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Gurgaon Workers News - Newsletter 21 (November 2009) www.gurgaonworkersnews.wordpress.com gurgaon_workers_news@yahoo.co.uk

In the November 2009 issue you can find:

1) Proletarian Experiences - Daily life stories and reports from a workers' perspective *** 19 Short Workers' Reports from Gurgaon Factories -

2) Collective Action - Reports on proletarian struggles in the area *** The Youth is Getting Restless / Hidden Struggles in Okhlas Textile Factories, Part 2 - organising will develop. * Rico and beyond: One month of automobile unrest in Gurgaon - * What crisis? - * The terrific jam - *

Video-Interviews with Gurgaon Automobile Workers - http://visions-of-labor.org/topic.php?clipId=17&Viam=Feature&Vlang=eng

3) According to Plan - General information on the development of the region or on certain company policies *** From Cluster to Class War -

4) About the Project - Updates on Gurgaon Workers News *** Glossary - Updated version of the Glossary: things that you always wanted to know, but could never be bothered to google. Now even in alphabetical order.

News from the Special Exploitation Zone - www.gurgaonworkersnews.wordpress.com

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Asia Pacific Currents (APC) is the weekly radio program of AAWL. It is broadcast every Saturday morning at 9.00am on Melbourne’s 3CR Radio www.3cr.org.au

Each week, APC features updates, news, commentary as well as interviews about labour issues in the Asia Pacific Region. You can listen to podcasts of the program at www.3cr.org.au/aggregator/sources/683

Asia Pacific Currents 03/10/09 News and commentary on solidarity protest in Sydney against Unilever in Pakistan, New Zealand dairy workers dispute, female migrant worker job losses in Vietnam, ILO to probe killings of trade unionists in the Philippines, teachers arrested in Iran for attempting to strike, and the precarious work global campaign. Interview with Giles Ungkaporn on the use of Lese Majeste law in Thailand and the ongoing struggles against the government in Thailand.

Asia Pacific Currents 10/10/09 News items from: Sulphuric acid explosion in China factory; Export processing zones Indonesia; Update on Nestle baby milk marketing campaign; Trade Union Confederation campaign against nuclear weapons. Interview with Ron Monaghan, Queensland Council of Unions and indigenous elder Uncle Tommy from Torres Strait Island about Indigenous Stolen Wages.

Asia Pacific Currents 17/10/09 South Korean Unions’ joint opposition to proposed new union laws; the imprisonment of Korean Ssangyong union activists; a strike by General Motors workers in Thailand; a Chinese company fined for not consulting with the trade union about a worker’s dismissal; International Metalworkers Federation Campaign for protection for shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh; and challenge to discrimination against workers over 60 years of age in Singapore. Interview with Matthew Abud on armed conflict in Pakistan’s Swat Valley.

Asia Pacific Currents 24/10/09 News items: Labour Leader death in Pakistan; SURAM Malaysia Refugee recognition; General Federation of Iraqi workers; Nestle Indonesia workplace rights; Kashmiri bus workers strike; Iranian Food, Farm, hotel workers; China job losses since GFC. Interview with James Scambary about East Timorese Youth Groups.

Asia Pacific Currents 31/10/09 News items: Sugar Union Leaders Sentenced to prison in Iran; Women workers are losing out in Australia; National Human Rights Commisssion of Korea requests investigation of police buratality in Ssangyong motor Strike. Interview with Fiona Murie, Director of Safety, Health and Environment at the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers.

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