Cambodia garment worker conditions worsening: ILO

Cambodia is backsliding in efforts to improve working conditions in its garment industry, the International Labour Organisation said today, following a series of strikes at factories producing western-brand clothing. 

Worker dismissed by Gerdau-Diaco chains himself to factory gates in Colombia

Gerdau-Diaco dismissed one of their employees, Luis Cruz, on 5 July. Cruz has chained himself to the factory gates at the Duitama plant in protest at the company’s action. He is legally protected against dismissal because of a workplace accident he suffered in 1994.

Cuepacs: Penjawat awam berpeluang dapat bonus

Presiden Cuepacs, Datuk Omar Osman

PUTRAJAYA - Presiden Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam (Cuepacs) Datuk Omar Osman berpendapat masih ada harapan untuk lebih 1.4 juta penjawat awam menerima bonus menjelang Aidilfitri.

Ini berikutan kenyataan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hari ini yang memaklumkan kerajaan akan mengkaji kemungkinan memberi bonus kepada penjawat awam menjelang Aidilfitri, kata Omar.

Perdana Menteri berkata kerajaan akan mengkaji kemungkinan itu dan masih mempunyai masa untuk memutuskan perkara itu.

"Cuepacs mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Perdana Menteri kerana sudi mempertimbangkan permohonan Cuepacs untuk 1.4 juta penjawat awam.

Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement will see medicine price hike, MP warns

Signing the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will see an increase in the cost of medicines, an MP said today.

Union leader attacks Senate Democrats for NLRB concession in deal

The leader of the nation’s largest telecommunications union is threatening some Senate Democrats for siding with Republicans in a deal requiring President Obama to withdraw his nominations to the country's union protection watchdog.

Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), said Tuesday that the two members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Sharon Block and Richard Griffin Jr., are “definitely tossed under the bus” in a Senate deal that will allow five of Obama’s other nominees to receive up-or-down votes before the Senate.

TPPA untuk kawal negara lemah, kata Mahathir

Perjanjian Perkongsian Trans-Pasifik (TPPA) mempunyai tujuan lain supaya negara yang kuat dapat mengawal yang lebih lemah dan boleh dibandingkan dengan penggunaan kekuatan tentera, kata bekas perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Work to boost jobs OECD-ILO tells G20

The leading 20 nations in the world must work together, and quickly, to boost policies for jobs, the job market and social safety nets, the OECD and International Labour Organisation warned on Wednesday.

Young people are in a particularly tight spot when trying to get their first job, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the ILO stressed.

Mekanisme KSM Pastikan Tiada Diskriminasi Tangga Gaji Pekerja Tempatan, Asing

.KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan komited memastikan tiada diskriminasi dalam kadar tangga gaji pekerja asing dan pekerja tempatan melalui mekanisme dilaksanakan Kementerian Sumber Manusia (KSM).

Menterinya Datuk Richard Riot Anak Jaem berkata mekanisme ini adalah mengikut undang-undang sedia ada yang memberi perlindungan dan menjaga kebajikan pekerja tempatan dan pekerja asing daripada sebarang diskriminasi.

"Mekanisme ini terdiri daripada langkah seperti penguatkuasaan Akta Kerja 1955 (Akta 265), penguatkuasaan Akta Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara 2011 9Akta 732) dan tapisan permohonan pekerja asing oleh majikan," katanya.

Major S.African mining union fights for survival

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) –  South Africa's long-dominant mining union mounted a last-ditch legal battle to halt the rise of a rival militant union Wednesday, taking allegations of membership "fraud" to government mediators.

Kenya National Union of Teachers calls off strike

NAIROBI; KENYA: The Kenya National Union of Teachers ( Knut) has called of teachers’ strike hours after the Government had closed primary schools indefinitely.

This is after Knut agreed a pay deal with theGovernment on Wednesday after a meeting with the Deputy President William Ruto.

Justice for Indian PepsiCo workers!

Workers who are members of Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) at West Bengal warehouses exclusively contracted by PepsiCo are fighting for fairness and justice in the face of mass dismissals as a result of exercising their right to join a union. 162 workers out of 170 have been brutally fired. Furthermore PepsiCo is using labour contractors that are not officially licensed (something that is mandatory). Workers are therefore not paid the current minimum wages set since January 1, 2013 and no social security payments are made for them as required by law.

Send a message to PepsiCo Chief executive officer, Indra Nooyi demanding an end to these brutal attacks and calling on the company to respect the freedom of association, workers’ rights and working conditions in India.
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