Labour news from Asia
Asia
ITF win double pay for exploited Asian guestworkers in Australia 2010-02-03 [MUA] Chinese workers earn 2 Euro/day to make 2010 World Cup trinkets 2010-01-29 [Digital Journal]
Negotiation of Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers in deadlock 2010-01-28 [The Jakarta Post]
Afghanistan
IFJ Mourns Latest Media Death in Afghanistan, Warns of Risks for 2010-01-12 [IFJ] IFJ protests police attacks on media personnel 2009-10-10 [IFJ]
IFJ Calls for Protection of Journalists as Tensions Mount in Afghanistan Ahead of Elections 2009-07-20 [IFJ]
Armenia
Home, but not Alone: More “guest workers” remain in Armenia due to hard times in Russia 2009-07-01 [Armenia Now] Layoffs Carry Protest Potential 2009-02-07 [TOL]
Crisis abroad, no work at home 2008-12-26 [RFE]
Azerbaijan
Delegate selection campaign starts for 4th convention of Azerbaijan Trade Union Confederation 2010-01-06 [ABC.AZ] Government, employers, trade unions to sign general collective treaty 2010-01-06 [News.AZ]
451 new unions enter into Azerbaijan Trade Union Confederation over four years 2010-01-01 [Azerbaijan Business]
Australia
Cafe find for workplace bullying which led to suicide 2010-02-09 [The Australian] 'Fair' workplace reforms create two rules for teens 2010-02-09 [The Australian]
TWU lashes out at fair work laws 2010-02-09 [SMH]
Bangladesh
Domestic workers will avail insurance cover 2010-02-09 [Vip News] Miners strike at Barapukuria 2010-02-03 [bdnews24]
Pesticides pushers kill thousands 2010-01-28 [Hazards magazine]
Bhutan
Deepening unemployment crisis hits rapidly growing youth population 2002-06-18 [BBC]
Brunei
Burma
Monitoring by Thailand of migrant worker policy tough on Burmese 2010-01-22 [Radio Australia] ILO extends forced labour ‘understanding’ 2010-01-20 [DVB]
Burmese workers in Jordan resume work after negotiation ends 9-day stoppage 2010-01-16 [Mizzima]
Cambodia
Garment manufacturers and labour unions talk pay rise 2010-02-09 [Deutsche Press Agentur] Human Rights: End poverty to stop child labour: govt 2010-02-06 [Phnom Penh Post]
Sacked casino workers appeal to rights group in dispute with owner 2010-02-06 [Phnom Penh Post]
China
Migrant Workers Protest Unpaid Wages to No Avail 2010-02-05 [Epoch Times] Minimum wage set to increase in cities across China 2010-02-05 [China Labour Bulletin]
Threat to Labor NGOs and Legal Aid Services 2010-02-04 [China Labor News Translations]
Hong
India
Punjab Teacher dies of burns, Government agrees to demand 2010-02-09 [IE] Orissa NHRC orders Puri Collector to review cases of bonded labour 2010-02-09 [ET]
Orissa Salary hike for workers of Konark Mill likely 2010-02-09 [IE]
Indonesia
Hundreds of illegal miners killed in last four years 2010-02-08 [The Jakarta Post] Wage hike not key solution, minister says 2010-02-06 [The Jakarta Post]
Lippo employees protest 2010-02-05 [The Jakarta Post]
Japan
Nightclub hostesses tackle industry abuse 2010-02-07 [ABC] Unions seek standard pay hikes kicking off the year's 'shunto' spring wage negotiations. 2010-02-07 [Japan Times]
International Actions Back Japanese Union 2010-02-06 [Scoop]
Kazakhstan
The tireless struggle for independent unions 2009-12-04 [Int'l Metalworkers Federation] Prominent workers' rights activist attacked ActNOW! 2009-10-09 [International Metalworkers Federation]
Facebook group formed to support Ainur Kurmanov ActNOW! 2009-10-09 [Facebook]
Korea
Police seize more servers from DLP in union probe Scuffles erupt as officers raid headquarters with warrant 2010-02-08 [Joong Ang Ilbo] Police should end targeted investigation of trade unions and the Democratic Labor Party 2010-02-08 [The Hankyoreh]
Police conduct second seizure of DLP server 2010-02-08 [The Hankyoreh]
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Children Freed From Slave Labor In Russia 2009-12-29 [RFE] IFJ calls for international pressure to find killers of Kyrgystan journalist 2009-12-26 [IFJ]
Kyrgyz journalist death 'private' 2009-07-16 [BBC]
Laos
ANZ funded project causing havouc in central Laos 2009-11-22 [Finsec] LFTU Updates OSH plans 2008-09-29 [BWI]
