New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has approved an ordinance exempting businesses from the purview of almost all labour laws for the next three years in a bid to provide a …
Adityanath Govt in UP to Suspend Key Labour Laws, Workers’ Rights for Three Years
The Uttar Pradesh government has approved an ordinance exempting businesses from the purview of almost all labour laws for the next three years in a bid to provide a fillip …
Samsung Heir Apologizes for Corruption and Union-Busting Scandals
The de facto head of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, apologized on Wednesday for the corruption and union-busting scandals that have bedeviled his conglomerate, declaring that he will be the last of his family …
Pakistan: Rabbani, rights activists decry ban on trade unions at PIA
KARACHI : Veteran politician Mian Raza Rabbani, who is currently serving as a Pakistan Peoples Party senator and has also been a former chairman of the Senate, has berated the …
Kenya: Ministry of Labour & Social Protection – Labour Sector Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
This is the guidance and mitigation measures released by the Kenyan Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. Among the mitigation measures outlined, the Ministry of Labour has: Suspended negotiations of …
Fired in a Pandemic, ‘Because We Tried to Start a Union,’ Workers Say
Truck drivers and warehouse workers at Cort Furniture Rental in New Jersey had spent months trying to unionize in the hopes of securing higher wages and better benefits. By early …
Amazon : les syndicats proposent une reprise progressive d’activité
Les syndicats CGT, CFDT et SUD d’Amazon France proposent à la direction une reprise progressive d’activité, alors que le géant américain de la logistique a fermé jusqu’au 5 mai ses …
India: Factory Workers Can Now Legally Be Asked to Work 12- Hour Shifts. How Will this Change Things?
The article analyses the April 15 notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs of India outlining the conditions under which economic activities could be restarted in non-containment zones and which …
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What Is Not to Be Done
There are moments in history when the world teeters on a razor’s edge—where we can plausibly imagine a country and a world remade on the values of equality, justice, and …