WORKERS GET SHAFT AS LONDON, ONTARIO PLANT CLOSED H.J. Jones-Sons Ltd. closed their packaging plant last year in 2007 and subsequently filed for bankruptcy without providing the workers severance pay.
Worker Anger Grows as Factory Workers in Bangladesh Riot
Savar, Bangladesh August 12, 2008 – Resistance by garment workers in Bangladesh escalates to a riot by thousands of furious workers.
Workers and their Families Suffer Immigration Raids Approximately 3,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Postville Iowa, a number greater than the actual population of this small town in Iowa, United States, supporting the workers who, back in May 2008 were arrested and charged with identity...
Working Teen Killed by Capitalism in Manitoba, Canada On July 25th, 2008, a 15-year-old boy was killed at a construction site in Stony Mountain, Manitoba when he was literally buried by hot asphalt.
Wages of the Kian Tyre Workers Not Paid
The struggle of the Kian Tyre workers still goes on.
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...
