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“मज़दूर कोई बिकाऊ वस्तु नहीं है” लेकिन पीस रेट वेतन, कोटा और डर का दबाव यह सुनिश्चित करता है।
10 मई 1944 को अपनाई गई फिलाडेल्फिया घोषणा ने 1919 में स्थापित अंतर्राष्ट्रीय श्रम संगठन (ILO) के लक्ष्यों और उद्देश्यों की पुष्टि की और परिभाषित किया। उसका सबसे पहल अनुछेद कहता हैं: (ए) मज़दूर कोई बिकाऊ वस्तु नहीं है; यह घोषणा एक महत्वपूर्ण ऐतिहासिक मोड़ पर...
مزدوری کوئی قابل فروخت چیز نہیں ہےلیکن پیس ریٹ پر مبنی اجرت کا دباؤ، کوٹہ اور خوف اس بات کو یقینی بناتا ہے کہ یہ قابل فروخت بن جائے ۔
فلاڈیلفیا کے 10 مئی 1944 کو منظور کردہ اعلامیے میں 1919 میں قائم بین الاقوامی لیبر آرگنائزیشن (آئی ایل او) کے مقاصد اور مقصد کی توثیق اور وضاحت کی گئی تھی۔سب سے پہلی شق میں بیان کیا گیا ہے۔ :الف۔ مزدوری کوئی قابل فروخت چیز نہیں ہے یہ اعلان ایک اہم تاریخی موڑ پر آیا...
Union office raided, striking NagaWorld workers arrested, as management and authorities respond with repression
Four hours before midnight on New Year's Eve, police raided the office of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of Naga World (LRSU), arresting nine trade union leaders and members. They remain in custody on unspecified charges. The arrests occurred as...
“The strike is caused by repeated management failure….” NagaWorld’s mismanagement and multiple failures in 2021 continues into 2022.
Acting against all common sense and decency, and with complete disregard for the negative impact on employees, guests, investors and the gaming industry, NagaWorld management in Cambodia has chosen to start 2022 with an escalation of a crisis that could easily have...
“শ্রম পণ্য নয়।” কিন্তু পিস-রেট মজুরির চাপ, কোটা এবং ভয় শ্রমকে পণ্য হিসাবে নিশ্চিত করে।
১০ মে ১৯৪৪ তারিখে গৃহীত ফিলাডেলফিয়া ঘোষণা, ১৯১৯ সালে প্রতিষ্ঠিত আন্তর্জাতিক শ্রম সংস্থা (আইএলও) এর লক্ষ্য ও উদ্দেশ্যগুলিকে পুনর্নিশ্চিত ও সংজ্ঞায়িত করে। প্রথম অনুচ্ছেদটি ঘোষণা করে: (ক) শ্রম পণ্য নয়; ঘোষণাটি একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ঐতিহাসিক সন্ধিক্ষণে এসেছিল, স্বাধীনতার জন্য...
Eliminating Violence Against Women: Taking action through education, awareness & organizing
Throughout the month of November, affiliated unions across the Asia-Pacific region launched a renewed effort to raise awareness and mobilize members to reduce the vulnerability of women workers, overcome fear, and eliminate all forms of violence against women. These...
“កម្លាំងពកម្មមិនមែនជាទំនិញ” ប៉ុន្តែសម្ពាធនៃការផ្តល់ប្រាក់ឈ្នួលតាមការកំណត់ចំនួនផលិត កំណត់តាមកូតា និងការភ័យខ្លាច កម្មករពិតជាស្ថិតក្នុងស្ថានភាពបែបទំនិញ
សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍នៅទីក្រុង Philadelphia ដែលបានអនុម័តនៅថ្ងៃទី១០ ខែឧសភា ឆ្នាំ១៩៤៤ បានបញ្ជាក់ឡើងវិញ និងកំណត់គោលបំណង និងគោលបំណងរបស់អង្គការពលកម្មអន្តរជាតិ (ILO) ដែលបានបង្កើតឡើងក្នុងឆ្នាំ១៩១៩។ អត្ថបទដំបូងបំផុតប្រកាសថា៖ (ក) ពលកម្មមិនមែនជាទំនិញទេ។...
“Buruh bukanlah komoditas.” Tapi tekanan akan upah borongan, kuota dan ketakutanlah yang menyebabkan buruh menjadi komoditas.
Deklarasi Philadelphia diadopsi pada 10 Mei 1944, menegaskan kembali dan mendefinisikan maksud dan tujuan Organisasi Perburuhan Internasional (ILO) yang didirikan pada tahun 1919. Artikel pertama menyatakan: (a) tenaga kerja bukanlah komoditas; Deklarasi disepakati...
“Labour is not a commodity.” But the pressure of piece-rate wages, quotas and fear ensures it is.
The Declaration of Philadelphia adopted on 10 May 1944, reaffirmed and defined the aims and purposes of the International Labour Organization (ILO) established in 1919. The very first article declares: (a) labour is not a commodity; The Declaration came at an...
“කාන්තාවන් වශයෙන් අප බිය වන දේ වෙනුවෙන් “, අපි වෘත්තීය සමිතියක් ලෙස සටන් කරමු!
"කාන්තාවන් ලෙස අප බිය වන දේ" යන වාක්ය ඛණ්ඩය පැමිණෙන්නේ එක්සත් රාජධානියේ විශ්ව විද්යාලවල ලිංගික අපයෝජන සහ කාන්තාවන්ට එරෙහි ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය පිළිබඳ අල්-ජසීරා විමර්ශන ඒකකයේ ප්රබල වාර්තාවකිනි. වාර්තාවේ විස්තර කර ඇති ලිංගික අතවර, අපයෝජන සහ ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය සහ කාන්තාවන් ආයතනික...
