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On Eton tragedy’s first anniversary: Group urges Aquino to show muscle vs labor rights violators like Eton

February 17, 2012 in News

Reference: Anna Leah Escresa, Justice for Eton 11 Network co-convenor, 0908-864-2151 Blog: www.eton11.tumblr.com 27 January 2012 On Eton tragedy’s first anniversary: Group urges Aquino to show muscle vs labor rights violators like Eton Families and supporters of Eton Residences construction workers, who died in a gondola plunge last year, trooped to the accident site in Makati City today Read more [...]
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Cambodia’s ban on domestic worker to Malaysia is an opportunity for change to protect the right of migrants

February 15, 2012 in News

Cambodian Working Group for Domestic Workers c/o Natalie Drolet, Advocacy Officer, LSCW P.O. Box: 1542 Phnom Penh, Cambodia ndrolet@lscw.org (855)23 220 626 A call for ACTION now February 8, 2012 CAMBODIA’S BAN ON DOMESTIC WORKERS TO MALAYSIA IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS On October 15th, 2011 the Prime Minister of Cambodia announced a ban on the Read more [...]
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Participate online to support: People’s Tribunal on Minimum Living Wages for Cambodian Garment Workers- 5-8 Feb 2012

January 17, 2012 in News

Dear all Warm greetings from Asia Floor Wage Cambodia and Asia Floor Wage Alliance. We wish to inform you that the upcoming People"s Tribunal of Asia Floor Wage Alliance will be held in Cambodia. The national PT of Cambodia is organised by the Asia Floor Wage Cambodia., in partnership with Asia Floor Wage Alliance. This is the second national People's Tribunal that was organised by AFWA's Read more [...]
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Vote for Samsung to be the winner of Public Eye Awards

January 9, 2012 in Campaign, News, Slideshow

Samsung has been nominated for the Public Eye Awards by Supporters for the Health and Right of People in the Semiconductor Industry, stopsamsung.wordpress.com At least 140 work-related cases of cancer, including at least 50 deaths. Outrageously, Samsung denies the illness of the workers are work-related and refuse to compensate the victims. High-tech gadgets built on the backs of workers: Read more [...]
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Greece:Interview with Union President Nikos Photopoulos

January 9, 2012 in News

Interview with NIKOS PHOTOPOULOS, President of the GENOP-DEH union of workers of the Greek national electricity company, who is to be sentenced on the 10th of January, 2012, along with 14 of his comrades Interview conducted in Athens, December 1st, by the ILC International Newsletter Q: Facing the heavy prison sentence that you are faced with, shouldn't we plan to undertake a broad campaign in Read more [...]
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Greece:Stop the prosecution of Nikos Photopoulos and his comrades from the GENOP-DEH union immediately!

January 9, 2012 in News

Fifteen union leaders and rank-and-file member of the GENOP-DEH will appear in court on January 10, 2012. They face up to five years in prison without parole for expressing their opposition to the policies of the Troika (IMF, European Union, and European Central Bank) and for actively demonstrating their solidarity with the Greek people, who refuse by any and all means necessary to pay for a crisis Read more [...]