| APRN holds Jobs and Justice Conference |
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| Written by APMM News Digest December 2006 |
| Friday, 09 February 2007 13:49 |
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APRN holds Jobs and Justice Conference
The conference was organized by the Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) together with its members, the Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research (EILER), Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC), ARENA - New Zealand and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM). The conference discussed issues concerning neoliberal labor market restructuring and workers' resistance. It highlighted various forms of trade union repression, suppression and curtailment of labor rights in the guise of labor market restructuring. Distinguished speakers from various labor groups spoke of their experiences as well as their struggles confronting different forms of labor market restructuring. There were also testimonies from the workers themselves who shared their experiences on the continuous threats by the company management against organizing trade unions and fighting for the rights and wellbeing of their co-workers. Policies of labor market restructuring in the national level as well as workers' resistance were shared by those in Australia, New Zealand and Philippines among others. Part of the conference program was the showing of a documentary film about the condition and campaign for the immediate release of KMU (May First Movement) honorary Chairperson and member of the Philippine House of Representatives, Cong. Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran who was illegally arrested and detained by the Philippine military because of fabricated charges. Another documentary film was shown on the labor rights campaign held in New Zealand. Conference participants also joined in a protest action against the ASEAN meeting scheduled to be held in Cebu City but was postponed in January 2007 because of the on-going political crisis faced by the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Like it? Share it!
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