Chris is a labour law researcher, specialising in China and the right to strike. He spent 27 years in the SA union movement. Chris now lives in Canberra. More →
Labor unrest and role of unions By Anita Chan (China Daily 06/18/2010) http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2010-06/18/content_9987347.htm June 18, 2010 Workers of several factories in Guangdong province have been drawing global attention over the past couple of weeks. First, there were reports of workers jumping to their deaths in a factory of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer. Around [...]
Dear Friends, This is an interesting commentary on the spate of strikes traversing across China’s auto components industry. Apparently, there has also been a strike at a Toyota plant. Don Sutherland Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union http://www.autonewschina.com/en/index.asp Automotive News China Room 1303, Building 2, Lane 99, South Hongcao Road, Shanghai 200233 Telephone: 86-139-1851-5816 Fax: 86-21-6495-0895 COMMENT [...]
Wayne Swan performs OK on Meet the Press this morning on the super-profit tax. Kevin Rudd political fighter is back (mostly) trying to get out that he has been consulting for ages. Martin Ferguson makes sense on TV. Labor’s political campaigns in both marginal seats and ‘safe’ Labour seats has to be strong against the [...]
Alan Attwood, Editor of Big issue, will speak at the Graham F Smith Peace Trust’s 21st Anniversary Dinner and Silent Art Auction on June 26. Tickets can be bought by 20th June by contacting Peace Trust on 8267 3915 or ebertsmith@bigpond.com Art work includes work by iconic artists Ann Newmarch, Siv Grava and emerging artists. [...]
Passage of paid parental leave scheme is an historic achievement for Australia’s working mums 17 June, 2010 | ACTU Media Release Australian working mothers will have better health and financial security after the historic passage of the first national paid parental leave scheme, say unions. ACTU President Sharan Burrow said the passing of the Bill [...]
Red Ink capital in few hands confines the humane soul. resources from the periphery feeds their insatiable centre. when we take the next step & organize the social continuum. use red ink! to paint ….. to write & to think. Jim Sharp Red Ink
The Canberra Times has David Pope Cartoonist daily. His cartoons are worth looking at http://www.scratch.com.au/ He is well known as being Hinze, used often by unions. His books are worth getting. http://www.scratch.com.au/archive/2010/100605s.jpg
Save VCA campaign comes to canberra. In its last sitting week, Members of Parliament from all sides of politics will be visited by a cavalcade of artists and performers from the Victorian College of the Arts and Music. The visit by the Faculty’s students, staff and alumni on Tuesday 22 June will raise awareness about [...]
Interesting… This is from MRZine. ‘Position Statement of Old Revolutionaries on the Present Upsurge of Worker Action in China by Li Chengrui, et al.’ Translator’s note: “Regarding the present upsurge of worker action in China, liberals have used their discursive power in the overseas media to frame the strike wave as a tale of workers’ [...]