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บทความนี้ตีพิมพ์ในนิตยสาร Meatingplace นิตยสารอุตสาหกรรมแปรรูปเนื้อสัตว์ ฉบับเดือนตุลาคม 2564 เป็นบทสัมภาษณ์คุณ Mark Lauritsen รองประธานสหภาพแรงงานอาหารและการค้า (United Food and Commercial Workers-UFCW) ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกาและประธานสหพันธ์แรงงานอาหารระหว่างประเทศ (IUF)...
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អត្ថបទនេះត្រូវបានបោះពុម្ពនៅក្នុងទស្សនាវដ្តីឧស្សាហកម្មសាច់ឈ្មោះ Meatingplace បានចេញផ្សាយនៅខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ2021 វាគឺជាបទសម្ភាសន៍ជាមួយបងប្រុស Mark Lauritsen អនុប្រធានអន្តរជាតិនៃស្ថាប័ន្ត United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) នៅសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក និងជាប្រធានសកលរបស់ IUF។...
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“အမျိုးသမီးတွေအနေနဲ့ ဘာကို ကြောက်ကြတာလဲ” သမဂ္ဂတခုအနေဖြင့် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ တိုက်ပွဲဝင်မယ်!
"အမျိုးသမီးတွေအနေနဲ့ ဘာကို ကြောက်ကြတာလဲ" သမဂ္ဂတခုအနေဖြင့် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ တိုက်ပွဲဝင်မယ်! "အမျိုးသမီးတွေအနေနဲ့ ဘာကို ကြောက်ကြတာလဲ" စကားစုမှာ ယူကေ တက္ကသိုလ်များထဲက အမျိုးသမီး များအပေါ် လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ အလွဲသုံးစားမှုနှင့် အကြမ်းဖက်မှုတွေအပေါ် Al-Jazeera...
“Hard bargain” – translations of an interview with Mark Lauritsen, IUF President
Image/photo credit: Meatingplace October 2021 This interview with Brother Mark Lauritsen, International Vice President of the the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in the USA and global President of the IUF, was published in the October 2021 issue of the red...
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এই নিবন্ধটি মাংস শিল্প বিষয়ক ম্যাগাজিন, মিটিংপ্লেসের অক্টোবর ২০২১ সংখ্যায় প্রকাশিত হয়েছে। এটি মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে ইউনাইটেড ফুড অ্যান্ড কমার্শিয়াল ওয়ার্কার্স (ইউএফসিডব্লিউ) এর আন্তর্জাতিক ভাইস প্রেসিডেন্ট এবং আইইউএফ-এর গ্লোবাল প্রেসিডেন্ট ব্রাদার মার্ক লরিটসেনের সাথে...
بطور خواتین ہم جس چیز سے ڈرتے ہیں، ہم بطور یونین اس کا مقابلہ کرتے ہیں
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POSTER: “what we fear as women”, we fight as a union! International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
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POSTER: Union Power Must Protect Women Speaking Out! International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
English Bahasa Indonesia 日本語 Japanese 繁體字 Chinese [traditional] 簡體字 Chinese [simplified] ภาษาไทย Thai ភាសាខ្មែរ Khmer ဗမာဘာသာစကား Burmese ဘာသာမန် Mon ကညောကလော် Karen Jing hpaw ga ရခိုင်ဘာသာ Rakhine/Arakanese လိၵ်ႈတႆး Shan Tagalog हिन्दी Hindi বাংলা Bengali اردو Urdu...
wawancara dengan Brother Mark Lauritsen, Presiden global IUF
Image/photo credit: Meatingplace October 2021 Artikel ini diterbitkan dalam majalah industri daging edisi Oktober 2021, Meatingplace. Ini adalah wawancara dengan Brother Mark Lauritsen, Wakil Presiden Internasional dari United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) di AS...
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Image/photo credit: Meatingplace October 2021 PDF Brother Mark Lauritsen interview URDU یہ مضمون میٹ انڈسٹری میگزین، میٹنگ پلیس کے اکتوبر 2021 کے شمارے میں شائع ہوا۔ یہ یو ایس اے میں یونائیٹڈ فوڈ اینڈ کمرشل ورکرز کے بین الاقوامی نائب صدر اور آئی یو ایف کے عالمی...
विचारवान नेता
Image/photo credit: Meatingplace October 2021 यह लेख मांस उद्योग पत्रिका के अक्टूबर 2021 के अंक में प्रकाशित हुआ है, मीटिंगप्लेस. यह भाई मार्क लॉरिट्सन के साथ एक इंटरव्यू है, वह यूनाइटेड फूड एंड कमर्शियल वर्कर्स (UFCW) के अंतरराष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष है और आय.यु.फ के...
“អ្វីដែលយើងខ្លាចក្នុងនាមជាស្ត្រី” យើងត្រូវប្រយុទ្ធតស៊ូក្នុងនាមជាសហជីព!
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“apa yang kita takuti sebagai perempuan”, kita berjuang sebagai satu kesatuan!
Ungkapan "apa yang kita takuti sebagai perempuan" berasal dari laporan oleh Unit Investigasi Al-Jazeera tentang pelecehan seksual dan kekerasan terhadap perempuan di universitas-universitas Inggris. Pelecehan, pelecehan dan kekerasan seksual yang dijelaskan dalam...
“हम महिलाएं जिससे डरते हैं”, संगठन की शक्ति से हम उस से भिड़ते हैं!
Hindi-Statement_IDEVAW PDF वाक्यांश "हम महिलाएं जिससे डरते हैं" ब्रिटेन के विश्वविद्यालयों में महिलाओं के खिलाफ यौन शोषण और हिंसा पर अल-जज़ीरा जांच इकाई की एक शक्तिशाली रिपोर्ट से आता है। रिपोर्ट में वर्णित यौन उत्पीड़न, दुर्व्यवहार और हिंसा, और महिलाओं की संस्थागत...
“what we fear as women”, we fight as a union!
The phrase "what we fear as women" comes from a powerful report by the Al-Jazeera Investigative Unit on sexual abuse and violence against women in UK universities. The sexual harassment, abuse and violence described in the report and the exploitation of the...
Unions Must Still Take Action – Stop Violence Against Women!
Below is the statement we issued for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, 2017. While there is greater awareness today than four years ago, violence against women has increased. Unions have taken action, but not enough....
Solidarity for Marriott workers in Indonesia as global management ignores human rights abuses
Solidarity for unfairly terminated Marriot workers at W Bali - Seminyak and Courtyard By Marriott Bandung escalates in the Asia-Pacific region as Marriott global management continues to ignore human rights violations and abusive labour practices in Indonesia as...
PROTEST From Bali to Bandung Marriott is violating the rights of hardworking hotel workers
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Coca-Cola Philippines campaign targeted in police surveillance & harassment of independent trade unions
On November 2, 2021, persons claiming to be members of the Quezon City Police Department went to the national office of Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) in Manila to unlawfully investigate a labor dispute involving its affiliate, the...
Comprehensive action to end child labour in agriculture must include banning extremely hazardous pesticides and ratifying ILO Convention No.184
The recent FAO report, Accelerating action to help to end child labour in agriculture in Asia, addresses a range of critical issues requiring coherent, multi-sectoral policy action. Among these actions is the need to reduce the risks associated with hazardous...
១.៥ដឺក្រេគឺជាដែនកំណត់ ឥឡូវនេះយើងឈានដល់ដែនកំណត់របស់យើង ដូច្នេះដល់ពេលត្រូវឈប់ហើយ! កម្មករប្រព័ន្ធចំណីអាហារពិភពលោកអំពាវនាវឱ្យមានសកម្មភាពឥឡូវពីបញ្ហាបំរែបំរួលអាកាសធាតុ!
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1.5°C is the limit. Act now to prevent a climate catastrophe by ending the corporate control of food & agriculture.
We've now reached our limit, so it's time to just STOP! Large-scale industrialized agriculture, corporate control of food & agriculture and unfair, unhealthy, unsustainable food systems all contribute to the climate crisis we are facing today. Click here for the...
CLIMATE CRISIS POSTERS 1.5°C is the limit
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We are on the verge of a climate catastrophe. Why is 1.5°C the limit?
Global warming caused by human activities reached approximately 1°C over the past 170 years, increasing at 0.2°C per decade. Scientists warn that an average rise of more than 1.5°C in the surface temperature of the earth compared to pre-industrial levels will be...
Coca-Cola Philippines workers ask: “Hey Coke, are We Essential Or Worthless?”
After 17 months of being compelled to work as essential industry workers, Coca-Cola workers in the Philippines are apparently now worthless. Management in the Philippines is refusing union demands for fair wage increases despite members working hard as essential...
Coca-Cola Philippines: REINSTATE Fred Marañon, Jhun Tulabut and Dan Pineda NOW!
The campaign for the reinstatement of unfairly terminated union leaders at Coca-Cola Philippines continues to escalate nationally. Union members have sponsored a new billboard along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) from Manila to Pampanga. The billboard reads: "Save...
People before profits! Unilever joint venture workers in Indonesia demand a living wage
After years of sub-standard wages barely above the legal minimum wage, over 600 workers at the Kecap Bango factory in Subang, Indonesia, are holding protest actions demanding a living wage. For years the union, SPMKB, has been unable to make progress through wage...
Shame on Marriott! Stop victimization of union members and leaders, reinstatement now!
Hotel workers continue to protest in front of Courtyard by Marriott in Bandung, demanding reinstatement of unfairly terminated union members and leaders. Although management claims the terminations were for “efficiency” reasons, their dismissal followed the union’s...
Fairmont Bali Fight Continues: “We won’t be tired, We won’t give up, We won’t be silenced, If justice sinks, we will fight!”
As Bali slowly reopens to international tourism, unscrupulous employers are still refusing reinstatement. Workers from Accor's Fairmont Sanur hotel resort were falsely declared redundant last July, when they were terminated for organizing a union. Management then...
As tourism begins to recover, hotel workers in Bali and Bandung demand an end to unfair dismissals. Accor and Marriott are responding with unethical, unsustainable tourism.
With the Indonesian government's success in the vaccination roll out and stringent measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, domestic and international tourism is starting to recover. Hotel and tourism workers are going back to work, once again on the frontline in...
world food systems workers call for action NOW on climate change!
In the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference [COP26] on 1-12 November 2021, food systems workers in the Asia-Pacific region are calling for urgent action on the climate crisis. For more than a decade scientists have warned that the average rise in the earth's...
“build back tourism in Indonesia!” On World Tourism Day hotel workers call for building back better, securing jobs & stopping unfair dismissals
On World Tourism Day, September 27, members of the IUF-affiliated FSPM held public rallies and marches in five cities across the country to call on local governments to support "building back" Indonesian tourism and to "build back better". [gallery...
