Bangladesh International Human Rights Day rallies

The National Garment Workers Federation organized a rally of garment workers named "Garment Workers Human Rights Protection Rally" in the capital city Dhaka. Several hundred garment workers participated in this with red flags. It was led by the president and general secretary of the NGWF, Amirul Haque Amin and Miss Safia Pervin. From the rally it urged the government and employers to protect trade union rights in the garment sector because this is a human right. Also mentioned though according to the law garment workers have the right to organize and bargain but that is not the reality. And it happens because of the weakness of the labour laws, absence of commitment of the government and anti-union attitude of the employers.

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.

Vigil to Welcome Refugees Tampa, SIEV X ... Never again Vigil to Welcome Refugees Demand a fair deal for asylum seekers Process the asylum seekers' claims and offer them safety in Australia Monday 26 October 2009 5.30pm at Federation Square Melbourne Bring your own messages of support for the refugees, placards and banners etc. Organised by Refugee Action Collective. Supported by the Tamil Community. For information: phone Marie 0409 252673 or Sue 0413-377-978

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Tuesday 28 April 2009 International Workers Memorial Day 2009 Rally 10 am, Trades Hall, Lygon St Carlton South Eleven Victorian workers have already died at work in 2009. It is expected that many more workers will be injured or made ill from their work before this year is through. Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn't that important a priority. Workers’ Memorial Day commemorates those workers. Worker’s Memorial Day is held on 28 April every year, all over the world workers and their representatives conduct events, demonstrations, vigils and a whole host of other activities to mark the day. The day is also intended to serve as a rallying cry to “remember the dead, but fight like hell for the living”.