Workers' struggles in East Asia (October 2012)

This month there has been news from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. I haven't had time to check the JTTP.cn or Jasmine Revolution website this month, but they're worth a browse for the photos even if you can't read Chinese or be bothered to use Google Translate. Reports I've come across for countries outside of the region can be found here.

The most important stories:

Burma/Myanmar 15: Strike against managers at Taw Win timber factory in Rangoon (link 1) (link 2)
Cambodia 1: Strike over working conditions at A & J Company Co Ltd bicycle factory in Bavet, Svay Rieng (link 1)
Cambodia 2: Strikes by garment workers over wages, working conditions and right to organise in Phnom Penh and Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces (link 1)
Cambodia 5: Strike for reinstatement of fire workers at Tae Young garment factory in Kandal Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)
China 1: Strikes surge again in September led by disputes in the service sector (link 1)
China 6: Strike over work rate during iPhone 5 production at Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, Henan Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8) (link 9) (link 10) (link 11) (link 12) (link 13) (link 14) (link 15) (link 16) (link 17) (link 18) (link 19)
China 15: Strike over wages and management at Xinfei Electronic Applicance factory in Xinxiang, Henan Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5)
China 23: Protest against coal power plant in Hainan Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8)
China 28: Protest against expansion of chemical plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8) (link 9) (link 10) (link 11) (link 12) (link 13) (link 14) (link 15) (link 16) (link 17) (link 18) (link 19) (link 20) (link 21) (link 22) (link 23) (link 24) (link 25) (link 26)
China 29: Strike over wages and shifts at Compal electronics factory in Chengdu, Sichuan (link 1) (link 2)
Indonesia 4: General strike against outsourcing (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8) (link 9) (link 10) (link 11) (link 12) (link 13) (link 14) (link 15) (link 16) (link 17) (link 18) (link 19) (link 20) (link 21) (link 22) (link 23) (link 24)
Indonesia 19: Protest against redundancies at garment factory in Tangerang (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)
Indonesia 29: Strike against outsourcing and for higher minimum wage in Bogor (link 1)
Taiwan 29: Protest for minimum wage rise and workers rights in Taipei (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)

All reports ordered by country and date:

-Analysis

20: Maoism vs. Communism: A Debate (link 1)
22: Left Dead-End Street vs. Destructive Critique: China�s Counterinsurgency Policies and How to Respond (link 1)

Burma/Myanmar

10: Protest against copper mine in Sagaing Division (link 1) (link 2)
15: Strike against managers at Taw Win timber factory in Rangoon (link 1) (link 2)
16: Protest against coal power plant is Kawthaung, Tenasseri Division (link 1)
17: Protest against coal power plant in Tenasserim division (link 1)
26: Protest against copper mine in Sagaing Division continues (link 1)

Cambodia

1: Strike over working conditions at A & J Company Co Ltd bicycle factory in Bavet, Svay Rieng (link 1)
2: Strikes by garment workers over wages, working conditions and right to organise in Phnom Penh and Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces (link 1)
5: Protest over wages by teacher in Phnom Penh (link 1)
5: Strike for reinstatement of fire workers at Tae Young garment factory in Kandal Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)

China

1: Protest over rights in Beijing (link 1)
1: Strikes surge again in September led by disputes in the service sector (link 1)
3: Protest over land seizure near Lianzhou, Guangdong Province (link 1) (link 2)
6: Strike over work rate during iPhone 5 production at Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, Henan Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8) (link 9) (link 10) (link 11) (link 12) (link 13) (link 14) (link 15) (link 16) (link 17) (link 18) (link 19)
9: Protest against grazing land seizure in Ejinee Banner, Inner Mongolia (link 1) (link 2)
15: Strike over wages and management at Xinfei Electronic Applicance factory in Xinxiang, Henan Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5)
18: Protest against police brutality in Luzhou, Sichuan Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8) (link 9) (link 10) (link 11) (link 12)
18: Protest against forced labour in Beijing (link 1)
19: Update on Wukan (link 1)
23: Protest against coal power plant in Hainan Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8)
28: Protest against expansion of chemical plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8) (link 9) (link 10) (link 11) (link 12) (link 13) (link 14) (link 15) (link 16) (link 17) (link 18) (link 19) (link 20) (link 21) (link 22) (link 23) (link 24) (link 25) (link 26)
29: Strike over wages and shifts at Compal electronics factory in Chengdu, Sichuan (link 1) (link 2)

Indonesia

4: General strike against outsourcing (link 1) (link 2) (link 3) (link 4) (link 5) (link 6) (link 7) (link 8) (link 9) (link 10) (link 11) (link 12) (link 13) (link 14) (link 15) (link 16) (link 17) (link 18) (link 19) (link 20) (link 21) (link 22) (link 23) (link 24)
8: Protest by shoe factory workers against detention of worker on terrorism charges in Tangerang (link 1)
9: Protest by oil workers against outsourcing at PT Pertamina in Jatibarang, West Java (link 1)
18: Protest for severance pay and improved working conditions at PT Panarub Dwikarya Benoa footwear factory in Tangerang, Jakarta (link 1)
18: Protests by journalists against military brutality (link 1) (link 2)
19: Protest against redundancies at garment factory in Tangerang (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)
25: Protest for higher minimum wage and against outsourcing in Jakarta (link 1)
29: Strike against outsourcing and for higher minimum wage in Bogor (link 1)

Japan

4: Protest against U.S. Military Aircraft (link 1)
12: Teacher unionize at Tokyo-area GABA, Tokyo (link 1)

Malaysia

2: Protest by taxi drivers against harassment from authorities in Kuala Lumpur (link 1)
8: Protest by Bangladeshi workers over failure of company to give them legal status in Kuala Lumpur (link 1)
12: Protest against privatisation of railway in Kuala Lumpur (link 1)
13: Protest by Libyan students against cuts in subsidies in Kuala Lumpur (link 1)

Philippines

13: Strike over benefits at Lapanday Fruits Corporation box factory in Davao (link 1)
16: Protest against arrest of member member of PALEA union (link 1) (link 2)
18: Protest against wage cut scheme in Makati (link 1)
25: Protest by health workers against privatisation of hospitals in Quezon City (link 1)
25: Protest against wage cut scheme and for wage raise in Mendiola (link 1)
28: Protest by workers against changes in working conditions at Coca-Cola in Makati (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)

South Korea

5: Protests against saving banks in Seoul (link 1)
25: Protest by disabled against form of benefits system in Seoul (link 1)
25: Protest by auto workers over employment status at Hyundai in Ulsan (link 1)
27: Protest for workers rights in Seoul (link 1)

Taiwan

1: Protest against dual-track minimum wage plan in Taipei (link 1) (link 2)
29: Protest for minimum wage rise and workers rights in Taipei (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)

Thailand

17: Protest by nurses over employment status in Bangkok (link 1) (link 2) (link 3)

Vietnam

9: Protest against land seizure in Hanoi (link 1) (link 2)
15: Workers chase bosses to demand salary payment (link 1)
24: Protest against land seizures in Hanoi (link 1)