Policy News
Singapore: Government revises retrenchment policy, makes post-retrenchment training programs mandatory
India: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour to scrutinise expenditure of EPFO funds
Australia: State of Western Australia passes strict law against industrial manslaughter
India: Kerala state to form welfare boards for MNREGA workers
Legal News
USA: Appeals court orders tech companies like Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as workers
Japan: Supreme Court reinforces Equal Pay for Equal Work
USA: Companies drag Department of Labour to court over H1B Visa norms
USA: California authority withdraws discrimination caste discrimination case against CISCO
Workers’ Rights
Pakistan: The 8-year long wait of garment workers’ kins for justice
India: Workers duped by Saudi Construction firm file cases against non-payment of wages
Bangladesh: Water transport workers strike work, demand wage revision
Colombia: Mining giant Cerrejon caves in after 52-day long strike, begins negotiations with the union
Indonesia: Protests reignite over anti-worker labour law changes
USA: Healthcare workers return to work after management agrees to demands after strike action
Ghana: Child labour is growing in the chocolate industry
Precarious Workers
USA: Gig workers are rising against the algorithm
Bangladesh: Women garment workers unite against sexual harassment at workplace
Brazil: Government’s ignorance to the plight of domestic workers
Myanmar: Garment workers are forced to take up sex work for survival as the industry fails to pick-up
South Korea: 14 workers are have died so far due to excessive over-work during the pandemic
Garment workers are paying the price for our desire to have cheap clothes
India: As rural employment schemes fail, workers forces to migrate to cities
Job Cuts
Chemical manufacturer BASF to cut 2,000 jobs
2,000 workers rendered jobless after jute mill shuts shop with no prior notice
Hamleys to lay off one-fourth jobs at London head office
Cathay airlines to cut 5,300 jobs, suspend domestic arm
Studies and Opinions
From farm workers to tech workers everyone needs a union
High Tech, Low Labour?
Employers are not firing workers because there is a crisis, it’s just to keep the wages low
Stronger labor unions would speed up America’s post-COVID recovery
Why European welfare is failing gig workers
It’s not the tech but cheap labour that accrues profits
Workers losing jobs will drive wages down