Labour rights

Workers’ rights, a worldwide overview

Since 1919, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has formed a system of international labor standards. These are legal tools drawn…

November 28, 2020

Qatar: Companies fail to pay “hundreds of millions of dollars” in salaries to migrant workers

According to a new research conducted by the human rights group Equidem, many of Qatari companies failed to pay salaries…

November 28, 2020

Somalia: Months after health care workers’ executions by armed men, Government investigations still pending

Somalia Army Men: It been six months since seven health workers and a pharmacist was abducted by Somalia army men,…

November 27, 2020

As China whitewashes its forced labour records, US adopts a new hard-line approach towards it

Recent investigations carried out by various private audit companies, human rights groups and investigative agencies exposed how China has been…

November 25, 2020

Qatar Continues To Flaunt Human Rights Of Migrant Workers

Atrocities against migrant workers remains the worst in Qatar as fresh news has come in that an Indian worker was…

November 21, 2020

Many US companies including Apple choose business over Uyghur force labor Prevention bill

Recent human rights reports highlighted the instances of Chinese government using forced Uighur labor in its manufacturing and supply chain…

November 21, 2020

Doha must not drop the ball on workers’ rights, Amnesty warns

Hundreds of migrant workers employed in the construction of a stadium for the World Cup strived for up to seven…

November 20, 2020

Garment workers are regularly exploited at factories in South India, BBC reports

Workers in garment factories supplying goods for big brands including Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Ralph Lauren, and Sainsbury's have stood…

November 18, 2020

Japan’s aid agency to support foreign workers

On Monday, the Japan International Cooperation Agency announced the establishment of an institution to provide better support for migrant workers…

November 18, 2020

Police force against protesting farmers in Lahore condemned

Civil society activists and trade unions have expressed solidarity with protesting peasants in Punjab, while condemning the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led Punjab…

November 11, 2020

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