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workers-protection

World 5 years ago

Migrant protection agency thwarts trafficking plot to Dubai

The government agency for migrant worker protection has foiled a plan to smuggle hundreds of Indonesian citizens to the UAE for domestic work, which is prohibited by a ministerial decree.

Opinion 5 years ago

COVID-19 must not blind us to exploitation of workers

The pandemic has exposed the parts of modern society that we need to focus more attention on. The living circumstances of migrant and poorer workers is something that is not sustainable going into an uncertain future.

World 5 years ago

Asia's garment workers say virus used as cover to smash unions

From factory floors in India to the warehouses of Cambodia, garment workers for global brands say the collapse in demand triggered by the coronavirus is being used as a cover to break their unions.

World 5 years ago

Sailors’ deaths highlight lack of legal protections for migrant workers

A viral video showing the burial at sea of an Indonesian crew member who allegedly endured poor working conditions aboard a Chinese fishing vessel has exposed the lack of regulations that could have protected him and other migrant workers on the ship.

Opinion 5 years ago

Women manufacturing workers hit hardest

Comprising the bulk of workers without a permanent status, women workers are most vulnerable to layoffs and are more likely to be exposed to economic injustice because they depend on daily wages, which in turn depend on production volume. As production tanks, it is these women who are hit hardest.