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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

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)
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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

Malaysian government workplace relations law reforms

November 5, 2011
| Labour updates from the Asia Pacific Region, and an interview about labour law reforms in Malaysia that will allow third-party intervention in the workplace.

30:13 minutes (13.84 MB)
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Asia Pacific Currents: Workers' issues in the live animal export trade

June 25, 2011
| An interview with Gwynnyth Evans from the Australasian Meat Workers Union.
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30:41 minutes (5.27 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific labour news

June 11, 2011
| Asia-Pacific labour news, the Red Star is awarded to Vitasoy workers in Australia and a report about the opening and re-closure of the Gaza-Egyptian border.

30:42 minutes (14.06 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Migrant worker deaths in Australian meat industry

April 9, 2011
| Interview with Gwynnyth Evans, National OSH Officer for the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union (AMEIU), about the death of a Taiwanese worker at an abattoir in Australia.

29:44 minutes (10.21 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents

July 31, 2010
| Labour news and current affairs from the Asia Pacific Region.

28:21 minutes (25.99 MB)
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