South Asia
Bangladesh political strike follows labor unrest
A general strike called by the Islamist opposition has shut down much of Bangladesh—weeks after garment workers walked off the job and burned factories.
Tag: labor
The Amazon
Brazil: teachers, indigenous hold mass protests
June's mass protests have ended, but Brazilians continue to demonstrate for education, decent pay, indigenous rights and an end to police repression.
Mexico
Mexico: Cananea strike broken, miners left jobless
Grupo México and the Mexican government succeeded in smashing a strike in an historic copper mining town which now suffers from crime and unemployment.
Central America
Honduras: indigenous, labor leaders under attack
In just one week, the leader of the main Honduran indigenous organization is imprisoned and the leader of a dockworkers’ union is attacked at his home.
The Andes
Colombia: injured GM workers continue fight
Injured GM workers are still trying to get compensation and new jobs, while Chiquita continues to deny any responsibility for murders by the paramilitaries it paid off.
Mexico
Mexico: police attack teachers’ strike encampment
Police managed to get protesting teachers out of the way in time for Independence Day festivities, but the teachers promised to go on with their fight against "reform."
Mexico
Mexico: ex-braceros tour US to demand pensions
As the US considers expanding its guest worker programs, a group of retired guest workers show up to ask what happened to their pensions.
The Caribbean
Haiti: jobs missing at US-funded industrial park
The US State Department promised 65,000 jobs from a US-funded industrial park in northern Haiti; after 11 months, the number of jobs is all of 1,500.
The Andes
Colombia: gains seen as peasants end strike
Colombian campesinos ended their national strike and lifted road blockades after the government agreed to suspend a law barring seed-saving to protect corporate GMOs.
Mexico
Mexico passes ‘education reform’; demos continue
Peña Nieto has gotten Congress to pass three measures he says will improve public schools; teachers say the laws are part of a program for dumbing down the system.
The Andes
Colombia: students, workers join peasant strike
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Colombia, as workers and students joined the strike launched by campesinos in the north of the country.
Mexico
Mexico: teachers start new strike against ‘reform’
Dissident teachers continue to fight government efforts to change the education system—this time cutting off access to both houses of Congress and the Mexico City airport.