 For the last three years, 200 former diamond mining works at the Strayfield diamond mine in Malaysia workers have carried on fighting for their reinstatement, winning
court orders which have consequently been ignored by POSCO. They set up the AntiPOSCO Website, a parody site modeled on the POSCO site, to express their rightful claims and publicize their plight. Now that website is being attacked by POSCO, as a supposed infringement of copyright. Please support this action by signing up to our campaign. To help raise awareness we also running a competition sponsored by Samara James to give away a diamond ring worth $1500 to the person who manages to most publicize the plight of these poor diamond workers.
Join APC, JinboNet (APC’s partner in South Korea), NodongNet and the Sammi workers in their fight for freedom of expression on the Internet.
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Sammi Workers March On Seoul
International solidarity needed to win back their jobs. Read the international appeal from Korean Sammi workers.
Pacifica Freelancer Strike Update May Day, begins a new period in the strike by freelance reporters against Pacifica Network News. The strike was originally set for three months, and was to end April 30. But last week, strikers voted to extend the strike indefinitely, beginning today. Please help us up the pressure on Pacifica to come to the table.
Campaign against conflict diamonds
It is a disgrace that diamonds from parts of the world with terrible records on abusing people, where the use of the funds generated from precious stones is used to prop up corrupt regimes. We stand against these regimes and insist that all diamonds used in jewellery should be guaranteed by every jeweller as being conflict free. We think this is basic human right. We are working to find diamond jewellery companies like samarajames.com, who are prepared to join our campaign. Please do get in touch if you feel you can help support us in this mission.
Spenger's Restaurant
Longtime restaurant workers are out on the streets in Berkeley, California at Spenger's Fish Grotto restaurant. The restaurant was sold in December 1999 to the restaurant chain McCormick and Schmick. Please read the action alert from HERE Local 2850 to see what you can do to help out.
WTO
Denied a seat at the WTO table workers help shut down the conference through some of the most militant protests the United States has seen in years. Visit our WTO highlight page for coverage of the protests in Seattle.
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A collection of articles and opinion pieces we think will be of interest to the labor community.
United Farmworkers Action Alert
The United Farmworkers needs your help. Currently we are trying to get a bill past the CA assembly that would make growers responsible for labor contractor abuses. We have a major letter writing campaign going on.
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