International Solidarity

Protesters in New York condemn Foxconn for worker suicides; Indonesian union and working people’s movement protest in solidarity with Thai Red Shirt protesters against government violence and state of emergency; Taiwanese unions and activists do street drama protest regarding Foxconn suicides; Hong Kong workers protest against Apple and Foxconn.

Guest writers in this issue

Ed Cubelo is President of the Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Workers Association. Email: tmpcwa1998@yahoo.com.

Tono Haruhi is a Researcher for Yokohama Action Research. Email: yokohama-arc@jca.apc.org.

Suki Ming-lai Chung is a Programme Officer of Labour Action China, a labour NGO based in Hong Kong. Email: suki@lac.org.hk.

Dr. Jeong-ok Kong is a Representative of Korean Institute of Labour Safety and Health. Email: anotherkong@gmail.com.

Did you know that AMRC has a labour library?

Our collection has around 2000 English titles, 3000 Chinese titles and 70 actively received periodicals relating directly or indirectly to labour issues in Asia and the world.

The topics covered include: history, education and training materials on OSH, social movements, social classes, social policy and welfare, women and migration, human rights, labour law and social security law, globalization, CSR, international trade, politics and government, trade unions and more! The books have been published in Asia as well as in the West.

Anyone who is a friend or partner of AMRC who is in Hong Kong is welcome to browse and borrow from the AMRC library!

The loan period is fourteen (14) days (excluding public holidays) and the borrower is entitled to borrow up to a maximum of three (3) titles. Borrowers may renew loans by informing the Library & Information Officer, Ms Pauline Lee, via email at pauline@amrc.org.hk before the due date.

Plan for e-resources

In order to improve our library service, we plan to upload our full list of the titles available for borrowing in our library, in a section of our website. We will announce it in ALU when the online borrowing catalogue is ready!

Editor's Note about the PDF version of ALU 75:

Some errors were caught in ALU 75 after printing; these corrections have already been made in the onlline articles and in this PDF. The corrections made were the following:

p. 2 Contents - :
- The correct title of the article on p. 10 should be ‘Corporate Social Responsibility: A Vehicle for International Solidarity?’ (It should have a ‘?’.)
- Dr Jeong-Ok Kong is a Representative of Korean Institute of Labour Safety and Health.
p. 10: The author’s name is missing from the article, and listed only on the Contents page; it should be ‘Hilde van Regenmortel’.
p. 18: The author’s name is missing from the article, and listed only on the Contents page; it should be ‘Doris Lee’.
We apologize to the readers and to the contributors.