Protests continue against unfair mass dismissals at Marriott’s W Bali – Seminyak
A year after the unfair mass dismissal of union members in September 2020, members of the IUF-affiliated FSPM continue to fight for reinstatement at Marriott's luxury hotel W Bali - Seminyak. Management at Marriott's W Bali - Seminyak misused "forced majeure" in the...
2021 will not be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the year of action (or inaction) on the climate crisis.
The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5° C and to restore nature.[1] There's no doubt that for most people 2021 is the second year of the great pandemic, and for many it has...
Accor and Hilton are doing business with Myanmar’s military cartel. On the International Day of Democracy IUF members across Asia-Pacific say STOP!
Even after the military coup on February 1, 2021, Accor and Hilton continue with business as usual. On the International Day of Democracy, September 15, IUF members across the Asia-Pacific region and telling Accor and Hilton to STOP doing business with the military and military cronies in Myanmar!
Marriott workers in Indonesia continue protest actions against unfair dismissals
Members of the IUF-affiliated FSPM continue to hold protest actions demanding the reinstatement of 12 unfairly terminated union leaders and members, including the union president. They were terminated in retaliation for reporting labour rights violations at the hotel....
Video: IUF members call on UN General Assembly to reject Myanmar’s military junta
IUF members call on UN General Assembly to reject Myanmar’s military junta
IUF members are expressing their solidarity and sending a clear message to all governments and the UN. The United Nations General Assembly must reject any recognition of the military government.
International Day of Democracy 2021 posters: Accor and Hilton must stop financing Myanmar’s military junta
Posters in English, Japanese, Thai, Khmer, Indonesian, Hindi, Chinese, Urdu, Bengali and Myanmar languages.
International Day of Democracy 2021 posters: the UN must reject Myanmar’s military junta
Posters in English, Dhivehi, Japanese, Thai, Khmer, Indonesian, Hindi, Chinese, Urdu, Bengali and Myanmar languages.
Social, health and environmental standards should not be privatized. Sustainable food systems need effective labour inspection systems.
In recent years we have seen growing public awareness of the social and environmental impact of food supply chains. Of course much greater awareness and action is needed, especially in terms of the appalling working conditions in agriculture and irreparable damage to...
Marriott workers in Indonesia protest unfair dismissals for reporting labour rights violations
On August 26, workers at Courtyard by Marriott in Bandung launched protest actions in response to the unfair termination of 15 workers including the union president. Although management claims the terminations were for "efficiency" reasons, their dismissal followed...
trade unions call on UN to reject Myanmar’s military government in lead-up to the International Day of Democracy 2021
15 September was designated as the International Day of Democracy by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007, which passed a resolution encouraging governments to strengthen and consolidate democracy. In particular the reference was made to Article 21(3) of the...
GSEPL sugar mill in India is killing fish and creating food insecurity
For more than a decade the private sugar mill operated by Gangakhed Sugar and Energy Private Limited (GSEPL) in Parbhani, Maharashtra, has regularly released untreated effluent into a nearby lake and irrigation canals. This has caused a such a significant loss of...
Disguised employment at Lipton tea producer in Pakistan under investigation for labour rights violations
Production is booming and workers are working overtime at the "Lipton tea factory" in Pakistan. This is happening in the weeks leading up to the sale of Unilever's tea business under the new global tea company ekaterra. But it is not the unionized Lipton tea factory...
Sajeeb Group Workers Justice Committee calls for Hashem Foods fire tragedy and child labour to be incorporated into ILO Road Map
At a press conference on 16 August, the Sajeeb Group Workers Justice Committee welcomed the findings of the report of investigation committee formed by the Narayanganj district commissioner office into the fire tragedy at Hashem Foods factory. The investigation report...
As Unilever launches its new global tea business, Lipton tea workers in Pakistan are protesting against deception and insecurity
As Unilever prepares to launch the new global tea company ekaterra on 1st October, workers in Pakistan are protesting against local management's deliberate deception and misinformation that has undermined job security and created even greater anxiety in a pandemic....
COVID-19 vaccination awareness campaign for women farm workers in Pakistan
The IUF-affiliated Sindh Nari Porhyat Council [SNPC], a union of women agricultural workers, made tremendous progress last year in promoting COVID-19 awareness and safety protocols. The distribution of masks and posters in Sindhi on the proper use of masks helped to...
Coca-Cola Philippines workers overcome “red tagging” fear in victory for independent unions
In a major victory against the climate of fear created by "red-tagging", more Coca-Cola workers in the Philippines have voted in favour of independent, democratic trade unions to defend their rights and interests. On 21 July 2021, over 200 workers at two Coca-Cola...
Lotte Kolson profited from child labour in the Hashem Foods tragedy
Along with Idilia Foods' Nocilla chocolate hazelnut spread and Shezan International's Shezan juices, the Kolson pasta products of Lotte Kolson were manufactured at the Hashem Foods factory where a tragic fire killed dozens of workers on 8 July and dozens more suffered...
Sajeeb Group decides a worker’s life is worth $2,317. Families of victims must give up any further compensation claims.
From 16 to 18 July 2021, management of Sajeeb Group summoned 24 relatives of workers who died in the fire to give them compensation of BDT 200,000 [EUR 1,962 ; USD 2,317] for each worker who died. This included the under-aged workers, some as young as 11 years old. To...
Spanish confectionery brand Nocilla identified in Hashem Foods factory fire
Workers identified the hazelnut and chocolate spread manufactured under the brand name Nocilla for Spanish company Idilia Foods as one of the main food products made on the third floor of the Hashem Foods factory. Early reports suggest that a pipeline carrying edible...
