Tag: Workers
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Rampant Labor Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia
United Nations human rights experts have highlighted “widespread and systematic” exploitation, deception, and deepening debt…
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Cambodia: Returned Migrant Workers Face Hunger, Joblessness
The Cambodian government is not supporting hundreds of thousands of migrant workers with microfinance debts…
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Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat
Eighteen-year-old Danny Nolasco spent the day of July 15, 2024, mixing and hauling buckets of…
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Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers behind the Riyadh Metro system subjected to decade of devastating abuse
Migrant workers who travelled to Saudi Arabia to work on the Riyadh Metro project were…
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What happens to women health workers when Official Development Assistance is cut?
Recent cuts to Official Development Assistance (ODA) are triggering a silent emergency—one that disproportionately impacts…
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ILO: Strengthen Global Rules to Protect Gig Workers
(New York) – Governments negotiating a new global treaty on gig work should strengthen the draft…
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Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers in Mecca Arrested for Demanding Unpaid Wages
(Beirut) – At least 600 migrant workers employed by Saudi Arabian Baytur Construction Company have not…
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France: Dysfunctional and discriminatory residence permit system violates racialized migrant workers’ rights
The French short term residency system violates human rights of racialized migrant workers, trapping them…
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For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity
For the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), just transition begins not just with carbon, but with…
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Growing Threat to Heat-Exposed Workers: Chronic Kidney Disease
Two years ago, Ignacio, a construction worker in Houston, began having frequent headaches and fatigue.…