Today, Cambodian plaintiffs representing more than 700 farming families won a landmark appeal allowing them to move forward with their class action against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. The …
VOICES FROM THE LITIGATION FRONTLINES: A webinar presented by the Human Trafficking Legal Center
Attorneys in Thailand have launched innovative strategic litigation to combat forced labor in supply chains, as well as sex trafficking. Dornnapha Sukkree, an attorney in Bangkok, is in the vanguard …
Les usines asiatiques de Primark, Mango et Zara licencient-elles leurs employés syndiqués ?
“Plusieurs enseignes internationales, parmi lesquelles Primark, Mango, Zara et le groupe Bestseller enquêtent actuellement sur des échos de licenciements massifs de travailleurs syndiqués dans leurs chaînes d’approvisionnement respectives. Les défenseurs des droits des travailleurs …
U.S. pulls back on Thailand’s trade privileges
Thailand is set to lose duty-free access for $1.3 billion in exports to the U.S. market today, six months after Washington warned it would pull back on trade privileges unless …
Thai clothing factory compensates exploited migrant workers
More than 150 Burmese migrants who were illegally charged excessive recruitment fees to secure jobs at a Thai garment factory have won a rare compensation payout, company officials and human rights groups said …
ABA: Multi-Country Snapshot of COVID-19 Related Legal Changes
This contains a series of short articles describing how several countries from throughout the world are using workplace laws to combat the spread of COVID-19 and to mitigate its effects …
The Thai state has consistently suppressed its unions, the latest SRT case explains why
Thailand is a country used to corruption. But an ongoing corruption case filed late last year has been so revealing that it defies even the most watered-down expectations of justice. …
Thai electronics firm compensates exploited workers in rare award
Burmese migrants who were illegally charged excessive recruitment fees to secure jobs at an electronics manufacturer in Thailand are being compensated in a rare award expected to spotlight a practice …
Draft act relating to transparency regarding supply chains, the duty to know and due diligence
The full report on the draft is available in Norwegian: https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/6b4a42400f3341958e0b62d40f484371/195794-bfd-etikkrapport-web.pdf Excerpts of the report are available in English at: https://www.business-humanrights.org/sites/default/files/documents/Norway%20Draft%20Transparency%20Act%20-%20draft%20translation_0.pdf
Egregious Worker Rights Violations Cause Thailand to Lose Trade Benefits
On Friday, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced it will withdraw preferential tariffs for many imports from Thailand due to egregious, ongoing worker rights violations in the country. As highlighted …
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