Compromise or cut loose? China labour watchdogs’ tough choice | Labour Rights
When the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) launched in 2005 promising to promote the use of traceable, sustainable cotton in global
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Workers at Amazon of South Korea protest ‘boiling pot’ conditions | Business and Economy
Hwaseong, South Korea – When Jeong Dong-heon returns home from work at a Coupang logistics centre, he often finds crusty white
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US federal firefighters grapple with staffing crisis | Climate Crisis News
Los Angeles, California, US – Facing longer and more intense wildfire seasons, US federal firefighters say their workforce is beset
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Cost of living: ‘Blood, sweat’ for a Seoul food delivery driver | Business and Economy
Seoul, South Korea – Each weekday morning, the first task of Park Jung-hoon’s day is lugging cases of bottled water
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In Japan, push to shatter glass ceiling spurs hope, doubts | Business and Economy
Tokyo, Japan – When Nami Sakai returned to Tokyo in 2016 after 15 years working in the United States, she
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After rare labour win, Thai workers see oppression in COVID case | Business and Economy
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – When the Thai government in May ordered a Hong Kong clothing company to pay unpaid wages
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‘A disaster’: Aqaba port unsafe for years, say gas leak survivors | Labour Rights News
Aqaba, Jordan — While employees at the Aqaba Ports Corporation (APC) have ended a seven-day strike following a deadly toxic
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Starmer’s anti-strike stance will not carry Labour to government | Labour Rights
There is a cost of living crisis in the United Kingdom. Soaring inflation is causing real incomes to fall; companies
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‘Coercive and arbitrary’: New report details US prison labour | Prison News
Los Angeles, California, US – Prison labour in the United States creates $11bn in goods and services annually, a new
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Tunisia’s UGTT stages nationwide strike over wages and cuts | Protests News
Tunis, Tunisia – A strike by Tunisia’s largest trade union ground the country to a halt despite last-minute attempts by
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