Hashem Foods ignored warnings on fire safety and child labour. The authorities did nothing.
Months before the tragic fire at Hashem Foods factory, management ignored notices issued by the fire services department concerning the lack of fire safety and in particular the lack of fire-fighting equipment. At that time the inspectors saw there was child labour in...
Working in luxury, living in poverty. Naga World Hotel Casino workers face more poverty after mass redundancies.
After years of working in the luxurious Naga World Hotel Casino complex in Phnom Penh, over 1,300 workers were thrown out in a mass redundancy program. Naga Corp, “one of the world’s most profitable gaming companies, and the largest gaming entertainment company in the...
Sajeeb Group shuts website, hides brands responsible for killing workers including child labour
Even before firefighters could extinguish the fire at Hashem Foods factory, the Sajeeb Group chairman, Abdul Hashem, quickly denied any responsibility for the fire that killed more than 52 workers. And as the search for the bodies of missing women and girls working in...
“find my mother” – the story of a child labourer in the Hashem Foods factory fire in Bangladesh
The following is an extract from an article published in the newspaper, Kaler Kantho, on July 10, 2021, under the title "Find my mother": Halima's daughter Taslima took a job as a laborer at Hashem Foods at the age of 11, five years ago. The mother and daughter were...
Pakistan Food Workers’ Federation condemns killing of workers in Bangladesh fire tragedy, calls on Shezan International to take responsibility
The IUF-affiliated Pakistan Food Workers' Federation (PFWF) issued a statement expressing solidarity with the workers and families of victims of the tragic fire at the Hashem Foods factory in Rupganj in Narayanganj district in Bangladesh. PFWF condemned the hazardous...
Children working as child labour among those killed and injured in Hashem Foods factory fire in Bangladesh
Among the bodies recovered from the horrific Hashem Foods factory fire are an unknown number of children who were exploited as child labour. Children were among the severely injured, as well as those who escaped by jumping from the second floor. See "find my mother" -...
Food and agricultural unions in Bangladesh demand justice for Sajeeb Group workers in fire tragedy
In response to the tragic death of workers in the Hashem Foods factory fire, several food, beverage and agricultural trade unions formed the Sajeeb Group Workers Justice Committee and called on the government to "investigate the violation of workers’ rights, including...
Hazardous working conditions kill dozens of food workers in fire tragedy in Bangladesh
[photo credit: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters] The tragic fire at the Hashem Foods Ltd factory in Rupganj in Narayanganj district, on the outskirts of Dhaka, started on the afternoon of Thursday July 8 and was still burning 24 hours later. So far 52 workers are...
IUFアジア太平洋14回地域総会
アジア太平洋地域のIUF組合員は、5年ごとに開催される地域総会において議決権を行使する。IUFアジア太平洋地域組織規約[2016]の第5条(7)によると、地域総会は地域組織の最高機関である。地域総会は、決議を行い、財務報告を含む報告書を検討・採択し、規約を改正し、地域委員会を選出し、地域議長を選出し、地域書記長を選出する。これらはすべて、IUFアジア太平洋地域組織規約に記載されている手順と規則、およびIUF規約[2017]に従って行われる。...
Solidarity across Asia-Pacific for striking General Mills workers in Australia
Food workers in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and the Maldives in solidarity with striking General Mills workers in Australia. They called on the US-based General Mills to recognize the contribution and hard work of essential food...
14 වන අයි.යූ.එෆ්. ආසියා / පැසිෆික් කලාපීය සමුළුව
සෑම වසර පහකට වරක් පැවැත්වෙන කලාපීය සමුළුවේදී ආසියාවේ සහ පැසිෆික් කලාපයේ අයි.යූ.එෆ්. සාමාජිකයින් සිය ඡන්ද අයිතිය ක්රියාත්මක කරති. ආසියා සහ පැසිෆික් කලාපය සඳහා වන අයි.යූ.එෆ්. කලාපීය සංවිධානයේ [2016] ව්යවස්ථා සංග්රහයේ 5 (7) වගන්ති ප්රකාරව කලාපීය සමුළුව යනු කලාපීය...
ILO resolution calls for restoration of democracy and respect for fundamental rights in Myanmar
On 19 June 2021 the 109th Session of the International Labour Conference passed the Resolution for a return to democracy and respect for fundamental rights in Myanmar. This resolution clearly reflects the tripartite commitment of governments, trade unions and...
14वां IUF एशिया/पसिफ़िक क्षेत्रीय सम्मेलन
एशिया और पसिफ़िक क्षेत्र में IUF के सदस्य, हर पांच साल में आयोजित होने वाले क्षेत्रीय सम्मेलन में अपने मताधिकार का प्रयोग करते हैं। IUF एशिया और पसिफ़िक क्षेत्रीय संगठन विधियों [2016] के अनुच्छेद 5 (7) के अनुसार, क्षेत्रीय सम्मेलन क्षेत्रीय संगठन का प्राधिकारी है।...
第十四屆國際飲食品勞聯亞太區會議
亞洲及太平洋地區的國際飲食品勞聯成員都會在五年一屆的區域會議上行使投票權。根據國際飲食品勞聯亞洲及太平洋區域組織章程[2016]第5條第7款，區域會議是區域組織的最高權力機構。區域會議通過決議、審查和通過包括財務報告在內的報告、修改章程、選舉區域委員會、選舉區域主席和選舉區域秘書。以上一切根據國際飲食品勞聯亞洲及太平洋區域組織章程中的程序和規程以及國際飲食品勞聯規程[2017]。...
