Editor’s Note: April 24th, 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, which killed more than a thousand

Editor’s Note: On May 3, 2022, Elizabeth “Loi” Magbanua left her home in Manila. Loi has been a grassroots union

Editor’s Note: The modern worker cooperative movement, rooted in the social reform movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, has

Editor’s Note: We are launching a series called Five Books on Labour. The idea for this series comes out of

Welcome to the second episode of the Continent of Resistance podcast. The monthly podcast features conversations with grassroots organizers and

More than two years have passed since the coup in Myanmar. There have been crackdowns on trade unions shortly after

We are looking for contributions on a range of labour issues in Asia. Topics include strategies and tactics of labour

Indonesia has a long history of prostitution with a sex work industry operating across the country. The participation of women

Researchers have increasingly recognized the potential of self-organizing activities among gig workers such as couriers and food delivery riders. Nevertheless,

Tuk tuks are a major part of Sri Lanka’s urban landscape. They are everywhere, leading some foreigners to call Sri

Author’s Note: In September last year, I attended a group discussion with workers organised by a branch of SERBUK (People’s

On Jan. 14, 2023, following a three-day strike organized by the National Workers Union of Indonesia (Serikat Pekerja Nasional, or

Editor’s Note: With the global spread and dominance of the platform economy, platform workers everywhere have demonstrated remarkable abilities to

In the latest episode of their growing union drive, food delivery workers across Russia staged a five-day strike on December

Editor’s Note: In recent times, there is growing discussion around the crisis of social reproduction and care. South Korea has

We now have a new podcast: Continent of Resistance! The podcast features conversations about resistance and strategies of building power

“Tabang! Mga aktibista mi!” (“Help! We’re activists!”) shouted Dyan Gumanao when they were being forced into the van by six

At midnight on 14 March 2022, Grab Myanmar announced that it was reducing food delivery drivers’ pay from 800 MMKs

In Indonesia, predatory alliances of politicians and businesses were established during the 32-year New Order era under Soeharto and survived

Around the world, platform workers have been organising, and a key goal is to demand state regulation of the platform

Editor’s Note: One of the most important events in the Japanese labor movement’s calendar is the Spring Offensive. For decades,

Editor’s Note: The Philippine Labor Movement Archive (PLMA) was launched in late 2022. We are very interested in efforts to

In early January 2023, a Vietnamese media outlet featured the story of the Hương family: The couple and their daughter

At the Platform Workers Conference on the September 28, 2022, deputy driving, taxi drivers, webtoon and web novel writers, and

Labor organizing is severely restricted in Iran but independent unions have actively backed demands for women’s rights.

In a country in which traditional motorbike services, colloquially known as xe om, are a popular mode of transport, Grab

Interviewer’s Note: Myanmar started its broad-ranging political and economic liberalisation process when the quasi-civilian government came to power in 2011,

There is “very little policy and/or legislative action” taken to address labor rights violations including the killings of trade unionists,

“This was won by our union.” Debie Faigmani, a food factory worker, held up a small, blue booklet to an

On January 24, women trade unionists in the Philippines held a silent protest in front of the Makati Diamond Hotel