Protestors Demand Better Working Conditions Across Asia

May 01, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Asia is marking International Workers' day with rallies in major cities across the region. In Manila, labor groups demanded higher wages and better protection for workers both in the Philippines and abroad. In Jakarta, unions demanded that working conditions be improved to reflect Indonesia's booming economy. And in Phnom Penh, Cambodian garment factory workers demanded wage increases.

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Jakarta

Jakarta, officially known as the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of Java, Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre, and with a population of 10,187,595 as of November 2011, ... Explore this topic

May Day

May Day on May 1 is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures. Explore this topic

Manila

Manila is the capital city of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities that comprise the national capital region called Metro Manila. The City of Manila is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay and is bordered by the cities of Navotas and Caloocan to the north; Qu... Explore this topic

International Workers' Day

International Workers' Day is a celebration of the international labour movement. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries, though in some countries the public holiday is a commemoration of the traditional Europe... Explore this topic

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since French colonization of Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the c... Explore this topic

Labour movement

The labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign for better working conditions and treatment from their employers and governments, in particular through the implementation of specific laws gov... Explore this topic

Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 17,508 islands. It has 34 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a r... Explore this topic

Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between... Explore this topic

Cambodia

Kambodžské kráľovstvo je krajinou juhovýchodnej Ázie, v ktorej žije viac ako 13 miliónv obyvateľov. Celé územie Kambodže je súčasťou polostrova Zadná India. Kambodža susedí s Thajskom, Laosom a Vietnamom; na juhozápade má prístup k Thajskému zálivu Tichého oceánu. Krajina patr... Explore this topic

Protest

An act of defiance or objection by an individual or group of people. Protests can take many forms: peaceful or violent, direct or indirect, large or small. Protests in the news are often political in nature, as groups of citizens voice their disagreement or dissatisfaction. Pr... Explore this topic

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