Union leaders and members from NagaWorld casino and hotel workers union have been dismissed unlawfully, and the company refuses to engage in meaningful negotation. The company is irresponsible - laying off fairly elected union leaders while reaping millions of USD in profit! The stockholders met in Hong Kong, and supporters of NagaWorld union, like HKCTU and AMRC, joined in demanding meeting time, to no avail. Demand union rights be upheld! View the documents and lend your support.

NagaWorld Employees, dismissed for union activities! Please support fellow workers. (Attached flyer in English and in Chinese.)

The Asian Asbestos Congress 2009 (AAC) was organised jointly by the Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC), International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS), Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) and the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims (ARIAV) and supported by the Ban Asbestos Network Japan (BANJAN), Ban Asbestos Network Korea (BANKO), Building and Woodworkers International (BWI), International Metalworkers Federation (IMF) and the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV).

Expansion of TNCs in Asia and Implications for Labour

The construction industry is the single biggest non-agricultural industry in the capitalist world. More than 70% of the 111 million workers employed worldwide are in developing countries. With the two biggest countries China and India, Asia accounts for more than half of the global construction workforce.

Organizing Strategies for Informal Economy Workers

Published by AMRC and Asian Labour Exchange

How do you organize those with no formal workplace? This 33-page book was written as learning material for workers and unions, about organizing workers in the informal sector. The major concepts are reproductive economy, which is the economy of the family and private sphere, and capitalist patriarchy.

Edited by David Allen and Laurie Kazan-allen

Not long after publication of Killing the Future (Chinese version), this is another publication from International Ban Asbestos Secretariat in collaboration with seven other organizations including AMRC.

Published by Asia Monitor Resource Centre In cooperation with Committee for Asian Women and Homenet Southeast Asia The ‘informal’ workers constitute the overwhelming majority of Asia, as much as two-thirds of the labour force. Among those, a majority is composed of women.

Burma's gem industry: profit that fills the generals' pockets To promote production of gems and jewellery, Burma's Ministry of Mines said it is allocating six blocks in three states to local entrepreneurs to mine gems, an official at the ministry said.

English Version - What has been the impact of China’s accession to the WTO in 2001? Most discussions have focused on the positive impacts from a business perspective. Yet in the period of 1996-2002, a total of 40 million workers were sacked because of restructuring and privatization, and probably 10 million of them were directly related to China’s accession to WTO.

AMRC and ANROAV have been named one of the 50 most influential leaders in the Environmental Health and Safety Magazine. Here is the excerpt from the article: