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The fight for safe rates for transportation workers in South Korea

In the past decade, South Korea has emerged as one of East Asia’s most advanced digital economies, with e-commerce, ride-hailing, and other services all growing. But for many truckers and …

Being Naïve or Putting Business First?

The European Union would like to believe that it is acting robustly and cohesively to promote human rights and democracy globally. The EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024, …

Time is running out for Indonesia’s labor unions

The protests against Indonesia’s labor reform bill started in January 2020. Since then, trade union members have been tear-gassed by police during nationwide demonstrations and riots, threatened with jail time …

U.S. Bans All Cotton and Tomatoes From Xinjiang Region of China

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a ban on imports of cotton and tomatoes from the Xinjiang area of China, as well as all products made with those materials, citing …

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Das Gericht in Seoul fordert Japan auf, Schadensersatz wegen sexueller Sklaverei während des Krieges zu zahlen

Japan hat ein südkoreanisches Gerichtsurteil als "völlig inakzeptabel" verurteilt, in dem es angeordnet hat, Frauen, die vor und während des…

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Key elements of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

As regards investment, the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) will be the most ambitious agreement that China has ever concluded with a third country. In addition to rules against the forced …

Staring down the barrel of a landmark judgment on its workers’ status, Uber folds

Uber has settled a legal challenge that struck at the heart of its business model and could have resulted in its drivers and riders being classified as employees, after three …

Fruit-picking wage-theft laws not enough to deal with farm-work exploitation

After speaking mainly to working holidaymakers and other migrants workers online for six months, I drove 2000 kilometres from my home office in Adelaide and began visiting beachside backpacker hostels, …

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Globale Handschuhimporteure überdenken die Beziehung zum malaysischen Hersteller

Zwei wichtige globale Handschuhimporteure bewerten ihre Beziehung zu einem malaysischen Handschuhhersteller neu, nachdem bei Regierungsüberfällen in zwei ihrer Tochtergesellschaften miserable Unterkünfte für ausländische Arbeitnehmer aufgedeckt wurden. Kimberly-Clark, die Amerikanerin…

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Die Abgabe für die Lieferung von Lebensmitteln schlug vor, die Arbeitnehmervergütung für die Gig-Economy zu bezahlen

Fahrer von Lebensmittellieferungen würden durch ein Entschädigungssystem geschützt, das durch eine Kundenabgabe auf Lebensmittelbestellungen im Rahmen eines wegweisenden Vorschlags finanziert wird, der der NSW-Regierung vorgelegt werden soll. Die Regierung …

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