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When:
19 October 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
2018-10-19T18:00:00+11:00
2018-10-19T20:00:00+11:00
Where:
Unions NSW Auditorium
4 Goulburn St
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
4 Goulburn St
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Cost:
Free
| These workers have very few labour rights and are paid around $2/hour a country where most forms of protest are illegal: a one person protest is an illegal assembly; the government has changed the constitution to keep human rights activists in jail; and the only recorded strike in recent decades resulted in jailing and deportation of multiple workers. |
| reliant on low wage migrant workers for almost all construction work, domestic work, and much of the cleaning, manufacturing and retail sectors. |
| one of the wealthiest countries in the world (per capita income), but has no minimum wage |
| Did you know Singapore is Australia’s fifth-largest trading partner and investor. |
Forum and panel discussion with three leading human rights and
labour activists from Singapore
RSVP: bit.ly/singapore_forum