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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Un fabricant de pyjamas Costco désigné pour le travail forcé

Les autorités américaines des douanes et de la protection des frontières ont ouvert le 1er octobre de rares ordonnances de détention portant sur des marchandises importées de cinq pays sans précédent en…

Malaisie: le ministère dépose huit amendements à la loi sur les relations professionnelles

Le ministère des Ressources humaines a déposé aujourd'hui huit amendements à la loi sur les relations professionnelles de 1967 pour la première lecture au Dewan Rakyat. «Les amendements font partie de la révision globale et…

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. …

Les douanes et la protection des frontières des États-Unis (CBP) émettent des ordonnances de détention à l'encontre d'entreprises soupçonnées de recourir au travail forcé

WASHINGTON - Le bureau des douanes et de la protection des frontières des États-Unis (CBP) a émis cinq ordonnances de retenue à la source couvrant cinq produits différents, importées de cinq pays différents hier, le 30 septembre. Cette action s'appuyait sur les informations obtenues…

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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