We are opening registration for the May-June semester of Asian Labour School. We are offering both new and returning courses,

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From Uber drivers in the United Kingdom to delivery couriers across Latin America, platform workers have challenged erosion of social

With the advent of generative AI, AI trainers are emerging as a new form of platform work. Platforms such as

Editor’s Note: In this second part, the author proposes “Asian labour as a method” for a new, labour-centred historiography, viewing

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“Sometimes,” Baso said quietly, reminiscing about his untended oil palm plot now overtaken by weeds, “this grant feels no different

Organising for a mass-based organisation is the lifeblood of every movement. It enables the organisation to transcend time in pursuit

On 9 July 2025, India witnessed one of the largest general strikes in world history. A Bharat Bandh (“nationwide shutdown”)

Over the past century, the history of Korea’s labour movement is a history of struggle against brutal state repression. Korea

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On August 26, 2025, Jharkhand became the fourth state in India to pass a law providing for social security benefits

Editor’s Note: For decades, foundation and philanthropy funding have been flowing from the Global North to the Global South for

Since late August 2025, Indonesia has been gripped by a wave of spontaneous and violent protests that shook the foundations

Editor’s Note: Political reforms and market liberalisation have significantly shaped the terrain of workers’ struggles in Asia, while Cambodia, Indonesia,

On the eve of Labour Day 2025 in Jakarta, a WhatsApp message from a friend posed a deceptively simple question:

Introduction In 2019, Chinese tech workers launched an online campaign protesting the 996-schedule. The campaign generated a nation-wide conversation about

Our Shared Struggles: An East Asia Labour Exhibition & Exchange Sophia University, Tokyo October 3-11, 2025   Our Shared Struggles:

The rise of digital platforms has both extended the realm of social reproduction and disrupted its processes. Social reproduction consists

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Editor’s Note: In the last two years, a group of organisations and collectives from countries around the world came together

A concept that takes on a life of its own often says a lot about the material conditions and structure

Migrant workers and refugees in Malaysia, despite facing systemic exclusion and profound vulnerability, have forged resilient grassroots movements for dignity

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In recent years, governments across Asia have been amending labour laws, not to offer more protection to workers, but to reduce existing protection.

State Regulations, Migrant Protests, Local Support, and Other Important Events from the Mid-1980s to the Present

Taiwan’s regime of temporary migrant labour was formalised as a kind of “guest worker” program in 1992, and it has