Today, April 20, Kowloon House West-Glowhrain KMU workers in Quezon City, Philippines are set to commence another round of negotiation with their management. Despite structural challenges, the workers, their supporters, and the broader ranks of labor advocates hold hand in hand to fight an unequal system that continuously exploit workers. During IWSAP’s visit to the […]
Women Workers, Struggle for Justice, Rights & Equality!
IWSAP’s Statement on the Commemoration of the International Working Women’s Day 2026
Statement of the Initiatives for Workers Solidarity in Asia Pacific (IWSAP) on the recent attack of the U.S. and Israel on Iran March 4, 2026 The Initiatives for Workers Solidarity in Asia Pacific (IWSAP) strongly condemns the continuing aggression of the U.S.-Israel alliance against Iran and severely impacting other countries in the Middle East. This […]
On February 12, 2026, IWSAP spoke on the preparatory meeting for the upcoming Asia Pacific People’s Forum on Sustainable Development (APPFSD) and the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD). The meeting was organized by the Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM). The activity focused on the current structural challenges and crises confronting the […]
From the Global Workers Study Conference held from October 28-30 in Kathmandu, Nepal comes a declaration of commitment to build a new platform for cooperation, the All Workers United. The formation of this new platform for cooperation is in direct response to the all out attacks against workers around the world who suffer from severe […]
Statement from IWSAP on the recent win of Uber drivers in the New Zealand Supreme Court We at Initiatives for Workers and Solidarity in Asia Pacific (IWSAP) celebrates and honours the extraordinary courage of Uber drivers and Workers First Union on their landmark victory in the New Zealand Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has affirmed […]
Yesterday, August 29, Indonesian people launched mass actions in Jakarta condemning the outright and long-standing neglect of the Indonesian government on the demands of its people. The protest was a response to a government policy mandating wage increases for parliamentarians amidst unemployment, high inflation, and rising prices and taxes imposed on the people. Reports reveal […]
The Initiatives for Workers’ Solidarity in Asia Pacific (IWSAP) welcomes the agreement made at the recently concluded 113th Session of the International Labor Conference (ILC) to negotiate and work towards a binding convention on decent work in the platform economy in 2026 (See: proposed resolutions and conclusions from the ILC). This comes at a crucial […]
Our modernizing world has exposed to us the acute exploitation that workers have to face just to be able to make ends meet. Informal and formal workers alike in the Asia Pacific region alone are at the forefront of shouldering multiple personal and systemic burdens. It is in this context that the Initiatives for Workers […]
Today, May 30, 2025, the Initiatives for Workers’ Solidarity in Asia Pacific (IWSAP) launches the results of its first Workers’ Study Conference (WSC) which was held in Bangkok, Thailand in November 2024. The WSC is an annual knowledge-sharing and discussion among workers’ organizations and advocates. It aims to showcase different situations of workers in the […]
