Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia (excluding China) from the 16th of April. Ed has written some of these up, so I've included links to his articles in case you missed them and links to any further reports that followed up on those incidents.
Cambodia
20th: Security guards in Siem Reap demand unpaid wages:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010042037630/National-news/siem-reap-security-guards-demand-late-salaries.html
27th: Residents protest planned evictions around a lake.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010042738162/National-news/lake-plan-prompts-protest.html
Indonesia
22nd: Riot on the industrial island of Batam after an Indian manager called workers "stupid".
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/situation-eases-in-batam-after-mass-violence/370884
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZUytENjFoKlL2KQJF6SWwK-3jBw
http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1271940856/govt-sets-up-fact-finding-team-to-investigate-batam-rioting
http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2010/04/22/brk,20100422-242600,uk.html
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/riot-sweeps-batam-dry-dock/371040
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100423-0000107/Batam-dockworkers-torch-shipyard
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8638097.stm
http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1272029984/batam-riot-purely-caused-by-internal-conflict-police
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC100424-0000076/Indonesia-names-Indian-exec-as-suspect-after-stupid-slur
http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1272235793/wide-gap-in-salaries-contributes-to-batam-riot-legislator
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/company-suspends-batam-operations-indefinitely/371508
Japan
19th: Big rallies against a new us base:
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/15000-tokunoshima-residents-rally-against-futenma-base-relocation
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-19/japan-s-hatoyama-won-t-resign-over-u-s-base-issue-update1-.html
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100419a1.html
21st: Hostesses in Tokyo march to demand better working conditions:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/charm-offensive-the-hostess-bites-back-1949638.html
Korea
18th: Kumho Tires reach an agreement:
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/04/18/4/0302000000AEN20100418000800320F.HTML
Mongolia
21st: Civil servants demand wage increase:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/21/c_13261735.htm
Philippines
19th: Motorcade in Manila by airline workers against planned layoffs:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100419-265173/PAL-union-vs-planned-layoff-of-3000
24th: Workers end protest at Surigao City Port, Phillippines
27th: Philippines airlines strike may be averted:
http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=10032
http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view/20100423-266027/PAL-union-considers-strike-compromise-still-possible
http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view/20100427-266755/Govt-stops-PAL-layoff-outsourcing-for-now
Lock-out in an export zone:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=684
Taiwan
19th: Taiwanese workers protest dismissals
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=675
Article on the struggles of Indonesian workers in Taiwan.
http://www.insideindonesia.org/index.php/feature/1294-oppressed-and-they-know-it
Vietnam
20th: Land seizures:
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/economic-divide%20-04202010133703.html
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