So yea want to do something for the suffering of Burma. Like I said, the most powerful tool we have is the all mighty dollar. This is only a small list but as you soon will see, it has many strange bedfellows. List provided by Burma: On line News and Analysis. Comentaries by moi.

Having migrant workers be part of the union will not only lead to improvements in the poor working conditions they face, but will also play a big role in building up the union's negotiating power.

On July 1st South Korea's new Law on Non-Regular Work came into effect. The principle of the law was to protect non-regular workers, but in practice the way in which it has been put together and implemented has led to protection only for a few and increased precariousness for many.

No Gun Ri survivors said U.S. soldiers first forced them from nearby villages on July 25, 1950, and then stopped them in front of U.S. lines the next day, when they were attacked without warning by aircraft as hundreds sat atop a railroad embankment near No Gun Ri, a village in central South Korea. Troops of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment followed with ground fire as survivors took shelter in twin underpasses of a concrete railroad bridge.

On Wednesday, November 15, 2006, trade unions, labor rights groups, and other civil society organizations in over thirty countries...will be coordinating a series of actions to support the workers in South Korea. These solidarity actions were called by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) as part of their "International Day of Action to Support South Korean Workers" Campaign.

I must have been sleeping through these talks....but note why they take on importance now...more open markets to importing not just goods and capital, but skilled labour into the Tar Sands.

"Canada and South Korea are in the midst of negotiating a free trade agreement and have just wrapped up the fifth round of bilateral talks aimed at signing a comprehensive deal by the end of 2006.

by Amardeep Kaur Gill, March 31st, 2006

HONG KONG, - It has been three and a half months since WTO's Conference in Hong Kong ended. Since December, most people have gone home and back into their daily routine. Yet I would say that the struggle of the people against sixth Ministerial Conference only came to a major conclusion yesterday, March 30th , as the last remaining anti-WTO political prisoner was acquitted from all charges.

On March 6th, 2006, South Korean military riot police began an attack on the autonomous village of Daechuri. For over four years, Daechuri and the nearby community of Doduri have defiantly resisted the siezure of their homes and fields for the expansion of an United States Army base. Barracaded inside the elementary school, rice farmers, elderly residents, and peace activists are holding out against sporadic, sometimes intense attacks by Korea's elite military police force. International support is needed to pressure the Korean government to halt its brutal assault.

BUSAN, South Korea (UPI) -- Some 20,000 South Korean farmers, unionized workers and anti-globalization activists staged rallies Friday to protest the U.S.-led Asian-Pacific summit focused on expanding free trade.

Police piled shipping containers across a road leading to the summit venue to prevent demonstrators from approaching. They used water cannons to disperse the protesters who tried to pull down the shipping containers by rope.