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How Wage Theft Goes Unbated In American Restaurants

How Wage Theft Goes Unbated In American Restaurants

United States - Wage theft is becoming a common practice in restaurant business, according to a non-profit advocacy group called One Fair Wage has said. Speaking to the media, the group’s President Saru Jayaraman commented

Workers Shortage is Compelling UK Farmers to Cut Down Food Production from 2022

Workers Shortage is Compelling UK Farmers to Cut Down Food Production from 2022

United Kingdom - Farmers in the UK are facing troubled times due to a shortage of migrant workers amid harvest season. However, farmers are now forced to slash production from 2022 as a massive shortage

Warehouse workers of Amazon to file for Union elections

Warehouse workers of Amazon to file for Union elections

United States - Employee group formed by warehouse workers in New York’s Staten Island working for Amazon announced its goal to vote on unionization, becoming the latest labor-organizing effort from workers at one of the

Russia and its dependence on Central Asian labor market

Russia and its dependence on Central Asian labor market

Russia- has been quite aggressive in hiring labor from Central Asia since long. In the same line, the country has been busy creating regulations and punitive laws directed as migrant labors. Entry bans into Russia

Fight for Labour Rights: South Korean workers protest on streets dressed as Squid Game characters

Fight for Labour Rights: South Korean workers protest on streets dressed as Squid Game characters

South Korea - Seoul, the capital of South Korea, recently saw a different take on protests by workers. The streets of city were flooded with thousands of workers demanding better working conditions, dressed up as

America’s undeniable usher to deal with refugees, migrant crisis is quickly taking over the world

America’s undeniable usher to deal with refugees, migrant crisis is quickly taking over the world

United States - It is not all gold and shine for the United States when it comes to refugee and immigration related issues. Several experts have pointed out America’s inability to give them proper treatment

NYC mayor announces new Covid-19 mandate igniting concerns among labor unions

NYC mayor announces new Covid-19 mandate igniting concerns among labor unions

New York City - After the New York mayor announced the Covid-19 mandate for the workers to get vaccinated by Friday, labor unions are concerned how it will be succeeded. The concerns are there will

Why US Has Banned Use Of Medical Gloves From Malaysia

Why US Has Banned Use Of Medical Gloves From Malaysia

Malaysia - Malaysian glove making company Supermax Healthcare is in dire straits as US bans it from selling gloves over suspected allegations of using forced labor, recent reports have confirmed. The US Customs and Border

No respite for returning Syrian refugees as they face abuse and persecution at home: HRW Report

No respite for returning Syrian refugees as they face abuse and persecution at home: HRW Report

Syria - Latest report by Human Rights Watch released today bares open the plight of returning Syrian refugees. According to the global watchdog’s report, the Syrian refugees who returned to the country between 2017 and

Illegal gold miners’ negligence takes lives of two indigenous children

Illegal gold miners’ negligence takes lives of two indigenous children

Brazil - The Health Council of the region revealed that earlier this week two children belonging to Yanomami indegenous people died after being sucked into the machinery used in cladestie mining. They were four and