Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents

APC first went to air in the mid 1980s. We broadcast stories and issues from the Asia Pacific region from a labour and grassroots perspective. The programs feature regular interviews with labour and human rights activists of the Asia Pacific region, updates on solidarity campaigns and reports of labour and progressive struggles in the region.Presented by Pier, Kavitha and Jiselle (pictured) as well as Diana and Budi.
Asia Pacific Currents

May Day in New Delhi

June 8, 2013
| Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region, and an interview with Satyam Varna, a labour activist from New Delhi, about the importance of May Day for workers.
Length: 27:47 minutes (12.72 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Unions and workers in South Korea

June 1, 2013
| Labour news from the Asia Pacific region. Interview about May Day activities in South Korea.
Length: 30:41 minutes (21.08 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Asbestos and unions in Laos

May 25, 2013
| Interview with Vilada Phomduangsy, about asbestos and other union issues in Laos.
Length: 31:19 minutes (12.55 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Hong Kong dock workers win: Analysis of the dispute

May 18, 2013
| Interview with Au Loong Yu, editor of the China Labour Net website, who provided an analysis of the outcome of the Hong Kong dockworkers' strike and the broader political context.
Length: 28:25 minutes (13.01 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Rana Plaza Factory Catastrophe in Bangladesh

May 11, 2013
| Interview with Masum from the Bangladesh Labour Federation
Length: 29:55 minutes (13.7 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

May Day in the Asia Pacific region

May 4, 2013
| Labour updates from the region + May Day in India
Length: 28:19 minutes (12.97 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Hong Kong dock workers strike for a month -- and counting

April 27, 2013
| Labour news from around the Asia Pacific region, and an interview about the month-long Hong Kong dock workers' strike, with Wong Loy from the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions.
Length: 27:29 minutes (12.58 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Union activists killed in the Philippines

April 13, 2013
| Labour news from the Asia-Pacific region and an interview with Tess Dioquino, vice-chairperson for international affairs with the KMU, about the killing of Filipino trade union activists.
Length: 30:49 minutes (14.11 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Labour news and the fight of PALEA against outsourcing by Philippines Airlines

March 29, 2013
| Labour news from the Asia Pacific news + interview with Gerry Rivera, PALEA President on their 18 months struggle against outsourcing
Length: 30:10 minutes (13.81 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Two year anniversary of Japan's Fukushima disaster

March 22, 2013
| Labour news from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview about the two year anniversary of the Fukishima disaster in Japan, with Chie Matsumoto, trade unionist and anti-nuke campaigner.
Length: 30:33 minutes (13.99 MB)