Tag: worker rights
Anger as Hong Kong court keeps ‘discriminatory’ live-in rule for migrant...
Compulsory rule exposes foreign maids to conditions akin to modern slavery, labor rights advocates say
Bishop warns against impact of terror law on Philippine labor
Proposed bill will result in further criminalization of unionism and violations of labor rights, bishop says
Closed borders give rise to new wave of trafficking in Cambodia
With borders still closed to the public, ‘local brokers' are exploiting a section of the population that is drowning in debt
Thailand found failing to log fishermen’s complaints of abuse and slavery
Revelations of modern slavery at sea emerged in 2014, prompting the nation to vow to better regulate the sector
Cambodian hospitality, tourism workers in dire straits due to pandemic
They’re struggling to make ends meet as promised govt financial support fails to materialize
South Asia scrambles to bring home crisis-hit migrant workers
About 40 million South Asians work overseas, mainly in the oil-rich Gulf, sending vital remittances back home
Workers’ rights at risk as Indian labor laws face post-lockdown challenge
They face longer days and lower pay as six states plan to suspend labor laws to help industry recover from coronavirus lockdown
Gas leak at South Korea-owned factory in India kills 9, hundreds...
Incident evokes memories of a gas leak at a factory that killed thousands in the central Indian city of Bhopal in 1984
Philippine Church leaders pay tribute to workers on Labor Day
Caritas Philippines noted that govt efforts to provide relief packages to workers are ‘fill-gap measures only’
As fashion sales fall globally, big brands leave Asia’s garment workers...
An estimated 60 million garment workers could struggle to weather the crisis