Shamim Bano has been an invisible worker for 40 years. Working 12-hour days from home as a “cropper” in the port city of Karachi, she cuts the loose threads off …
A Job for Life, or Not? A Class Divide Deepens in Japan
“Two court rulings threaten to further entrench distinctions in Japan between “regular” workers and the growing ranks of nonregular employees, many of whom are women… Last month, after more than …
Indian teenage trafficking survivor wins ‘unprecedented’ compensation
A teenage trafficking survivor in India has won 900,000 rupees ($12,165) in a rare payout that lawyers said was “unprecedented” in size under the country’s compensation schemes for victims. The …
Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China
Apple lobbyists are trying to weaken a new law aimed at preventing forced labor in China, according to two congressional staffers familiar with the matter, highlighting the clash between its …
After US Sanctions, Malaysia Migrant Workers Get Millions in Restitution from Glove Makers
Malaysian rubber glove makers have started paying back thousands of migrant workers for recruitment fees totaling tens of millions of dollars since the U.S. stopped importing from some of them …
Enforcement of Act 446 crucial to ensuring country free of forced labour, human trafficking, says Saravanan
The continuous enforcement of the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446) is crucial to ensuring efforts to eradicate elements of forced labour and human trafficking …
NEW DRAFT LAW DEALS A MAJOR BLOW TO UKRAINE’S GIG WORKERS
On November 2, 2020, a group of MPs submitted a draft law No.4303 “On promoting the development of digital economy in Ukraine”. This draft law contains multiple dangerous provisions that would …
Korean national labor board recognizes “gig economy” driver for ride-hailing platform as employee.
The Central Labor Commission decided that the driver of Tada, a vehicle calling service, should be viewed as a legal worker. I accepted the request for relief from unfair dismissal filed …
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Who gets reformed, capital or labour? The challenges to Indian labour during the pandemic and times ahead
“The International Labour Organization (ILO) reports that about 400 million people who belong to the massive informal workforce which constitutes 90% of India’s workers fell into poverty during Covid-19 (ILO, …