MALAYSIAN company ST Microelectronics has been accused of putting profit before workers’ safety, with 19 of its employees having died after contracting coronavirus.
The country’s Ministry of International Trade & Industry ordered a total shutdown of the plant on July 29 until August 4; 100 workers are still infected and 600 in quarantine.
Bosses were yesterday accused of recklessness and endangering lives by only closing parts of the business when cases had been reported in a bid to keep productivity going.
Midlands trade unionists are turning challenge into opportunity through collective power and renewed confidence, says STUART RICHARDS
JOHN LANG recalls how Murdoch used scabbing electricians and even devised a fake newspaper to force a confrontation with printers – then sacked them all
This strike is about pay and conditions, says CAMERON HARRISON – but it also shows workers have the power to disrupt the mightiest war machine on Earth


