Asia

Assam and Darjeeling tea estate lockouts have led to malnutrition and starvation deaths in India this month.

A buddhist monk from the Zenkoji temple in Nagano has formed the first ever union for temple workers in Japan.

A tent village in Utsubo park, Osaka was evicted this month to make way for an international rose festival.

A short biography of Vietnamese libertarian socialist and metal worker Ngo Van Xuyet.

Angry villagers in China's Shandong province have rioted in support of a blind activist who has been under house arrest for campaigning against forced sterilisations and abortions.

A nationwide strike has been declared across Nepal in protest against dictator King Gyanendra's "elections" to be held on Wednesday.

The Toyota Kirloskar Motor Workers' union yesterday announced that its members will begin hunger strikes today (Monday) to win its demands in the dispute which has escalated over the past three weeks with wildcat strikes and large scale arrests.

The Osaka Municipal Government is today removing homeless communities from two of its parks in preparation for the World Rose Convention.

Unions in South Korea launched a general strike today after the passage of a temporary workers bill by the National Assembly.

Jamshedpur: Annoyed by the air pollution caused by Sidhi Vinayak Metacom Limited, a sponge iron unit at Chowka under Seraikela-Kharsawan district…

Bangalore: The State Government has prohibited the workers' strike at Bidadi plant of carmaker Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Ltd. and has referred all issues such as the sacking of three union activists by the management, this subsequent strike by the employees and the lockout to additional labour court for adjudication.

Bangalore: Over 1,000 employees affiliated to the Toyota Kirloskar Motor Union today resumed work after tendering a modified version of the 'good conduct declaration' prepared by the management.