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Millions of migrants will build stadiums, transport networks and hotels. But testimonies from Bangladeshis who have worked there suggest abuse is deeply entrenched in the Gulf kingdomWhen Shahadat set out for Saudi Arabia from his village in Bangladesh…
続きを読むResearchers mapped brick kilns across India and used climate models to forecast the levels of heat stress workers face between now and 2050Photographs by Ishan Tankhar“I work with fire. But this has been the hottest ever, even for me,” says Harilal Raj…
続きを読むTrade unionist calls for crackdown on ‘barbaric exploitation’ after death of Satnam Singh, 31, in LatinaA trade unionist has called for a crackdown against “barbaric exploitation” after an Indian farm worker died when he was allegedly being left on a r…
続きを読むAs the Gulf kingdom bids to host a World Cup that will see its reliance on cheap foreign labour soar, planeloads of men already return daily to Dhaka, gaunt, dazed and brokeAmong the joyful family reunions at the arrivals gate at Dhaka’s internationa…
続きを読むIsrael needs to fill the gap left by expelled Palestinian workers, and Indians are desperate to escape unemployment at home, despite protests from unionsConstruction noise is a near-constant across Israel; more high-rises join Tel Aviv’s tech boom skyl…
続きを読むWorkers describe hands and arms being targeted in ‘merciless’ beatings as protests over low wages turn increasingly violent in DhakaWhen Masuma Akhtar arrived at the garment factory where she works on the outskirts of Dhaka on 31 October, she was expec…
続きを読むGarment workers in Bangladesh making clothes for UK brands say plans to increase their pay to £76 a month is not enough to surviveGarment workers making clothes in Bangladesh for UK high-street brands say they are facing starvation and are having to st…
続きを読むDozens of contract workers at Amazon warehouses say they were tricked into toiling and living in grueling, squalid conditionsMcDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged foreign worker exploitationCorporations are paying for worker abuse audits that a…
続きを読むForeign workers at the Middle East locations of US and UK brands allege low pay, harsh conditions and a legal limbo with few protectionsRevealed: Amazon linked to trafficking of workers in Saudi ArabiaMcDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged forei…
続きを読むDoctors say high stress, heat and harsh living conditions may be the cause of low sperm counts in men returning from the GulfOn a cluster of metal benches outside the infertility unit at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s hospital in Kathmandu, a dozen ma…
続きを読むThousands of families are trapped by debts on plantations in south-west Karnataka, despite the practice supposedly being abolished in the 70sIt was a chance meeting in the market that led to freedom. On his monthly trip to buy groceries, Ramesh bumped …
続きを読むCall to set up role comes as report alleges retailer uses factories that violate minimum-wage requirements and workers’ rightsPakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, has reportedly asked the British fast-fashion brand Boohoo to increa…
続きを読むShahidul Islam died in an assault on Sunday in Dhaka after meeting garment factory employees fighting for unpaid salaries Police in Bangladesh are investigating the murder of a prominent trade union leader who was fatally beaten while trying to settle …
続きを読むWorkers at World Cup 2022 venues fired as tournament ended and allegedly jailed or deported after trying to claim unpaid wagesThree World Cup security guards who were detained while trying to resolve a dispute over unpaid wages are still being held in …
続きを読むA decade after Bangladesh’s worst garment-industry disaster, injury and ill health plagues those that escapedThe cracks on the walls started to appear two days earlier. But despite the warning signs, Moushumi Begum still came to work on 24 April 2013. …
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