カテゴリー: Workers’ rights
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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 …
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. …
Campaigners say safety has improved but brands need to do more for workers’ rights and pay as survivors recount tragedy The fight for safe conditions and fair pay in Bangladesh has not yet been won, campaigners are warning on the 10th anniversary of th…
Visitors to Asia’s largest tulip garden in Srinagar, Kashmir, do not see the toil by low-paid workers that lies behind the spectacleAn explosion of colour – and long queues of traffic – marked the opening of Asia’s largest tulip garden in Srinagar, Kas…
For thousands of low-paid workers, this year’s games brought back only memories of abuse and exploitationOn a huge billboard in front of Kathmandu’s international airport, is a picture of five migrant workers with the words: “Meet the hardest working t…
Workers tell of sweatshop conditions at Thai factory used by Tesco, as supermarket says it knew nothing of claims about VKG In a factory at the Myanmar border in Thailand, hundreds of Burmese workers made F&F jeans for Tesco. They describe sweatsho…
In 2020, the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced one of the harshest Covid lockdowns in the world, causing nearly 200 million migrant labourers to be stranded without wages, food and housing. Many undertook long journeys to return to their …
On Mongolia’s coal highway to the Chinese border, truck driver Maikhuu dreams of a better life and financial security for her three children. However, the road from the mines to China is riddled with accidents, toxic pollution, poor hygiene and now, am…
On Mongolia’s coal highway to the Chinese border, truck driver Maikhuu dreams of a better life and financial security for her three children. However, the road from the mines to China is riddled with accidents, toxic pollution, poor hygiene a…
Early end to migrants’ contracts leaves many owing large sums to recruiters and unable to support their families• World Cup hotel shields England team from fans – and Qatar’s labour abusesThousands of poorly paid migrant workers in Qatar are being forc…
Authoritarian measures are widened to meet Chinese loyalty requirements, despite fears it will worsen teacher shortagesForeign English-language teachers working in Hong Kong government schools will need to swear allegiance to the city, officials have o…