សន្និសីទតំបន់អាស៊ីប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក IUF លើកទី ១៤
សមាជិក IUF នៅអាស៊ីនិងប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិកអនុវត្តសិទ្ធិបោះឆ្នោតរបស់ពួកគេនៅឯសន្និសីទប្រចាំតំបន់ដែលធ្វើឡើងរៀងរាល់៥ ឆ្នាំម្តង។ យោងតាមមាត្រា៥ (៧) នៃលក្ខន្តិកៈ ការគ្រប់គ្រងប្រចាំតំបន់របស់ IUF សម្រាប់អាស៊ីនិងប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក(២០១៦)...
၁၄ ကြိမ်မြောက် IUF အာရှပစိဖိတ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာ ညီလာခံ
ငါးနှစ်တကြိမ်ကျင်းပလေ့ရှိသော ဒေသဆိုင်ရာ ညီလာခံတွင် အာရှပစိဖိတ်ဒေသရှိ IUF အဖွဲ့ဝင်များမှ ၎င်းတို့၏ မဲပေးပိုင်ခွင့်ကို ကျင့်သုံးခွင့်ရရှိကြသည်။ IUF အာရှ ပစိဖိတ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအဖွဲ့အစည်း၏ ပြဌာန်းချက် - ၂၀၁၆ အရ ဒေသဆိုင်ရာညီလာခံသည် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအဖွဲ့အစည်းကြီး၏...
การประชุมระดับภูมิภาคไอยูเอฟเอเชียแปซิฟิก ครั้งที่ 14
สมาชิกสหพันธ์แรงงานอาหารระหว่างประเทศ (IUF) ภาคพื้นเอเชียแปซิฟิกมีสิทธิออกเสียงลงมติในที่ประชุมระดับภูมิภาคทุก ๆ 5 ปี ตามมาตรา 5 (7) ของธรรมนูญไอยูเอฟภาคพื้นเอเชียแปซิฟิก [2016] การประชุมระดับภูมิภาคเป็นการตัดสินใจระดับสูงสุดขององค์กรระดับภูมิภาค...
promoting COVID-19 vaccination among young agricultural workers in India
In Gujarat, India, young members of the Gujarat Agricultural Labour Union (GALU) are vaccinated in Panchmahal district, a tribal district with high level of vaccine hesitancy. GALU's youth organization Tarvariya Tarun Sangathan (TSS), which also runs its school of...
১৪ তম আইইউএফ এশিয়া/প্যাসিফিক আঞ্চলিক সম্মেলন
আইইউএফ এশিয়া ও প্যাসিফিক অঞ্চলের সদস্যরা প্রতি পাঁচ বছরে অনুষ্ঠিত হওয়া আঞ্চলিক সম্মেলনে তাদের ভোটাধিকার প্রয়োগ করেন। এশিয়া ও প্যাসিফিক অঞ্চলের জন্য আইইউএফ আঞ্চলিক সংস্থার বিধিমালার অনুচ্ছেদ ৫ (৭) অনুসারে আঞ্চলিক সম্মেলন আঞ্চলিক সংস্থার সর্বোচ্চ কর্তৃপক্ষ। আঞ্চলিক...
آئی یو ایف کی 14ویں علاقائی کانفرنس
ایشیاء اور بحر الکاہل میں آئی یو ایف کے ممبران ہر پانچ سال بعد ہونے والی علاقائی کانفرنس میں اپنے ووٹ کا حق کا استعمال کرتے ہیں۔ آئی یو ایف ریجنل آرگنائزیشن برائے ایشیا پیسیفک [2016] کے آئین کے آرٹیکل 5 (7) کے مطابق علاقائی کانفرنس علاقائی تنظیم کا اعلیٰ اختیار ہے۔...
Konferensi Regional IUF Asia Pasifik ke-14
Anggota IUF di Asia dan Pasifik menggunakan hak suara mereka di Konferensi Regional yang diadakan setiap lima tahun. Menurut Pasal 5 (7) Statuta Organisasi Regional IUF untuk Asia dan Pasifik [2016] Konferensi Regional adalah otoritas tertinggi Organisasi Regional....
Essential food workers at General Mills strike for decent pay, secure jobs
After working hard throughout the pandemic as essential food industry workers, members of the IUF-affiliated United Workers Union (UWU) are on strike for decent wages and fair treatment. For workers at the General Mills factory in Rooty Hill in New South Wales,...
After paying out 100% of profits to “loyal shareholders”, Naga World Hotel Casino terminates over 1,300 workers who worked through the pandemic
After months of ignoring union calls to improve COVID-19 safety measures, Cambodia's largest hotel leisure resort Naga World Hotel Casino announced the mass redundancy of over 1,300 workers for "business reasons". The mass retrenchment includes over 600 union members...
Organizing rural workers’ rights to food, health and livelihoods in India
With the surge of COVID-19 in cities across India, millions of migrant workers returned to their villages in rural areas. They feared a repeat of the 2020 crisis when they lost their jobs and livelihoods during the strict lockdown. Around 20 per cent of migrant...
In the fight for health & safety rights, women tea workers are getting vaccinated
In the early stages of the pandemic in 2020, women's self-organized Water, Sanitation & Health Committees on tea plantations in West Bengal and Assam included COVID-19 awareness in their ongoing fight for health and safety rights. From April 2020 they ensured...
Naga World Hotel Casino ignored union calls for stricter COVID-19 safety measures. Now hundreds of workers are paying the price.
Following reports of two COVID-19 outbreaks in the Naga World Hotel Casino complex in Phnom Penh in February, the IUF-affiliated Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of Naga World (LRSU) wrote three letters to management calling for stricter COVID-19 safety...
