Updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region.
Interview with Shivani Kaul, labour organiser with Bigul Mazdoor Dasta and legal advisor with the Automobile Industry Contract Workers group, on the situation with workers in the auto workers in the industrial belts of northern India.
Shivani talks about the the campaign to free the imprisoned Maruti Suzuki workers and the difficulties that this campaign faces.
The ongoing struggle at the Aisin Automobile factory is also analysed in the context of the ongoing struggles by workers to form independent unions.
Lastly, Shivani gives an assessment of the working class movement in these industrial belts and the effects of ongoing repression by the state and companies on workers ability to organise.
Asia Pacific Currents is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links.
Asia Pacific Currents is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links.
Jiselle Hanna and Pier Moro
Asia Pacific Currents is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links.
Jiselle Hanna and Pier Moro
Australia Asia Worker Links
