Wednesday, November 6, 2013

PERU: Hialpesa factory workers object to "sham" contracts

One of Peru's largest and most profitable textile and clothing companies, Hilandería de Algodón Peruana (Hialpesa) is alleged to have turned away workers who refused to sign "sham" employment contracts.

(ILO News) BALI, INDONESIA - The International Labour Organization (ILO) will host a two-day high-level meeting in Bali, Indonesia, this week to address the challenges facing ASEAN employers ahead of ASEAN integration in 2015, including ways that they can prepare for new regional labour market conditions and realities.

MALAYSIA:::Parlimen Malaysia : YB Serian (Menteri Sumber Manusia)

Yb Tuan Abdullah Sani bin Abdul Hamid [ Kuala Langat ] minta MENTERI
SUMBER MANUSIA menyatakan kelewatan proses mahkamah perusahaan
dan kebanyakan kes tertangguh dan sepatutnya ia perlu diselesaikan dalam
sekitar dua tahun sahaja dan berapakah jumlah kes yang tertangguh dari Jun
2008 sehingga Jun 2013

KUALA LUMPUR: Pindaan Akta Kerja 1955 yang melibatkan penambahbaikan mengenai faedah bersalin pekerja wanita di negara ini telah berkuat kuasa sejak April tahun lalu.

Reinstate fired labor leaders — Solidarity with Boston bus union

Nov. 4 — The notorious Veolia Corporation fired two leaders of Steelworkers Local 8751 on Nov 1. “You are discharged, effective immediately” read the letters to Grievance Chair Stevan Kirschbaum and Vice President Steve Gillis. Three other members of the Boston School Bus Union 5 — Recording Secretary Andre Francois and Stewards Garry Murchison and Richard Lynch — have also been suspended and threatened with firing. They are known collectively as the School Bus Union 5 (SBU 5).

The agreement is said to improve the skills of 1,000 Egyptian women and help them find jobs in the textile industry.
(AFP File Photo)

The German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GACIC) signed an agreement with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to train and employ low-income Egyptian women on 3 November. The agreement is said to improve the skills of 1,000 Egyptian women and help them find jobs in the textile industry.

The agreement, which comes as part of the initiative for providing a suitable environment to activate the “Fundamental Principles and Work Rights for Women in Egypt”, was signed by Youssef Qaryouti, the head and representative of the ILO in Egypt, and the Forum of Training and Technical Education FORTE, represented by the CEO OF GACIC Rainer Herret.

MANILA, Philippines - The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that around 440,000 workers were left jobless, most of them in the fishery sector following the 7.2-magnitude killer earthquake that rocked Central Visayas in the middle of last month.