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Asia

Asia Pacific workers hit by financial crisis 2009-06-26 [ITF]
ILO Governing Body elects new Chairperson ─ Committee on Freedom of Association cites Myanmar, Cambodia and Islamic Republic of Iran 2009-06-23 [ILO]
Sixty-three dockers unions from 29 Asia Pacific countries to form regional federation of dock workers unions 2009-06-22 [Bernama]


Afghanistan

Canadians Must Oppose Afghani Laws Trampling Women's Rights 2009-04-21 [CAW]
Paween Mushtakhel is forced into hiding as Taleban return to Kabul 2009-03-03 [The Times]
Plight of child labourers on Pakistani border 2009-02-25 [IRIN]


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

Trade Union Confederation investigates forced mass leave of workers due to global economic crisis 2009-01-11 [APA]
Azerbaijani workers receive an insignificant part of the oil pie as compared to foreigners 2008-10-15 [Today Az]
OGWU Win Union Rights, Pay Gains for Caspian Shipyard Workers 2008-06-30 [ICEM]


Australia

Queensland Official end to work choices-ANF celebrates 2009-07-03 [QNU]
Victoria Geelong workers angry over Thorntons Engineering sackings - the day before Fair Work laws start 2009-07-03 [Geelong Advertiser]
Queensland Council workers demand pay action 2009-07-03 [Cairns Post]


Bangladesh

Government scrambles to douse violence in recession-hit garment factories 2009-07-02 [Xinghua]
Textiles unravelled by price war, protests 2009-07-02 [AFP]
Special police team to protect garment factories 2009-07-02 [The Daily Star]


Bhutan

Deepening unemployment crisis hits rapidly growing youth population 2002-06-18 [BBC]


Brunei


Burma

TUC demands release of Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi 2009-06-19 [tuc.org.uk]
ILO: Junta Hammered Again on Forced Labour 2009-06-15 [ICEM]
Vocational training for migrant guest workers from AWU 2009-06-08 [Arakan Workers Union]


Cambodia

Remembering the rights of Cambodia's exploited child workers 2009-07-01 [LICADHO]
‘Garment industry is priority sector for Govt’ – Chief, GMAC 2009-06-25 [Fibre2Fibre]
Tack Fat workers continue week-old protest over pay 2009-06-17 [The Post]


China

CLB urges Apple to investigate reports of serious management misconduct at China supplier factory 2009-06-30 [China Labour Bulletin]
CLB urges Apple to investigate reports of serious management misconduct at China supplier factory 2009-06-28 [China Labour Bulletin]
Congress to examine the changing role of workers in China 2009-06-28 [China Labour Bulletin]


Hong


India

Andhra Pradesh Garbage piles up as GHMC contract workers' go on strike 2009-07-02 [TNN]
Karnataka Gram Panchayat staff to protest 2009-07-02 [TNN]
Kerala Medical college teachers to go on strike from today 2009-07-02 [Hindu]


Indonesia

VIDEO: IMF's Union Roadshow screened at film festival 2009-07-01 [International Metalworkers Federation]
Labor law outsourcing provisions face review 2009-07-01 [The Jakarta Globe]
Photo: Marching for rights 2009-06-30 [The Jakarta Post]


Japan

Young Japanese Raise Their Voices Over Economy 2009-07-01 [NYT]
Bridgestone Global Safety Steering Meets 2009-06-29 [ICEM]
Rengo union leader says Japan should abandon former-PM Koizumi policies which have widened gap between rich and poor 2009-06-18 [Bloomberg]


Kazakhstan

ArcelorMittal miners consider protest 2009-05-20 [Reuters]
1,800 workers strike at Burgylai oil wells 2009-04-06 [China Worker]
Disunited Journalists: No space for trade unions in a profession where staff are deterred from any kind of collective action 2009-03-22 [IWPR]


Korea

Ex-union head at MBC slams stance on media reform 2009-07-03 [Joong Ang Ilbo]
First non-regular workers laid off in bill stalemate 2009-07-02 [JoongAng Ilbo]
Public companies lead the way in firing irregular workers 2009-07-02 [Hankyoreh]


Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia Kyrgyz trade union support US union campaign for Employee Free Choice Act 2009-06-30 [UNI]
Social instability worries as 200 – 300 thousands labor migrants come back to Kyrgyzstan 2009-04-03 [24 Press Club News Agency]
Rising tide of hate crimes: Kyrgyzstan expands efforts to protect Kyrgyz workers in Russia 2008-11-21 [Georgian Daily]


Laos

LFTU Updates OSH plans 2008-09-29 [BWI]
Trade Union Cadres Training Centre to be built in Laos 2008-07-05 [Nhan Dan]
On May Day, Lao Trade Union leaders call on working dads to protect their families from HIV 2007-05-01 [UNICEF]


Malaysia

Tesco under fire over foreign labour rights 2009-06-30 [Malaysianinsider.com]
Malaysia May Hire Helpers Elsewhere 2009-06-29 [Jakarta Globe]
Maids may work illegally 2009-06-29 [strait times]


Maldives

THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES BECOMES 183RD ILO MEMBER STATE 2009-05-18 [ILO]
Nurses consider strike action 2009-02-16 [Minivan News]
Protest by guest workers from Bangladesh ends in violence 2009-02-15 [Maldives News]


Mongolia

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]
Workers strike at Centerra's mine 2009-05-27 [Reuters]


Nepal

FNJ condemns death threats 2009-06-30 [The Rising Nepal]
Political groups must end attacks on journalists in Nepal 2009-06-22 [IFJ]
The presence of child labour negatively affects adult wages and employment 2009-06-13 [BWI]


Pakistan

Settlement Secures Permanent Jobs for Dismissed Temps at Unilever Pakistan Rahim Yar Khan 2009-07-02 [IUF]
SC summons record of 2,453 sacked HBL employees 2009-06-27 [Daily Times]
Unilever Drives Casual Tea Workers Deeper into Poverty for Claiming Rights 2009-06-17 [IUF]


Philippines

Workers of Taiwanese firm picket anew ActNOW! 2009-07-02 [Freeman Cebu]
Radio broadcaster shot dead in Phillipines 2009-07-02 [IFJ]
Labor groups back striking workers of Keppel, Paul Yu ActNOW! 2009-06-30 [Freeman Cebu]


Singapore

Maid's fall: misadventure 2009-06-29 [strait times]
Pay cuts stay, for now 2009-06-29 [strait times]
Help job seekers transit 2009-06-29 [strait times]


Sri Lanka

Workers get raw deal from lack of defined rules 2009-06-27 [The Island]
Workers get raw deal from lack of defined rules 2009-06-27 [Lanka Times]
76 girls to be ousted from FTZ hostels: Union 2009-06-24 [The Daily Mirror]


Taiwan

Taiwanese teachers back-up Action Day 2009-06-25 [Justice for Iranian Workers]
Activists pan typhoon day policy for not protecting workers’ rights 2009-06-22 [Taipei Times]
President should respect teacher’s right to form unions: Global teacher group 2009-06-15 [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

Triumph labour union seeks PM's help after lay-off 2009-07-01 [MCOT]
Triumph-brand lingerie and swimwear to lay off almost 2,000 workers 2009-06-30 [The Nation]
Triumph Company Plan to Lay off Workers. 2009-06-30 [Thai Labour Campaign]


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

Sacked airport workers in Turkey reinstated 2009-07-02 [ITF]
Turkish Government, Labor Unions Can Not Agree On Collective Bargaining 2009-07-01 [Haber]
FNV Supporting Organising, Social Dialogue Project with ICEM 2009-06-29 [ICEM]


Turkmenistan


Uzbekistan

World retailers force Uzbekistan to stop abusive child labor in its state-sponsored cotton industry 2009-05-26 [MosNews]
Making cotton as homework for Uzbek children 2009-05-26 [AsiaNewsIT]
Retailers refuse to buy cotton picked by children in inhumane conditions 2009-05-26 [The Observer]


Vietnam

Unions strive to protect workers’ rights 2009-06-22 [VNS]
SME workers most at risk of crisis impacts: ILO 2009-06-06 [Thanh Nien]
Crisis Strands Vietnamese Workers in a Czech Limbo 2009-06-06 [NYT]
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