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Peru Oil Strike Deep Dive: Workers vs. Privatization Explained

Peru’s state oil firm Petroperú has hit another rough patch as unions walked out over a government plan to open…

January 25, 2026

Migrant Workers’ Rights Shift: What Norway’s New AI Chatbot Signals

Norway’s Labour Inspection Authority has launched “Leon”, a multilingual AI chatbot meant to answer foreign workers’ questions on pay, hours,…

January 25, 2026

Minnesota Workers’ Strike Explained and Why It Keeps Expanding

Minnesota’s “workers’ strike” is being described by organisers as an economic blackout: a one-day mass stoppage urging people to skip…

January 25, 2026

International Day of Education 2026 Centers on Youth Rights in Policy

Today marks the International Day of Education 2026, a pivotal global observance led by UNESCO. The theme of this year…

January 24, 2026

Gig and Platform Workers to Be Formally Recognised Under New Social Security Code for First Time

Gig and platform workers are the first time to be legally considered as a category of workforce in India in…

January 24, 2026

Qatar and Saudi Arabia Join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Amidst Rights Concerns

Qatar and Saudi Arabia have officially enrolled in the newly formed board of peace of United States President Donald Trump…

January 24, 2026

Draft Rules for 2026: 4-Day Work Week Option Comes with 12-Hour Daily Shift Caveat

The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has pre-published draft rules for the four New Labour Codes, targeting an operational…

January 24, 2026

Russia Triples Work Permits for Indian and Bangladeshi Citizens to Fill War-Time Labour Shortages

Russia has significantly increased the issuance of work permits to citizens from India and Bangladesh in 2025, driven by acute…

January 24, 2026

Davos 2026: Union Leaders Walk Out of ‘Future of Work’ Panel, Citing Exclusion of Gig Worker Voices

Tensions reached a boiling point at Davos 2026 today as prominent labor representatives staged a dramatic exit from the highly…

January 22, 2026

Venezuelan Civil Society Issues “10 Urgent Demands” Amidst Leadership Vacuum

After an abrupt change of power and the consequent leadership vacuum in Venezuela, a group of 16 national and international…

January 22, 2026

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