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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Company making Costco pajamas flagged for forced labor

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Oct. 1 slapped rare detention orders on goods imported from an unprecedented five countries in one day based on allegations that people producing those …

Malaysia: Ministry tables eight amendments to Industrial Relations Act

The Human Resources Ministry today tabled eight amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1967 for first reading at the Dewan Rakyat. “The amendments are part of the holistic review and …

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. …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Issues Detention Orders against Companies Suspected of Using Forced Labor

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued five Withhold Release Orders (WROs) covering five different products, imported from five different countries yesterday, September 30. This action was based on information obtained …

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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