A US federal judge has denied the request of Hong Kong’s Esquel group to have trade restrictions on its subsidiary lifted after it was placed on the Commerce Department’s “entity …
Asia’s gig workers strive to match global gains on labour rights
Gig workers in Asia are turning to the government and the courts to improve their conditions as numbers swell Emboldened by the victories of delivery riders from New York to the Netherlands, …
Top Thai union leader ‘targeted’ with jail for rail safety campaign
One of Thailand’s most prominent union leaders is facing three years in prison for his role in organising a railway safety campaign, in a case described as the biggest attack …
After an employee’s allegations went viral, will Chinese companies adopt anti-harassment policies?
On Tuesday, an Alibaba manager threatened a defamation lawsuit against a female colleague who accused him of sexually assaulting her on a business trip. The same day, a Beijing court dismissed Zhou Xiaoxuan’s lawsuit against Zhu …
In shadow of pandemic, a chance to end exploitation of migrant workers
Australia has a workforce of immigrants: one in two workers in Australia were born in another country or have at least one parent born overseas. But Australia has treated many …
U.S. cracks down on imported goods made by Uyghurs and other victims of forced labor
Last month, dozens of boxes of sneakers, men’s dress shirts, blouses and other clothing were unloaded off a plane in Atlanta, bound for U.S. consumers. But the shipments never made …
Rights group files complaint against German retailers over Chinese textiles
A human rights group filed a complaint to German prosecutors on Monday alleging that several fashion retailers profited from forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region. The Berlin-based European Centre for …
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Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers
“One of China’s biggest tuna fishing firms, Dalian Ocean Fishing, made headlines last year when four young Indonesian deckhands fell sick and died from unknown illnesses after allegedly being subject …