· June, 2011

Stories about Labor from June, 2011

South Korea: Hunger Strike at Temple

Yoosung Enterprise's listed workers went on a hunger strike at Jogye temple. Moon Yong-min (@yasangmin) tweeted photos of the protest. About 500 workers had been staging demonstrations since mid-May after...

29 June 2011

Argentina: Buenos Aires ‘Cartoneros’

Simon Kofoed, In his blog argen-times, writes about ‘cartoneros': “The tens of thousands of cartoneros, perhaps best translated as cardboard people, make their living by extracting recyclable materials from the...

27 June 2011

Myanmar: Labour registration form

Democracy for Burma uploads a labour registration brochure in Burmese and Thai languages provided by the International Organization for Migration. There are thousands of Myanmar migrants living and working in...

23 June 2011

Brazil: Rio Wears Red in Support of Firefighters

Since mid-April, a movement started by a group of military firefighters from Rio de Janeiro demanding for better working conditions had been gaining increasing support. With the occupation of the headquarters by thousands of demonstrators last week, which lead to a shock reaction by police forces, Rio wore red in solidarity with the firefighters.

13 June 2011

China: Riot in Chaozhou City

Jing Gao from the Ministry of Tofu reports on a riot in Chaozhou City. The riot was triggered off by local factory owner's violence act on a Sichuan rural migrant...

9 June 2011

Afghanistan: Contractor Mistreatment

Joshua Foust writes about the workers, employed in Afghanistan to different service businesses, and the bad conditions they face, including food riots, sexual abuse, appalling living conditions, and recruitment fraud.

5 June 2011