Asia Pacific Currents

Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region with specific reference to the court decisions on President Park's impeachment in South Korea and the 117 Maruti Suzuki workers in northern India.Interview with Alex Moodie, Research Officer with the Myanmar human rights organisation Progressive Voice, on the situation for workers in Myanmar and especially in the expanding garment sectors.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers struggles in the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Damian King, Electrical Trades Union organiser in Echuca - Victoria, on the lock out of workers by the global dairy giant Parmalat as it tries to cut workers wages and conditions.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Apologies as the first two APC programs for 2017 are not available as podcasts.Interview with Dr. Sepali Kottegoda who is the Executive Director for the Women and Media Collective and a Founding Coordinator of the Sri Lanka Women’s NGO Forum. Dr. Sepali spoke about the reasons for the visit of their delegation to Australia and the situation for women workers in Sri Lanka.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Overview of the year and discussion of the wins, the highlights, the losses and the battles that the labour movement has had in 2016.Asia Pacific Currents will be going on a summer break for 6 weeks.The first programme in 2017 will be on Saturday the 4th of February 2017.The APC radio group would like to wish to all our listerners a safe and happy end of 2016.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Matt Kunkel, Project organiser with the Victorian Trades Hall Council, on the union organised rally and Global Street Party in Melbourne, Australia, and why workers need to come out and show opposition to racism and for multiculturalism.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Jiselle Hanna from Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL) reporting back on her solidarity trip to New Delhi and Mumbai and the state of workers organising and struggle in northern India.Next Saturday the 3rd of December is International Disability Day. 3CR Radio will have special programming on that day, so there will be no APC program that Saturday.APC will return on Saturday the 10th of DecemberAsia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Nasir Mansoor, Deputy General Secretary of the National Trade Union Federation (NTUF) of Pakistan, on the recent explosion and massacre of workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yards and the ongoing fight to win better wages and conditions.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Steve Diston, organiser with Electrical Trades Union Victoria Branch, on the ongoing battle against union busting and precarious work at the CUB Brewery in Melbourne, Australia.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region.Interview with Guruh Riyanto from the Media and Campaign Department of Indonesian Confederation of United Workers (KPBI), about the petrol tanker drivers strike in the greater Jakarta metropolitan area, East Indonesia, against casualisation and unpaid overtime.Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.

Labour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Piergiorgio Moro, from Australia Asia Worker Links, about the upcoming Global Day of Action against trade union repression on the 16th of November and how internationally workers are repressed by companies and governments. Asia Pacific Currents is a program of Australia Asia Worker Links.