Australia to help ASEAN firms tackle slavery in supply chains

“A multi-million dollar anti-trafficking strategy between Australia and Southeast Asian nations will look at new ways to help businesses root out slavery in their supply chains, a senior foreign ministry …

Children at Work, Child Labor and Modern Slavery in India: An Overview

The paper summarizes the problem of child labor and modern slavery in India. The paper discusses the broad definitions of child labor and modern slavery, the extent of the problem …

Mars, Nestle, other food companies face complaints of forced labor at palm oil supplier

Palm oil is common in U.S. diets, yet it lives in obscurity. Big food manufacturers add it to a wide array of packaged foods — it is in Skittles, Oreos …

Petition in Supreme Court seeks to ensure safety of Indian workers in the Gulf

“CHENNAI: Soon Indian workers migrating to the Gulf countries may get at least minimum protection to their life, dignity, and wage, as the Supreme Court has sought the response of …

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With Supreme Court order on pensions, 4 crore invisible home-base workers move closer to recognition

Last Friday, the Supreme Court handed out a landmark ruling when it ordered a garments firm named Godvari Garments Limited to pay Rs 10 lakh in pensions to women who stitched clothes …

Morrison’s union-busting laws will further repress right to strike

It is well-established that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization’s 1948 Freedom of Association Convention and 1949 Convention on the Right to Organise. However, this is another internationally …

India: Informal workers’ rights with respect to the payment of minimum wages (Code of Wages, 2019)

In August 2019, the Indian Parliament passed the Code on Wages, 2019 (“Wages Code”).  The Wages Code, along with codes on social security, industrial safety and welfare, and industrial relations …

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Indian unions hold nationwide protest against anti-worker labour law ‘reforms’

A massive wave of protest across the country on 2 August against the Modi government’s corporate friendly labour law reforms highlights the crisis of social dialogue in India. Workers across …

Loblaw won’t face lawsuit over Bangladesh factory collapse after Supreme Court refuses to hear case

One of the country’s largest retailers is finally off the hook for the devastating collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh six years ago. In a decision on Thursday, the …

One Year Since the Jasic Incident. Arrests and Detention System with Chinese Characteristics

In July 2018, the labour action at Jasic Technology Co., Ltd in Shenzhen was succeeded by a series of crackdowns towards the strike workers and their fellow supporters as well …

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