1000 Vietnamese garment workers walk out Workers at a Hong Kong-owned clothing factory in Hanoi initiated a wildcat strike on Tuesday 18 May over below-minimum wages and other breaches in labor law.
Wildcat strike at Japanese electronics firm in Vietnam Workers at a Japanese-owned computer chip factory in Hanoi downed tools on demanding a pay increase.
Workers' struggles in Asia (April 2010 Part 2) 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.
Workers' struggles in Asia (April 2010 Part 1) Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around East Asia (excluding China) up to the 15th of April.
Workers' struggles in Asia (March 2010 Part 1) Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (excluding China) in the first half of March up to the 15th.
Workers' struggles in Asia (February 2010 Part 1) Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (excluding mainland China and Hong Kong) in February up to the 10th.
Workers' struggles in Asia (January 2010 Part 2) Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (excluding mainland China and Hong Kong) in the last half of January.
Workers' struggles in Asia (January 2010) Summary and links to news stories of workers' struggles around Asia (exluding mainland China) in the first month of the decade (as of the 16th of January).
Workers' struggles around Asia (September 2009) A round-up of links to reports about workers' struggles around Asia (excluding China). Updated 1/10/2009.
Various protests from Cambodia to Malaysia, and Sweden. Here are some links to articles on various protests that have taken place recently in Cambodia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and a strike by Vietnamese workers in Sweden.
Vietnam: The collapse of the armed forces - Marine Colonel Robert D. Heinl Jr. A US military officer reports on the increasing incidence of insubordination, desertion and…
Vietnamese workers stage walkout over management bullying Over 300 workers at a Taiwanese company, Hwata Vina, in Ho Chi Minh City went on strike July 3 after…
