“Three million workers are employed in India’s sandstone mining industry on a seasonal basis, with nearly 90% of India’s sandstone being produced in the state of Rajasthan. The government of …
Gig economy weighted against ’employee’ relationship
When the report of the inquiry into the Victorian on-demand workforce was released, it didn’t get the attention it deserved, as the state grappled with the escalating COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne. This …
Labor Abuse Allegations Tie Up Ships in Australia Ports
Australian authorities detained at least two cargo ships for alleged labor violations related to demands from seafarers to be sent home, some of whom have spent more than a year …
Set up a mechanism for ensuring migrant workers wages, labour rights activists say
As a large number of migrant workers have become victims of wage theft in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, migrant rights activists and trade union representatives have demanded the …
Thai Appeal Court decision on Mitr Pohl paves the way for Asia’s first transboundary class action on human rights abuses
Today, Cambodian plaintiffs representing more than 700 farming families won a landmark appeal allowing them to move forward with their class action against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. The …
Addressing Forced Labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
“The forced labor of ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), as part of a broader pattern of severe human rights abuses, is a significant and …
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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 …