The 14th IUF Asia/Pacific Regional Conference
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Coca-Cola workers across Asia express solidarity for striking workers in Hong Kong
Coca-Cola workers in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines responded to the strike in Hong Kong with solidarity actions, with messages calling on the company to respect trade union rights and collective bargaining rights. Coca-Cola Hong Kong to...
Coca-Cola workers on strike in Hong Kong – “Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong Betrays and Abandons Workers!”
The Swire Coca-Cola Hong Kong Beverages Employees General Union launched strike action on May 28 to protest aggressive wage cuts and defend collective bargaing rights. The union, which is affiliated to HKCTU and the IUF, took industrial action in response to...
Lee Cheuk Yan replies to charges that criminalize peaceful demonstrations in Hong Kong
In his written pea submitted on May 24, HKCTU General Secretary Lee Cheuk Yan decribes the importance of the peaceful demonstration on October 1, 2019, in the ongoing struggle for democratic reform in China.
In fighting charges that deny freedom of assembly, Lee Cheuk Yan recalls the tragedy of June 4, 1989
In his written plea in response to charges of unauthorised assembly on 1 October 2019, Lee Cheuk Yan, the General Secretary of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) explains the significance of June 4, 1989 and why we must not forget.
Supporting rural women workers’ access to COVID-19 vaccines in India
The IUF Asia/Pacific Regional Organization is supporting women leaders and organizers in villages in several states in India. Through the IUF Asia/Pacific Regional Solidarity Fund and the special contribution of the United Workers Union (UWU) in Australia, we are able to support thousands of women leaders and organizers in rural areas as frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19.
Global Union Federations in the Asia-Pacific condemn extensive labour rights violations by the military in Myanmar
Today the Asia-Pacific Regional Organizations of the Global Union Federations issued a Factsheet listing extensive labour rights violations by the military in Myanmar. The document lists in detail a range of abuses of worker and trade union rights since the military...
Remembering the Massacre of Students & Workers in Tiananmen Square, June 4, 1989
As political repression in Hong Kong escalates and the genocide against the Uyghur people in Xinjiang continues, Beijing's surveillance, control and censorship nationally and internationally is also escalating. Any criticism of the Chinese government triggers...
fighting for freedom in Hong Kong from inside and outside the wall: Lee Cheuk Yan’s letter from prison
HKCTU General Secretary, Brother Lee Cheuk Yan's letter from prison: Brothers and Sisters outside the wall, Life in prison is monotonous, but healthy enough. Apart from missing my family and everyone, everything is fine. Today is Wednesday, the sixth day in prison,...
Accor tells hotel workers in Indonesia: lie and you can have your job back
For a company that repeatedly fails to tell the truth in its reports to the authorities in France under the Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law and its reports to shareholders, Accor's actions in Indonesia suggest this is becoming part of its corporate culture. Accor has...
eliminating child labour in agriculture needs guaranteed living wages, fair crop prices and freedom from debt
In 2019 the United Nations General Assembly declared 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour (IYECL). The prospects of any progress towards this goal are extremely dim. As we have already witnessed, decades of neoliberal policies created...
International Workers’ Day in Hong Kong and solidarity in the Asia-Pacific region
Despite political repression and restrictions on rallies and public activities, HKCTU organized a public event on On May 1st, International Workers' Day. The public exhibition and leafleting drew public support despite a heavy police presence. The activity raised...
You have to believe it will change. A story of courage in Hong Kong
Translation of an article by Ming Pao reporter, LAW KA Ying, published in Ming Pao on May 2, 2021. Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of HKCTU, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for two cases of unapproved assembly of "8.18" and "8.31" in 2019. This year, he need to...
Reasserting public interest over private profit in the COVID-19 era
Hidayat Greenfield, IUF Asia/Pacific Regional Secretary There can be no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged crisis we face for the next decade exposes the vulnerability and weaknesses of the prevailing political and economic system.[1] It also exposes...
Regional Secretary’s solidarity message on International Workers’ Day – 1 May 2021
On International Workers' Day we will have all sorts of demands in different countries, depending on different situations. But I think what unites us is that we know that working people deserve better. We know that we need to come together to build the economic,...
solidarity with workers of Myanmar and Hong Kong on May 1st POSTERS
In the face of brutal political repression, our sisters and brothers in Hong Kong and Myanmar cannot mobilize and rally freely on May 1st, 2021, International Workers' Day. We ask all unions to include their voices and demands in your rallies. Our sisters and brothers...
Trade unionists at Coca-Cola Philippines are being red-tagged. Why is the company failing to uphold freedom of association?
"Red-tagging" in the Philippines is an orchestrated campaign of fear and intimidation that denies workers their fundamental human right to freedom of association. It not only forces workers to give up their right to freely choose their union. It creates the conditions...
Fear in the Philippines. How “red tagging” by the police & military also kills the right to freedom of association
When President Duterte called on the police and armed forces to "kill them all" in March 2021, he was referring to anyone suspected of being involved in the armed communist insurgency. Like his war on drugs that cost the lives of anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 people...
Protesters are gunned down in the streets of Yangon. But Accor’s luxury Novotel Yangon Max is declared “ALL Safe”
Accor's luxury five star Novotel Yangon Max continues to host events and welcome guests, with occupancy well over 50%, even as military forces follow the order to "annihilate" all protesters and hunt down all those who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement. This...
missing the 6th point in Myanmar: all political detainees & human rights defenders must be released!
