by Irish Olivares | Jan 4, 2009 | World News
Let my heart beat, Mr. Ejehie I’ve been in prison for many months; a prison that was supposed to take away and destroy my determination, my love and my humanness. A prison that was expected to pacify and tame me, like “a docile lamb”; for months I...
by Irish Olivares | Dec 29, 2008 | World News
Managers of more than 200 enterprises in Shanghai, China’s business hub, promised Saturday they would not cut jobs or salaries in the wake of global financial crisis. “Enterprises should face up to the serious economic situation and take courage to fulfill...
by Irish Olivares | Dec 28, 2008 | World News
Senior labour officials in Guangdong are urging the central government to make it a crime for bosses to close their factories and flee without paying workers’ wages. Provincial officials will submit a proposal for a new criminal law to the National People’s...
by Irish Olivares | Dec 17, 2008 | World News
On October 3, 2008, the terror felt among labour activists in the Philippines grew even stronger. In addition to the arrest of Remigio Saladero, which MSN alerted you to earlier, another 71 people including well-known human and labour rights advocates were put on an...
by Irish Olivares | Nov 28, 2008 | World News
Education International (EI) has been informed that Farzad Kamangar, the Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker sentenced to death on “absolutely zero evidence” according to his lawyer, could be hanged on Wednesday 26 November 2008. According to several...
by Irish Olivares | Nov 21, 2008 | World News
In April 2008, hundreds of workers at Turkish leather manufacturer, DESA, which produces for Prada, Mulberry, Louis Vuitton, Samsonite, Aspinal of London, Nicole Farhi and Luella, decided to join Deri Is, the Turkish leather workers union. Since then 44 workers have...
