Informal workers: an untapped asset for Asia’s unions

In the Global North, changes in the organisation of work and employer strategy have rendered existing unions less powerful and put unionism out of reach for large groups of workers. …

$15 Billion: What South Asian Workers Have Paid in Bribes for Gulf Jobs

This February, 51-year-old Bhim Upadhyaya (name changed), a farmer from the Chitwan district in Nepal, paid a Kathmandu-based recruitment agency for a job as a truck driver in Doha, Qatar. …

Delhi hawkers to be free from threat of eviction after five-year delay

Delhi is set to become the first Indian city to fully implement a law that protects street vendors against the threat of eviction, authorities in the capital said on Thursday, …

Protecting migrant construction workers: What can we learn from China, EU, US and Latin America?

This is the third in a series of papers addressing the issue of late, partial or non-payment of wages to migrant construction workers. Our work has a specific focus on …

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Due diligence in Tamil Nadu leather footwear manufacture

This report summarises key findings from a collaborative due diligence process in leather footwear manufacture in Tamil Nadu carried out by Homeworkers Worldwide [HWW] and Cividep India, in conjunction with …

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Firma, die Costco-Pyjamas für Zwangsarbeit herstellt

Der Zoll und Grenzschutz der USA hat am 1. Oktober seltene Haftbefehle gegen Waren verhängt, die an einem Tag aus noch nie dagewesenen fünf Ländern importiert worden waren, und zwar auf der Grundlage von Vorwürfen, dass Menschen, die diese Waren herstellen,…

Malaysia: Ministerium legt acht Änderungen zum Arbeitsbeziehungsgesetz vor

Das Personalministerium hat heute im Dewan Rakyat acht Änderungsanträge zum Arbeitsbeziehungsgesetz von 1967 in erster Lesung eingereicht. „Die Änderungen sind Teil der ganzheitlichen Prüfung und…

Workers’ Rights Act amendments a victory for Mauritius unions

On 4 October the Mauritius government agreed to the Workers’ Rights Act (2019) which will improve conditions on hours of work, shift work, vacation leave and for precarious workers in non-standard work. …

US-Zoll und Grenzschutz (CBP) erheben Haftbefehle gegen Unternehmen, die des Einsatzes von Zwangsarbeit verdächtigt werden

WASHINGTON - US-Zoll und Grenzschutz (CBP) haben gestern, 30. September, fünf Withhold Release Orders (WROs) für fünf verschiedene Produkte erlassen, die aus fünf verschiedenen Ländern importiert wurden. Diese Aktion basierte auf Informationen, die…

EZs to run under EPZ labour law, not Bangladesh labour law

Workers and owners of industrial units under Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority would enjoy their rights according to the Bangladesh EPZ Labour Act, 2019, according to a statutory regularity order issued …

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