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Peru Oil Strike Deep Dive: Workers vs. Privatization Explained

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 parts of the company to private investment. The three-day stoppage has turned a boardroom decision

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

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, contracts, and safety rules. It comes as labour agencies across Europe look for faster ways

Minnesota Workers’ Strike Explained and Why It Keeps Expanding

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 work, school, and shopping to show collective pressure. The action surged after anger over an

International Day of Education 2026 Centers on Youth Rights in Policy

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 is a major change in priorities as it does not focus on the availability of

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

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 a historic move. A clear conclusion to the so-called regulatory limbo into which millions of

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

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 in a major geopolitical change. This was announced together with six other Muslim majority countries

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

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 rollout by April 1, 2026. A standout feature of these reforms is the introduction of

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

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 labor shortages resulting from the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. According to the official statistics provided

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

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 anticipated "Future of Work" session. The strike was organized by the world trade union federations

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

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 NGOs, such as WOLA and PROVEA, issued a scathing Decalogue. This document outlines 10 Urgent