The Trump administration expanded economic pressure on China’s western region of Xinjiang, banning cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasi-military organization that it says uses the forced labor of detained …
Malaysia to charge Top Glove over poor worker accommodation, government says
Malaysia said on Tuesday it would file charges against Top Glove Corp because of poor worker accommodation provided by the world’s biggest maker of medical gloves. The Labour Department, part …
‘Moving mountains’: How Pakistan’s ‘invisible’ women won workers’ rights
Shamim Bano has been an invisible worker for 40 years. Working 12-hour days from home as a “cropper” in the port city of Karachi, she cuts the loose threads off …
A Job for Life, or Not? A Class Divide Deepens in Japan
“Two court rulings threaten to further entrench distinctions in Japan between “regular” workers and the growing ranks of nonregular employees, many of whom are women… Last month, after more than …
Indian teenage trafficking survivor wins ‘unprecedented’ compensation
A teenage trafficking survivor in India has won 900,000 rupees ($12,165) in a rare payout that lawyers said was “unprecedented” in size under the country’s compensation schemes for victims. The …
Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China
Apple lobbyists are trying to weaken a new law aimed at preventing forced labor in China, according to two congressional staffers familiar with the matter, highlighting the clash between its …
After US Sanctions, Malaysia Migrant Workers Get Millions in Restitution from Glove Makers
Malaysian rubber glove makers have started paying back thousands of migrant workers for recruitment fees totaling tens of millions of dollars since the U.S. stopped importing from some of them …
Enforcement of Act 446 crucial to ensuring country free of forced labour, human trafficking, says Saravanan
The continuous enforcement of the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446) is crucial to ensuring efforts to eradicate elements of forced labour and human trafficking …
NEW DRAFT LAW DEALS A MAJOR BLOW TO UKRAINE’S GIG WORKERS
On November 2, 2020, a group of MPs submitted a draft law No.4303 “On promoting the development of digital economy in Ukraine”. This draft law contains multiple dangerous provisions that would …
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