riots

New clashes with riot police in South Corfu over open refuse dump

taxikipali — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:11:53 +0000

In the afternoon of Thursday 20/11/08, the residents of Lefkimi in south Corfu staged yet another demo against the construction of the open refuse dump (XYTA) imposed by Athens in the vicinity of their town.

Barricades erected after renewed attack by riot police

taxikipali — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:37 +0000

In the early morning of Saturday 8 of November 2008, riot police forces (MAT) once again attacked immigrants queuing outside the central immigration office in Athens, Greece, in order to register their asylum papers. In the last attack of the kind two weeks ago one Pakistani man was killed on the spot, whereas two more succumbed to their wounds days later in the hospital.

Unpaid textile workers clash with riot police in Athens

taxikipali — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:36:02 +0000

On the 24th of October 2008, textile workers from 4 factories of the Lanaras Industry which are facing immediate close-down in northern Greece marched against the Ministry of Economics in Athens, demanding a recall of 1,200 planned layoffs, immediate payment of 4 months unpaid wages and delivery of the 35m euros to help the factories function again.

Residents clash with police in Greek refuse dump row

taxikipali — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:33:53 +0000

On the 15th of October the residents of Elliniko village near the city of Ioannina, North West Greece, blockaded the construction of the open-refuse dump (XYTA) to which they have been opposed for over 18 months. The response of Athens was to send 19 battallions of riot police forces (MAT), that is about 230 policemen, to open the way for the bulldozers.

Afghan workers clash with riot police in Patras in response to repression

taxikipali — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:08 +0000

On the 8th of September three Afghan immigrant workers fell victim to port police attack in the harbour area of Patras, Greece. The Red Cross confirms that at least three were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

1987: The Great Workers' Struggle

Alex... — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:23:39 +0000

The workplace struggles that took place in 1987 occurred within the wider background of political reform. For thirty years South Korea had been ruled by a military dictatorship, and growing calls for democracy had echoed across the peninsula through the 1970s and early 80s.

Bangladesh: carrot and stick - security forces fire on garment workers as government recalls unions

Ret Marut — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:07:34 +0000

Wednesday 13 Aug - Dhaka; over 5,000 workers at Reedisha Knitex factory staged a demonstration inside during their lunch break at 1pm; they demanded a pay rise to compensate for the rampant inflation of food and other essentials such as rent and transportation. Their demands being ignored by management, they set about ransacking the factory.

Bangladesh; garment workers attack factories as thousands wildcat and riot

Ret Marut — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:51:16 +0000

Savar, Dhaka area; thousands of garment workers came out on strike over the weekend in a new outbreak of unrest. On Friday 8th Aug two workers on the overnight 'graveyard' shift at Biswas Synthetics Limited were caught sleeping by 'ansar men', who then assaulted them.

Bangladesh: migrants export class struggle

Ret Marut — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:40:02 +0000

There are about 200,000 workers from Bangladesh in the Gulf countries, mostly employed in cleaning services, security guards or construction. Every year thousands of poor Bangladeshis pay a labour recruiting agent (dalal) to arrange temporary jobs in Kuwait and other wealthy countries.

Workers riot in China

Ed — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:51:05 +0000

The protests began on 10 July in Kanmen in the coastal province of Zhejiang. Workers - reportedly angered by a beating meted out to a colleague - attacked a police station for three successive nights.