Trade Union Cadres Training Centre to be built in Laos 2008-07-05 [Nhan Dan]
Malaysia
MTUC Alleges Company Using Acid Without Safety Precautions 2010-02-09 [Bernama] MTUC Wants EPF To Declare Higher Dividend 2010-01-24 [Bernama]
GST will burden working class: MTUC 2010-01-24 [The Star]
Maldives
Trade Unions Absent From The Island Paradise 2009-10-26 [ITUC] Maldives: trade unions absent from the island 2009-10-26 [ITUC]
THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES BECOMES 183RD ILO MEMBER STATE 2009-05-18 [ILO]
Mongolia
Peace Protests Against Tax Increase 2009-10-24 [The UB Post] The Battle between Boroo Gold Mine and the Mongolian Trade Union Reaches No Consensus 2009-06-06 [Mongolia-Web]
Gold mine negotiations may set pace for mining labor contracts 2009-06-04 [Mine Web]
Nepal
Maoists force closure of 26 restaurants in Kathmandu 2010-02-09 [The Hindu] Transport workers union members obstruct Mechi Highway 2010-02-05 [My Republica]
GEFONT launches one-day mobilization to ratify ILO convention No. 87 and formation of social security Fund 2010-02-03 [GEFONT]
Pakistan
Registration of daily wages employees with EOBI ordered 2010-01-29 [Daily Times] Mine Unions Protest Killings in Balochistan Coal Pits 2010-01-25 [ICEM]
Regularisation of 68 doctors revoked 2010-01-23 [The Daily News]
Philippines
HEAD Demands Immediate Release of Detained Medical Personnel 2010-02-07 [AUPWU Blog] Detained Health Workers Denounce Philippine Government 2010-02-07 [NY Times Online]
Group plans strike vs. sugar mill 2010-02-05 [The Daily Star]
Singapore
Injustice done to the workers in the banking industry: union 2010-01-26 [New Straits Times] Dispute resolution process to be put in place for mid-level professionals 2010-01-26 [Channel News Asia]
Labour movement goes on the jobs offensive 2009-12-29 [Business Times]
Sri Lanka
Campaign for Higher Private Sector Salaries Succeeds 2010-02-08 [ICEM] Teachers Union Activist Killed By the Government 2010-02-05 [Unions Lanka ]
Apparel sector unions slam main candidates 2010-01-10 [Sunday Times]
Taiwan
Steelworkers protest against managerial change 2010-01-22 [Taiwan News] 
Discrimination? Labor bureaus are investigating whether former Sinon Bulls catcher Yeh Chun-chang was axed because he chaired the players’ union 2010-01-07 [Taipei Times]
Several hundred members of 10 labor unions throw cow dung at KMT offices 2009-12-31 [Taipei Times]
Tajikistan
Moscow's recession has seen the sacking of thousands of guest workers from the central Asian republics. 2009-04-12 [The Observer] Workers stage rare strike over pay in Tajikistan 2009-04-01 [Reuters]
Tajik Embassy Failing to Protect Guest Workers in Russia, Activists Say 2009-01-27 [Georgian Daily]
Thailand
Resistance Builds Against Thai Migrant Worker Expulsion 2010-02-08 [ICEM] ITF signals further breakdown on Thai Railways 2010-02-05 [ITF]
Transit Authority union tells new Minister to keep predecessor's bus plan 2010-01-28 [Bangkok Post]
Tibet
Scholar hails Tibet's 2009-01-21 [Xinhua] Dialogue and reform urged 2008-04-04 [UNI]
Filipino Activists Held Torch March for Tibetans 2008-04-04 [APL]
Turkey
Unions ask for second appointment with PM to find solution to Tekel workers’ concerns 2010-02-09 [Hurriyet Daily News] Labor unions seek talks with Erdoğan on Tekel dispute 2010-02-09 [Today's Zaman]
Things we've learned from the Tekel workers 2010-02-09 [Hurriyet Daily News]
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
IFJ condemns charges against journalist who put truth in the picture 2009-12-26 [IFJ] Despite Gvt promises to end child labour schoolchildren sent out to work in vast cotton fields 2009-11-11 [BBC]
World’s Dirtiest Cotton: Uzbekistan Must Clean up or Face Demise of Industry 2009-10-18 [ITGLWF]
Vietnam
Can Tho taxi drivers strike work protesting unfair treatment 2010-02-08 [Thanh Nien Daily] Strike site at Korean owned factory - female workers hospitalized after mass hysteria attack 2010-02-07 [Thanh Nien News]
Shoemakers' strike resolved in Vietnam; others down tools 2010-02-06 [Deutsche Press Agentur]
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