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Zimbabwe launches National Labour Migration Policy to help protect migrant workers

14th Sep 2021 Equal Times 0

Although there is no reliable data, with an estimated 4 to 7 million people living outside of the country, Zimbabwe has one of the highest […]

Covid-19 makes a bad situation worse for agricultural migrant workers in Canada

26th Apr 2021 Equal Times 0

Maria Lopez begged to get time off to go to church for Christmas. She had worked for months as a packer in a greenhouse in […]

In Ecuador, abaca workers are demanding justice and an end to 60 years of modern-day slavery

23rd Feb 2021 Equal Times 0

In December 2003, after 30 years spent labouring on an abaca plantation, Susana Quiñonez finally summoned the courage to demand better working conditions from her […]

Eight years after the Ali Enterprises factory fire in Pakistan, victims and their families are still fighting for justice

22nd Oct 2020 Equal Times 0

On 22 September 2020, almost exactly eight years after Pakistan’s worst industrial fire officially killed 264 garments workers and injured over 60 others in the commercial capital […]

Black Lives Matter in the Arab world too

21st Oct 2020 Equal Times 0

The growth of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, spurred by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA, has reopened a much-needed debate in […]

Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious

18th Jun 2020 Equal Times 0

According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – work in the […]

See you in court: a rise in legal attacks against rights defenders aims to silence corporate critics

8th Jun 2020 Equal Times 0

Athit Kong has been fighting to stay out of prison for more than four years. The Cambodian union leader faces criminal charges of intentional violence, […]

In Tunisia, Black Africans face “the harshest exploitation”

4th May 2020 Equal Times 0

Jérémie*, an Ivorian in his early thirties who arrived in Tunisia in early 2016, is reluctant to speak out. He says he suffered reprisals after […]

Between high rates of HIV/AIDS and punitive new trafficking laws, India’s sex workers are struggling to assert their humanity

13th Aug 2019 Equal Times 0

Gauri Dobe vividly remembers the last day of her childhood. It was a summer afternoon, and she had just finished devouring some mangoes. As she […]

In Cambodia, Chinese workers earn more, but pay the price with diminished labour rights

25th Feb 2019 Equal Times 0

When dusk falls over the city, the diggers roars to life. The small team of workers laying the base of the 46-storey Morgan Tower in […]

“What should I do? Stay at home and starve?” – wage theft leaves Zimbabwe’s workers with an impossible dilemma

7th Dec 2018 Equal Times 0

[This article is accompanied by the mini-documentary ‘Working Without Pay in Zimbabwe’.Click here to watch the full video.] Imagine having a job that hasn’t paid […]

Venezuela: where a crisis and a “gold rush” are creating an environmental disaster

13th Sep 2018 Equal Times 0

Under glass displays, nappies and coffee are sold as luxury items in the supermarkets of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Customers’ baskets are mostly empty. […]

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