The book provides an analysis that capital mobility has become major and underlying factor of the precarity of workers in Asia. The chapters - case studies on Japan, China, Philippines and Thailand - illustrate that workers’ collective bargaining power has declined which can be seen in the intensification of irregularisation, union busting actions, company closures, and massive dismissal of workers reported across the region. In many cases, this condition has resulted in the weakening of militancy of workers in countries that used to be dynamic actors in the labour rights movement.
AMRC hosted the Asian Asbestos Conference in Hong Kong along with the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS), Ban Asbestos Japan (BANJAN) , Building and Woodworkers International (BWI), International Metalworkers Federation (IMF), Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) and others. This publication reflects the discussion and sharing during this conference with the formation of the Asian Ban Asbestos Network (A-BAN).