After eight months of negotiations, factories producing for ACT brands in Myanmar have agreed on a Myanmar Freedom of Association (FoA) Guideline with IndustriALL affiliate Industrial Workers’ Federation of Myanmar …
Australia: The Ensuring Integrity Bill is about one thing: Curtailing union power
The amendments proposed by the Ensuring Integrity Bill are in direct violation of Australia’s labour and human rights obligations under international law, Anthony Forsyth writes. Recently, the Senate Committee issued …
When ‘business as usual’ costs lives: workers in Pakistan call for a binding safety agreement
In Karachi, Pakistan, 11 September 2012 is ingrained into people’s minds as the day on which over 250 people did not return home to their families after a long day …
Warning over Cambodia’s garment workers as EU tariff threat looms
Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia could face exploitation if proposed EU trade sanctions cause major fashion brands to downsize there, labour rights activists have warned. The garment …
Egregious Worker Rights Violations Cause Thailand to Lose Trade Benefits
On Friday, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced it will withdraw preferential tariffs for many imports from Thailand due to egregious, ongoing worker rights violations in the country. As highlighted …
Mauritius: THE WORKERS’ RIGHTS BILL (No. XXIV of 2019)
The object of this Bill is to repeal the Employment Rights Act and replace it by a modern and comprehensive legislative framework with a view to addressing the shortcomings of …
Informal workers: an untapped asset for Asia’s unions
In the Global North, changes in the organisation of work and employer strategy have rendered existing unions less powerful and put unionism out of reach for large groups of workers. …
$15 Billion: What South Asian Workers Have Paid in Bribes for Gulf Jobs
This February, 51-year-old Bhim Upadhyaya (name changed), a farmer from the Chitwan district in Nepal, paid a Kathmandu-based recruitment agency for a job as a truck driver in Doha, Qatar. …
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