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The Uyghurs: Complicity and entanglement of Europe with China

The Uyghurs: Complicity and entanglement of Europe with China

China - Through the war in Ukraine, the European Union has already learned some bitter lessons that should now be applied to the greater systemic challenge on the axis of authoritarian expansionism — China. Economic

US Labor Department Fines Farm Contractor For Siphoning Overtime Money  

US Labor Department Fines Farm Contractor For Siphoning Overtime Money  

United States - The US department of Labor has fined an Othello based labor contractor for having denied overtime pay to its employees who worked to clean up the Gorge Amphitheatre, according to confirmed reports.

Rough roads: Filipino truck drivers exploited in Europe

Rough roads: Filipino truck drivers exploited in Europe

Philippines - Randy recalls being paralyzed by terror. "That could have been me," he couldn't get out of his head. One of his co-workers was involved in a car accident while travelling through Belgium's snowy

Creative Ways To Retain And Reward Precious Workforce  

Creative Ways To Retain And Reward Precious Workforce  

Feeling valued at work has become even more important today that it was ever in the past. As the pandemic has brought about a new method to work, the hybrid models are also coming with

CTUL Stands For Fair Working Conditions For Construction Workers In Minneapolis

CTUL Stands For Fair Working Conditions For Construction Workers In Minneapolis

United States - Worker abuse seems to be rampant in Minneapolis. Labour is coming cheap as they are not being paid their worth, especially in the construction industry.  Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha

Volkswagen requests extra time for human rights investigation in Brazil

Volkswagen requests extra time for human rights investigation in Brazil

Brazil - According to minutes of an administrative hearing on the probe reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday, Volkswagen requested extra time to investigate claims claiming human rights breaches amounting to "modern slavery" on a farm

US shoe company Skechers obliged to prove ‘no forced labor’ ahead of US discriminative act on Xinjiang

US shoe company Skechers obliged to prove ‘no forced labor’ ahead of US discriminative act on Xinjiang

Skechers commissioned an independent inquiry by a third party to appeal to US customs, which found no evidence to substantiate so-called forced labour charges. The "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," signed by US President Joe

Medical Fraternity Declares June 15 As ‘White Day’

Medical Fraternity Declares June 15 As ‘White Day’

Turkey - Turkish medical workers have gone up and arms against the government as they decided to keep themselves off work to stage a nationwide strike. Declaring June 15 as a white day, most of

Bolt Drivers Go On Strike To Demand Worker Status Over Self Employed Tag

Bolt Drivers Go On Strike To Demand Worker Status Over Self Employed Tag

United Kingdom - The General Trade Union in the United Kingdom has given an ultimatum to the Estonian based driver’s app fighting for the fair rights of workers working as drivers. The GMB Union has

Gig workers not to be categorized as independent contractors: Massachusetts’ Highest Court

Gig workers not to be categorized as independent contractors: Massachusetts’ Highest Court

United States - The state's highest court ruled on Tuesday that a referendum question asking whether ride-hailing drivers should be classified as independent contractors or full-time workers was unconstitutional. The ballot should never have been