The death of Bang Yeong-hwan, a South Korean taxi driver and trade unionist, has drawn international attention to the harsh and super-exploitative working conditions suffered in a country with an image as a high-tech, relatively developed and wealthy nation, reports Peter Boyle.
Workers & unions
Midwife Amar HamedÌýmade a powerful call to action forÌýtrade unionists to join the movement to stop the genocide against Palestinian people at rally of 50,000. Peter BoyleÌýreports.
The ACTUÌýhas decided to support the CFMEU ban and take steps to end the use of engineered stone by mid 2024 if government bans are not already in place. Jim McIlroy reports.
Â鶹´«Ã½'s Isaac Nellist spoke to Retail and Fast Food Workers Union secretary Josh Cullinan about the firstÌýnationalÌýstrikeÌýofÌýsupermarketÌýworkers at Coles and Woolworths.
Â鶹´«Ã½ journalists Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.
Â鶹´«Ã½'s Isaac Nellist spoke to Retail and Fast Food Workers’ Union secretary Josh Cullinan about the historic #Superstrike taken by workers at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets on October 7.
The Australia-United States military alliance and the complexities of building an anti-war movement were discussedÌýat the Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition conference. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Healthcare workers in the United States won a tentative agreement with industry giant, Kaiser Permanente on October 13, for a 21% pay rise over four years and other improvements following their historic three-day strike, reports Malik Miah.
Please sign thisÌýpetition which wasÌýinitiated by members from the NSW National Tertiary Education Union and NSW Nurses and Midwives Association.
Birzeit University in Palestine's West Bank is calling on international academic institutions to take concrete action to stop the genocidal war on the Palestinian people and to end Israeli settler colonialism.
More than 100,000 people mobilised in Rome, Italy on October 10 in defence of social gains under threat from the country's far-right government. Franco Turigliatto analyses the significance of the demonstration.
Palestinian trade unions have issued an urgent global call to action, calling on workers everywhere to halt the sale and funding of arms to Israel — and related military research.
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