Labour news from Asia
Asia
Rejoicing and Hoping for Women Migrant Domestic Workers 2010-03-08 [MTU] Poverty Still Has a Woman’s Face’ 2010-03-08 [Inter-Press Service]
Will Apple Feel Any Heat for Violations of Its Own Labor Code? 2010-03-03 [In These Times]
Afghanistan
Kabul blast: Miracle saves 3 Sewa women 2010-02-28 [DNA] 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]
Armenia
Cab drivers, gold traders in Armenia protest ‘tax pressures’ 2010-02-19 [Armenia Liberty] 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]
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
Parents to get 18 weeks' paid leave 2010-03-12 [Melbourne Age] Motherhood wonderful, just not so super 2010-03-12 [Melbourne Age]
Queensland AMWU rallies to ensure jobs in battle against privatisation 2010-03-12 [Rockhampton Bulletin]
Bangladesh
Workers unions demand safety overhaul in apparel industry 2010-03-12 [CCL] Take action: Garib Fire Survivors Call for Justice and a Safe Industry 2010-03-12 [Clean Clothes Campaign]
Seven dock workers unions of Ctg port dissolved 2010-03-09 [Financial Express]
Bhutan
Deepening unemployment crisis hits rapidly growing youth population 2002-06-18 [BBC]
Brunei
Burma
Rangoon strikes pre-empt union call 2010-03-10 [DVB] When Hard Times Hit, Some Children Go to Factories 2010-03-09 [Inter-Press Service]
4,000 workers go on strike in Rangoon 2010-03-09 [Aliran]
Cambodia
Women vulnerable at work 2010-03-09 [Phnom Penh Post] Naga World hotel and casino ignores ruling, refuses to reinstate 4 union members fired last year 2010-03-01 [Phnom Penh Post]
Hospital official a dictator: staff 2010-02-21 [Phnom Penh Post]
China
VIDEO: Trade unions to better represent workers 2010-03-10 [CCTV] Labor unions help relieve employment pressures during crisis 2010-03-10 [People's Daily]
Number of occupational diseases in China is some 100 thousand 2010-03-09 [People's Daily]
Hong
India
Maersk urged to intervene to settle Indian port drivers’ agreement 2010-03-12 [ITF] Maharashtra Lockout at Bosch to hit vehicle makers 2010-03-12 [liveMINT]
Andhra Pradesh Lecturers call off strike as government hikes valuation fee by 25 per cent 2010-03-12 [TNN]
Indonesia
Jakarta companies failing on workplace safety 2010-03-12 [The Jakarta Globe] Tripartite Telecom Conference Communique Bandung, January 2010 2010-03-02 [UNI]
Labor union urges minister to step down 2010-03-01 [Jakarta Post]
Japan
Insurance union petitions against Japanese postal reform 2010-03-10 [Post and Parcel] Toyota workers raised safety concerns with bosses in 2006 memo 2010-03-09 [LA Times]
Insurance union issues petition against gov't postal reform 2010-03-09 [Insurance News Net]
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
KCTU Calls for Minimum Wage Rise 2010-03-11 [K. Times] DP releases new plan on labor policy 2010-03-09 [Hankyoreh]
New labor union seeks 'third way' 2010-03-09 [K. Herald]
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
Proton Says MTUC Statement On Staff Pay Inaccurate 2010-03-12 [Bernama] MTUC Calls For Tax Incentive To Reduce Foreign Labour 2010-03-09 [Bernama]
Dismissed Employee Can Hold Position In Trade Union, Rules High Court 2010-03-05 [Bernama]
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
GEFONT Pays homage to Com. Roshan Siwakoti 2010-03-11 [GEFONT] Educational institutions shut in Kailali 2010-03-10 [The News]
Journalists protest Singhaniya murder 2010-03-06 [The Rising Nepal]
Pakistan
NPIW workers end protest as govt accepts demands 2010-03-12 [Daily Times] Battling to get women workers their due 2010-03-08 [The News]
Battling to get women workers their due 2010-03-08 [The News]
Philippines
Group releases scathing report on violations of workers’ rights 2010-03-12 [Bulatlat Online] From a retired PGH personnel on the PGH Directorship issue 2010-03-12 [UP Issues]
CHR to pursue probe into 43 health workers’ arrest 2010-03-11 [Inquirer]
Singapore
Shaping a healthier work place 2010-03-08 [TODAY Online] 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]
Sri Lanka
STRICT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST HUNTING OF EMPLOYEES 2010-02-18 [Lankanewsweb] Nurses to strike tomorrow 2010-02-16 [The Daily Mirror]
Stop political transfers, warns TUC 2010-02-14 [Lanka 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
Migrant Worker Law Hits Hurdle as 500,000 ‘Disappear’ 2010-03-09 [Inter-Press Service] Migrant workers who get involved in anti-govt protests will be jailed 2010-03-09 [KL News Net]
Labour Minister warns migrant workers they will be fined, imprisoned if they join anti-gvt protests 2010-03-09 [AFP]
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
Strike creates chaos in transportation in Ankara 2010-03-09 [The Daily News] Female labor force participation still weighty problem for Turkey 2010-03-09 [Today's Zaman]
ICEM Says February 23 Coal Mine Explosion Needs Thorough Investigation 2010-03-08 [ICEM]
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Child slavery in Uzbekistan 2010-03-11 [Craig Murray] 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]
Vietnam
Poor workers not forgotten for Tet 2010-02-13 [VietNam News] Launch of the Vietnam-Australia Asbestos Awareness & Disease Prevention Project 2010-02-12 [APHEDA]
Can Tho taxi drivers strike work protesting unfair treatment 2010-02-08 [Thanh Nien Daily]
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