Asia Pacific Currents

How the labour movement fared in 2016

asia pacific currents — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:48:21 +0000

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Overview of the year and discussion of the wins, the highlights, the losses and the battles that the labour movement has had in 2016.

Asia Pacific Currents will be going on a summer break for 6 weeks.

The first programme of 2017 will be on Saturday the 4th of February 2017.

The APC radio group would like to wish to all our listeners a safe and happy end of 2016.

Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links

Asia Pacific Currents is produced at the studios of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

Workers and unions against racism in Australia

asia pacific currents — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:34:13 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Matt Kunkel, project organizer with the Victorian Trades Hall Council, on the union organized rally and Global Street Party in Melbourne, Australia, and why workers need to come out and show opposition to racism and for multiculturalism.

Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Asia Pacific Currents is produced at the studios of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

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Report back on workers' struggle in India

asia pacific currents — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:49:09 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Jiselle Hanna from Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL) reporting back on her solidarity trip to New Delhi and Mumbai and the state of workers organising and struggle in northern India.

Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Asia Pacific Currents is produced at the studios of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

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Massacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards in Pakistan

asia pacific currents — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:49:56 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Nasir Mansoor, Deputy General Secretary of the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) of Pakistan, on the recent explosion and massacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards and the ongoing fight to win better wages and conditions.

Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

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CUB brewery dispute in Melbourne, Australia set to escalate

asia pacific currents — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 07:06:56 +0000

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Interview with Steve Diston, organizer with Electrical Trades Union Victoria Branch, on the ongoing battle against union busting and precarious work at the CUB Brewery in Melbourne, Australia.

Asia Pacific Currents is a program about labour and workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. A podcast and radio show of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Asia Pacific Currents is produced at the studios of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

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Petrol tank drivers strike in Jakarta, Indonesia

asia pacific currents — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 06:52:01 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Guruh Riyanto from the Media and Campaign Department of Indonesian Confederation of United Workers (KPBI), about the petrol tanker drivers strike in the greater Jakarta metropolitan area, East Indonesia, against casualisation and unpaid overtime.

Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Asia Pacific Currents is produced at the studios of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

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November 16 marks the global day of action against trade union repression

asia pacific currents — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 23:20:05 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Piergiorgio Moro, from Australia Asia Worker Links, about the upcoming Global Day of Action against trade union repression on November 16 and how workers are repressed by companies and governments internationally.

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The effects of death squads in the Philippines' war on drugs

asia pacific currents — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 04:39:54 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Arnel, spokesperson of the Labor Party of the Philippines, on the effects of the continuing war on drugs is having on working-class communities in the Philippines.

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Truck workers also stage nationwide strike in South Korea

asia pacific currents — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 02:42:26 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Wol-san Liem, Director of International and Korean Peninsula Affairs, Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU), on why truck drivers have also gone out on an indefinite strike in South Korea.

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Major Honda strike in northern India continuing

asia pacific currents — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 07:02:55 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Shivani, a union organiser with Bigul Mazdoor Basta, about the ongoing strike, protests and hunger strike by Honda motor workers in New Delhi.

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South Korean workers stage massive strikes against both employers and government

asia pacific currents — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 07:23:56 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Kim Yong-Nam, union member from the Railways Union in South Korea, on the current mass strikes in South Korea and the issues that South Korean workers are facing.

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More workers die in Bangladesh factory fire, others keep fighting

asia pacific currents — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 07:56:27 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Moniruzzaman Masum, coordinator of the Comrade Rubel Workers Centre, on the recent fire at a packaging/foil factory that killed 34 workers. Also discussed was the state of workers organizing in Bangladesh and prospect for the future.

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Gender issues in the garment sector in Indonesia

asia pacific currents — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:14:18 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Dian and Jumasi, labour activists in the garment industry in Indonesia, on gender and LGBTI issues facing workers

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180 million Indian workers go on general strike

asia pacific currents — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:28:03 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Nambiath Vasudevan, President, New Trade Union Initiative -- a federation of Indian trade unions, belonging to formal and informal sectors -- and convenor, Trade Union Solidarity Committee, Mumbai, on the massive general strike in India on September 2 that saw 180 million workers participate.

Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links

Asia Pacific Currents is produced at the studios of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia.

International solidarity and the global picketline concept

asia pacific currents — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 08:24:24 +0000

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Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.

Interview with Manrico Moro, vice president AAWL, on how the global picketline concept can make international solidarity between workers much more powerful.

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