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AMRC Policy paper on COVID19 Vaccine

2021-04-14

Safe, Effective and Free Vaccine to All; Vaccine is a global and national public good
1) Public service without profit-motive and transparency drives the vaccine model
2) Free access for people, prioritized the most vulnerable and ensuring decent working conditions
3) a global effort to produce and equitably distribute vaccines and treatments
4) A robust health care system is needed to deliver the free vaccine,
5) A strong role and a wide space for CSOs in the general response to COVID-19

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Profit Over People: Working Conditions in Sinar Mas Palm Oil Supply Chain

2018-08-15

Palm oil has long been the subject of criticism from various quarters. Amidst of criticism, the global demand for palm oil is increasing, and palm oil plantations are also increasing in many places, in particular in Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer in the world.

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International Women's Day 2016

2016-03-04

A day to honor and celebrate women workers and their struggles, but also a reminder that there is still a long way to go for women workers in Asia.

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Women at Work: Stories from Pakistan and Sri Lanka

2016-02-26

This year, in the run up to International Women's Day, on March 8, 2016, AMRC is publishing a series of stories to highlight the struggles and voices of women workers from across Asia.

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AMRC May Day 2021 Statement & Call for Submissions

2021-04-14

After an unprecedented yearlong pandemic spread over the world claiming almost 3 million lives and destroying the livelihoods of millions more, the rollout of vaccines has provided some hope of resuming economic activities. Yet, the impact of COVID-19 continues to magnify inequality and expose the long existing systemic problems faced by marginalised workers all over the world.

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Financing Social Protection Floors in South East Asia

2021-03-25

The Recommendation 202 on social protection floors (SPF), promoted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and adopted in 2012, is intended to ensure essential health care and basic income security worldwide for children, people of working age who are unable to earn a sufficient income and the elderly. The SPF requires country members to develop a comprehensive social protection system including social security guarantees for the whole life cycle of citizens. However, social protection is very new to many grassroots organizations and proves to be complex in many levels.

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Offshoring the Risks: Gendered Occupational Hazards in Malaysian and Indonesian Electronics Factories

2021-02-19

While health hazards and poor working conditions inside electronics factories have been well documented, few studies extensively cover these issues in terms of gender relations. This research attempts to establish a causal relationship between exposure to certain chemicals and the implications for reproductive health and investigates the issues that affect women workers more directly.

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Call for Papers Asia Labour Update, Special Issue: pandemic, crisis, and the working class on the continent of labour

2020-05-13

Call for Papers

Asia Labour Update, Special Issue: pandemic, crisis, and the working class on the continent of labour

Deadline for paper: June 16, 2020

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2019

2020-01-09

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2019 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Philippines and Global. 

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35 years – Still no Justice: Justice for Bhopal Victims

2019-12-04

The Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims (ANROEV), India Ban Asbestos Network (iBAN) and Occupational and Environmental Health Network India (OEHNI) expresses its deep sadness and outrage at continuing denial of justice to the victims of gas tragedy which took place in Bhopal on 3 December 1984.For 35 years, the victims and their family members have been denied just compensation and rehabilitation. 

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2019

2019-07-26

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2019 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. 

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AROSP Newsletter December 2018 edition

2019-02-14

AROSP Newsletter December 2018 edition is out.

In this issue:

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2018

2018-08-03

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2018 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Laos, Pakistan and Philippines. 

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2017

2018-06-05

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2017 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Philippines. 

Download it for free.

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Asia Labour Update, Issue No. 88

2018-02-20

Since China first commenced with its reform and open policy in 1979, it has undergone a gradual process of economic change, resulting in dramatic transformations domestically for the lives of Chinese people, at the same time that such changes have resulted in China having become a crucial component of the global capitalist economy. As the Chinese government pursued policies which encouraged FDI to begin to pour into China, particularly from the early 1990s, China transformed itself into the ‘world’s factory’ built largely on the exploitation of Chinese migrant labour.

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2017

2018-01-09

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2017 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from China, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Download it for free.

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Stop the coming cancer epidemic in Asia

2017-12-15

Global call for action to scientists, doctors, researchers and groups affected by asbestos

An influential group of scientists and researchers today launched a global campaign to counter the misinformation from the asbestos industry, particularly in Asia, about the cancer causing product. 

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Employer of PT. PBCS Factory Must Take Responsibility for the Death of Indonesian Fireworks Workers due to Absence of Safety Standards

2017-10-30

At least 47 workers were killed and many more were severely injured, when a fireworks factory exploded in Tangerang district, Indonesia on Thursday, October 26. Located in one of biggest industrial area in Indonesia, the PT Panca Buana Cahaya Sukses (PBCS) factory is now being suspected by the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower of not having appropriate work safety procedures. The allegation came after it was discovered that the factory gate was always locked and this trapped many workers inside the factory when the accident occurred.

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Social Protection in the Grassroots Perspective: A Training Manual

2017-09-28

This manual reflects the result of several trainings, workshops, and conversations in the past three years of grassroots organisers in Asia with whom Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) have worked together to learn how the grassroots workers understand the concept of social protection and evaluate the social protection programmes in their countries. More importantly, the participatory processes that served as the foundation of this manual helped in the formulation of a grassroots perspective on social protection as well as the grassroots workers’ social protection demands.

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Resistance on the Continent of Labour: Strategies and Initiatives of Labour Organizing in Asia

2017-07-15

This book provides an insight into how we see the global trajectories of capitalism from a labour perspective in the specific context and setting in Asia. It represents an ongoing effort by labour activists to challenge capital in their particular context. The book discusses a unique perspective on efforts towards the changes of labour relations, with concrete examples of the implementation of different workers’ organizing strategies and initiatives.

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