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Social problems are raging across Asia, a region deemed the world’s global economic locomotive. Poverty is high and pervasive amidst so much wealth for a few. In fact, inequality is deepening everywhere, within and across countries. Joblessness and near-joblessness are widespread. And majority of those who have jobs are trapped in precarious work arrangements and hostile working conditions.

Surat Thani is the largest of the southern provinces of Thailand, on the western shore of the 

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“We have brave clients. They deserve brave lawyers” Atty. Romeo Capulong 1935 - 2012

Last January 2011, a work accident took the lives of ten workers at the Eton Residences construction site at Makati, Philippines. They were underpaid, one was a minor, and the gondola they were riding on had no permit -- yet two years later, justice remains elusive for the victims of the tragedy. Their families, however, do not lose hope as they continue to struggle against an immensely powerful and wealthy enemy.

亚洲专讯资料研究中心（Asia Monitor Resource Centre，简称AMRC）试图通过本报告描绘包括柬埔寨、中国、印尼、印度、菲律宾和泰国六个亚洲国家真实的职安状况，以及工人、受害者及其家属的经 历。本报告由AMRC与亚洲职业病及环境污染受害者权益网络（Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims，简称ANROEV）共同编着，后者是一个由工伤受害者组织、工会、劳工和环境组织组成的网络，成员遍布14个亚洲国家，并共同致力于创造 安全和卫生的工作场所，以及倡导工人的职安权利和环境公义。

2008年在ANROEV的年会上，一些基层组织对各国政府多年来的冷漠态度以 及违法企业未受到任何处罚的状况感到很不满，萌生了撰写报告的念头，希望藉此揭示问题实际上有多严重，并吸引更多公众关注。但是，将决定变成行动却非易 事，因为负责编撰报告的，主要都是参加了“史诗”一样的在地抗争的工人组织者和积极分子。参加撰写报告的的六个ANROEV成员在2011年11月于印度 斋浦尔召开的ANROEV年会上提交初步报告，并征求其他国家的成员的意见。