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Asia Pacific Currents

18 workers die in a fire in the Philippines

May 26, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Noel Colina, executive director of the Filipino OHS group IOHSAD, about a shopping centre fire that killed 18 workers in Mindanao, Philippines.

31:01 minutes (14.2 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Repression of Bersei protests in Malaysia

May 19, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia-Pacific region, followed by an interview about the recent Bersei demonstrations for clean and free elections in Malaysia, with Arul from the Socialist Party of Malaysia.

30:06 minutes (13.78 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Workers memorial day: Mourn the dead, fight for the living

April 28, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia Pacific region. Interview about about workplace diseases and injuries at Samsung, with Dr. Jeong-ok Kong from the Korean group SHARPS.

29:49 minutes (13.65 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Thai labour activist imprisoned

April 21, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia-pacific region. Interview with Patchanee Lek Kumnak, co-ordinator of the Thai Labour Campaign about the struggle to free imprisoned labour activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk.

30:05 minutes (13.77 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Is China close to crisis?

April 7, 2012
| Labour news from Indonesia, Malaysia and China and an interview with Vincent Kolo, senior editor of the China Worker website.

31:21 minutes (14.36 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Workers fight casualisation at Port of Auckland, New Zealand

March 31, 2012
| Interview with Joe Fleetwood, Secretary of the Maritime Union of New Zealand, about their fight against management efforts to casualise the workforce at the Port of Auckland.

27:51 minutes (12.75 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Connecting workers' struggles worldwide

March 17, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia Pacific Region and an interview with Manrico Moro about the importance of mapping global production networks and connecting workers' struggles.

29:42 minutes (13.6 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Workers in the Syrian uprising

February 11, 2012
| Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and an interview with Ms. Rafif Jouejati, from Local Co-ordinating Committee Syria, on workers in the Syrian uprising.

31:19 minutes (14.34 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Workers fight job outsourcing at Philippines Airlines

December 10, 2011
| Interview with Alnem Pretencio, vice-president of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association, about the fight against the outsourcing of 2,600 jobs at Philippines Airlines.

28:35 minutes (13.08 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Violent repression of Freeport workers strike, West Papua

December 2, 2011
| Interview with Setyo Budi, from Australia Asia Worker Links, about the violence against striking miners at the Freeport gold and copper mine in West Papua. APC is produced at 3CR radio, Melbourne.

14:10 minutes (6.49 MB)
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