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Marginalised workers

The army’s encroachment on the civilian economy is costing Egyptian workers dearly

8th February 2021 Equal Times 0

Their faces marked by exhaustion and sadness, thousands of Delta fertilizer company employees continue with their sit-in protest against the decision taken by the Dakahlia […]

The fight for safe rates for transportation workers in South Korea

20th January 2021 Equal Times 0

In the past decade, South Korea has emerged as one of East Asia’s most advanced digital economies, with e-commerce, ride-hailing, and other services all growing. […]

Why the Omnibus Law is not only an assault on workers’ rights but also on Indonesia’s SDG progress

8th December 2020 Equal Times 0

Besides a raging Covid-19 pandemic that has seen Indonesia produce the second highest confirmed death toll in Asia after India, widespread opposition to President Joko […]

Go-Bet closure leaves 130 workers jobless

2nd December 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

The union representing the Go-Bet workers says it wants the workers to be preferred creditors as the company still owes them their Covid relief money.

Caught between military occupation and unemployment, Palestinians continue to work in the Israeli economy without full labour rights

27th November 2020 Equal Times 0

It is four in the morning and heavy rain washes the deserted alleys of the village of Al Midiah, west of Ramallah. A white minibus […]

Community healthcare workers march for a minimum wage of R12,500

26th November 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

As the outcry by thousands of care workers whose bodies continue to be on the frontline against covid-19 gets louder around the country, their conditions of work remain unchanged.

Dismissed workers not happy with CCMA outcome

24th November 2020 Joseph Chirume 0

The workers claim that the CCMA commissioner refused to accept their evidence.

Domestic workers caught between a rock and a hard place

10th November 2020 Jonathan Grossman 0

Covid-19 and lockdown have made working conditions for domestic worker worse.

In a time of global crises, waste workers are our unsung heroes

29th October 2020 Equal Times 0

If the global fight against Covid-19 made one thing clear, it is society’s complete dependency on essential workers, and the risks involved in these professions. […]

Education department mum on youth pay

28th October 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

School patrollers and covid-19 brigades say they have not been paid for the past three months.

Home-based workers want protection

19th October 2020 Josie Abrahams 0

Heavily affected by the lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic, home-based workers have not enjoyed what little relief government has provided.

Slow recovery of the informal economy still costing many livelihoods

16th October 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

The informal economy workers are one of the group of workers who are bearing the brunt of the pandemic as some have lost their livelihoods.

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