Labour rights

Labor rights: What are the global indicators of forced labor – a key guide

The pandemic has brought forward problems around labor and labor rights across the world. This has prompted heightened and mandatory…

March 26, 2021

Women urged to return to labor market

Two advisers of President Joe Biden’s administration urged women to get back to the labor market as sooner as possible,…

March 25, 2021

Sustained abuse of workers onboard: Tuna brands slammed for lack of action

 Labor abuses claims aboard the fishing vessels in the tuna fishing industry has led to fingers pointing to the Tuna…

March 24, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Two rights groups officially collaborated to protect workers rights

On Monday, two rights groups: Human Rights Commission and the Saudi National Workers Committees signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)…

March 23, 2021

Katherine Tai, new US trade representative commits to promote equal growth and benefits for all America workers

For the first time the US administration appointed a woman of colour as the country’s Trade Representative. Katherine Tai, the…

March 21, 2021

Colorado Democrats push forward farm workers bill advocating minimum wage and basic rights

On Wednesday, three of Colorado’s Democratic lawmakers tabled the farm workers’ bill, arguing introduction of minimum wages and overtime rights…

March 18, 2021

Saudi Arabia abolishes kafala system, introduces e-portal for migrants for easy job change

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia took a progressive step towards the country’s foreign workers as it formally abolished the exploitative kafala…

March 15, 2021

US House passes Protecting the Right to Organize Act to boost labor rights

The US president Joe Biden and his team have been successful in supporting the construction unions, the teachers unions, retailer…

March 13, 2021

Firms in Japan to review businesses using forced labor of China’s Xinjiang

 12 Japanese companies have announced that they would be reassessing their businesses that is using forced labor from China’s Xinjiang…

March 9, 2021

Thailand beats its labor crunch by employing inmates nearing end of their sentences

Thailand devised a plan to solve the issue of labour crunch and cascading count of inmates in its prisons. Bangkok’s…

March 7, 2021

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