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Workers on strike at an electronic factory in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China

Workers' struggles in East Asia (September 2012)

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during September 2012 and related resources. The most important stories…

Flyer distributed by Tokyo Seibu Union during industrial action

Union busting at American Apparel Japan

Management at the Jiyugaoka American Apparel Outlet in Tokyo have unfairly dismissed an employee, and are closing the store in an alleged union…

Residents of Qidong occupy a government building to protest pollution

Workers' struggles in East Asia (July 2012)

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during July 2012 and related resources. The most important stories…

A police van after anti-police protests by migrant workers in Guangdong, China

Workers' struggles in East Asia (June 2012)

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Migrant workers in China attacked government buildings after a death over wages

Workers' struggles in East Asia (May 2012)

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during May 2012 and related resources. The most important stories appear…

Repression of day-laborer organizing in Tokyo

A day-laborer organizer in Tokyo has been held in solitary confinement, for almost four months, by police for a broken window.

A protester for political reform returns tear gas to police in Kuala Lumpur

Workers' struggles in East Asia (April 2012)

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during April 2012 and related resources. The most important stories…

Indonesia students fight police during protests against fuel price rise

Workers' struggles in East Asia (March 2012)

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during March 2012 and related resources. The most important stories…

Shoe factory workers strike in Rangoon, Burmar/Myanmar

Workers' struggles in East Asia (February 2012)

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Thousands of Indonesian workers blocked roads in Jakarta over the minimum wage

Workers' struggles in East Asia (January 2012)

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during January 2012 and related resources. The most important stories…

Striking workers besiege a shoe factory in Dongguan, China

Workers' struggles in East Asia (November 2011)

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during November 2011 and related resources. The most important stories…

Striking miners in West Papua, Indonesia resist attack by police

Workers' struggles in East Asia (October 2011)

Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia during October 2011 and related resources. The most important stories…