riots

1987: The Great Workers' Struggle

Alex... — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:23:39 +0000

The workplace struggles that took place in 1987 occurred within the wider background of political reform. For thirty years South Korea had been ruled by a military dictatorship, and growing calls for democracy had echoed across the peninsula through the 1970s and early 80s.

Bangladesh: carrot and stick - security forces fire on garment workers as government recalls unions

Ret Marut — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:07:34 +0000

Wednesday 13 Aug - Dhaka; over 5,000 workers at Reedisha Knitex factory staged a demonstration inside during their lunch break at 1pm; they demanded a pay rise to compensate for the rampant inflation of food and other essentials such as rent and transportation. Their demands being ignored by management, they set about ransacking the factory.

Bangladesh; garment workers attack factories as thousands wildcat and riot

Ret Marut — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:51:16 +0000

Savar, Dhaka area; thousands of garment workers came out on strike over the weekend in a new outbreak of unrest. On Friday 8th Aug two workers on the overnight 'graveyard' shift at Biswas Synthetics Limited were caught sleeping by 'ansar men', who then assaulted them.

Bangladesh: migrants export class struggle

Ret Marut — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:40:02 +0000

There are about 200,000 workers from Bangladesh in the Gulf countries, mostly employed in cleaning services, security guards or construction. Every year thousands of poor Bangladeshis pay a labour recruiting agent (dalal) to arrange temporary jobs in Kuwait and other wealthy countries.

Workers riot in China

Ed — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:51:05 +0000

The protests began on 10 July in Kanmen in the coastal province of Zhejiang. Workers - reportedly angered by a beating meted out to a colleague - attacked a police station for three successive nights.

One worker killed as security guards attack Indian diamond workers strike

Ed — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:51:12 +0000

The security guards hit back and one person died while others were injured in the firing. Workers are demanding a 20 per cent raise. Currently, they are paid anywhere between 15-25 Rupees per diamond which they say is inadequate in these times of skyrocketing prices.

Strikes and riots at 2010 World Cup building site

Ed — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:24:10 +0000

The workers picketing the Mbombela Stadium site outside Nelspruit include 500 dismissed last Monday, after appealing directly to President Thabo Mbeki to intervene when he visited the site. The Mbombela Stadium Joint Venture fired the workers for an unprotected strike in defiance of earlier agreements.

Riots in Weng'an County, southwest China, 30th June 2008

Ed — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:39:55 +0000

Tongan riots, 2006

catch — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:54:16 +0000

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The Tongan riot is part of a wider surge in class struggle in the Pacific since 2005. Since this date, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti have experienced major strikes, and Tonga and the Solomons have experienced riots.

Egypt cracks down post-strike

Rob Ray — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:49:21 +0000

Following a period of upheavals in Egypt, the state is attempting to reassert control with a series of measures aimed at curbing both the labour movement and the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s largest radical Islamic group.