The Five Point Consensus on Myanmar issued by the ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on 24 April 2021 could be an important step towards ending violent repression by the military junta in Myanmar. Just prior to the meeting the Indonesian government, which hosted the emergency...
On May 1 and June 4 we will not forget! we call for the immediate, unconditional release of Brother Lee Cheuk-yan
Throughout the IUF Asia/Pacific Region, our members are outraged by the imprisonment of Brother Lee Cheuk-yan, General Secretary of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU). Brother Lee Cheuk-yan was charged for involvement in five "unauthorised" rallies in the...
Empowering women through unions in the COVID-19 era
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis has had a much greater impact on women than men. The double burden of family responsibility increased with the closure of schools and Working From Home arrangements. Many women were already in precarious forms of...
the freedom of the people of Hong Kong on trial, solidarity expressed across the Asia/Pacific region
As the trial of Brother Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), and eight other democracy activists and human rights defenders began in Hong Kong this week, IUF members throughout the Asia-Pacific protested against this...
Dairy union in India defends the rights of precarious workers, wins secure jobs
In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the Schreiber Dynamix Dairies Employees Union (SDDEU) in Baramati extended support for contract and casual workers, ensuring free PPE and financial support. Despite the challenges in the pandemic, the SDDEU also continued to negotiate...
Hotel unions in Nepal secure jobs despite tourism crisis
While the Nepal tourism industry faces a crisis in the ongoing global pandemic, trade unions in Nepal active in the hotel sector succeeded in defending the jobs and livelihoods of hotel and tourism workers. The active unions, including the IUF-affiliated Nepal...
Financing the coup: foreign companies that continued doing business with the military and its cronies financed this assault on freedom in Myanmar
Dozens of foreign companies, banks and commodities traders continued doing business with the military-owned companies and crony companies identified by the UN Human Rights Council in 2019 as being involved in crimes against humanity. Many accused these companies of doing nothing. But they did do something. They financed this coup.
Crown Company’s legal “victory” against workers is a loss for Maldives tourism
The 10-year legal battle to prevent reinstatement of the 22 unfairly dismissed union members was a significant political investment for Crown Company. The Supreme Court ruling on February 3, 2021, was a victory for a company determined to keep its resorts free from unions and to silence workers. But as the Maldives attempts to promote the safe recovery of tourism, the fear and silence of workers means that no one can guarantee the safety of these resorts. This questionable legal victory then puts the credibility and reputation of the whole Maldives tourism industry at risk.
Back to barracks! The Tatmadaw must withdraw from all political, civil and economic affairs and restore Myanmar’s path to democracy
The IUF Asia/Pacific condemns the military coup in Myanmar and supports the calls of the people of Myanmar to immediately and unconditionally release all detained political party leaders and elected representatives, journalists, writers and human rights defenders. The Tatmadaw [Myanmar military] must stand down from all elected government positions, withdraw from political and civilian affairs, and end their economic activities. End the coup! Back to barracks!
Behind Accor’s “Allsafe” label: unsafe workplaces and rights abuses in Indonesia
Workers in Accor properties in the Asia-Pacific are finding that the Allsafe protocols were developed without any consideration of working conditions, workload or workers’ safety. They experienced longer working hours on less pay; exposure to new, more toxic chemicals used as disinfectants in rooms and public areas; erratic shifts; and the reintroduction of the same unsafe work practices that existed before the pandemic. Accor Indonesia is also using this as an opportunity to further undermine trade union rights. By abusing workers’ rights and livelihoods in a pandemic and Accor Indonesia will expose guests to even greater risk when the hotel reopens for tourism.
The military coup in Myanmar is business as usual for Accor
While some foreign investors and transnational companies may be concerned about the military coup and its implcations for their business operations, stability and possibly even human rights, Accor will not share this concern. Having aligned itself with the military through Zaw Zaw’s Max Myanmar Group, it’s business as usual.
Making agricultural work a good job: fighting for farm workers’ rights to freedom of association
It is through combination and association in trade unions, exercising collective bargaining power and collective representation, that farm workers can overcome and eliminate the vulnerability deliberately built into agricultural work by farmers, buyers, traders, food companies and supermarkets. Then working in agriculture – feeding the world – can finally be a good job.
Defending food security in India: why we must fight against the new farm laws and fight for farm workers’ rights
The new farm laws threaten to remove crop price support by states, which clearly threatens the income and livelihood of farmers. This must be opposed. But in doing so we cannot simply defend the status quo.
IUF Asia/Pacific and TEAM welcome the new Yellowfin Tuna Fishers Union in the Maldives
TEAM General Secretary, Mauroof Zakir, addresses the inauguration of the new union of Bodu Kanneli Masveringe Union (BKMU) The IUF Asia/Pacific and its affiliated union, Tourism Employees Association of the Maldives (TEAM) welcomed the formation of the first fisheries...
fighting for the right to freedom of association every day
We all recognize the importance of the right to freedom of association: the right to form and join trade unions of our own choosing without interference from employers or governments. Without this right we would not be members and leaders of our trade unions, we would...
Nestlé Malaysia workers declare, “respect our hard work!”
Protests by union members at Nestlé Malaysia, represented by the IUF-affiliated Food Industry Employees Union (FIEU), are continuing as management refuses to engage in good faith wage negotiations. Abandoning any commitment to bilateral collective bargaining...
Unions in Indonesia denounce Omnibus bill that threatens rights, livelihoods and the environment
IUF-affiliated national federations FSPM an FSBMM joined other unions in Indonesia affiliated to Global Union Federations to stop the Omnibus bill being passed into law this week. The comprehensive set of laws in the Omnibus bill will weaken environmental and social...