Human rights campaigners are calling on US authorities to ban all imports of cotton from the Chinese province of Xinjiang after allegations of widespread forced labour. Two identical petitions, delivered today …
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Lawyers Beyond Borders v. Union of India & Ors. WP(C).No.13444 OF 2020(S)
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Gig economy weighted against ’employee’ relationship
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Labor Abuse Allegations Tie Up Ships in Australia Ports
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Set up a mechanism for ensuring migrant workers wages, labour rights activists say
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Sanctions on China’s top cotton supplier weave a tangled web for fashion brands
In the vast steppes of China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, a paramilitary organization produces more than 7 percent of the world’s cotton, which factories around the globe spin into T-shirts, denim …