action

pirate — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:00:11 -0400

Libcom.org April 23, 2008

Workers at France's seven biggest ports went on strike today to protest a government plan to sell dock-equipment management to private companies and take staff off public payrolls.

Sixty-seven vessels including thirty-nine tankers stranded at the harbor's entrance. Government officials, port managers and union representatives are yet to tally the costs of the strike. A 17-day walkout last year in Marseille alone cost Manutention Generale Mediterraneenne, the port's biggest cargo- handler, €1.5 million ($2.4 million). read more »

The Working Class Takes a Stand: Stop Chinese Arms Shipment to the Zimbabwean Regime!

pirate — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:13:44 -0400

by Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front - ZACF from anarkismo.net Friday, Apr 18 2008

We welcome and support the decision by the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union for their workers neither to unload nor transport the shipment of Chinese-made armaments destined for Zimbabwe. This is a very encouraging sign of working class solidarity and internationalism, and we hope that such actions will indeed prevent this weapons consignment from reaching its destination - the Zimbabwean Defence Force. read more »