"No paradise in Shangri-la! Reinstate the workers now!" was one of the chants at a picket line of up to 30 people outside the offices of Shangri-la in Sydney, Australia, February 21. The action was called in solidarity with the 5-star hotel's 600 workers locked out in Jakarta, Indonesia, since December 2000. Despite violent intimidation, arrests, and an expensive lawsuit by the hotel owners--one of the largest chains in south and east Asia--the locked-out unionists have continued their fight to defend their jobs and union rights. The Sydney picket was organized by the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union as part of international solidarity actions in several countries in February.
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