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South Asia’s migrant workers are facing a jobs crisis both at home and abroad

15th Feb 2021 Equal Times 0

In February 2020, PK Valsala, a 45-year-old single woman from Kerala, south India, went to Oman to start a job as a domestic worker. She […]

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

8th Feb 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 […]

India’s farmers won’t stop protesting until Modi’s unfair agricultural reforms are repealed

27th Jan 2021 Equal Times 0

Narayan Gaikwad has sent 250 postcards to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and intends to send 300 more. Written meticulously, he wants to draw attention […]

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

27th Nov 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 […]

ITUC objects to ZANU PF calling ZCTU a terrorist organisation

4th Aug 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

Ongoing human rights abuses in the country have reminded Zimbabweans that the regime did not change when Mugabe was ousted in 2017.

Janhavi Dave: “We need to empower home-based workers by investing in more co-operatives. Unity builds strength and resilience”

27th Jul 2020 Equal Times 0

South Asia is home to over 50 million home-based workers, most of whom are women. From agarbhatti incense stick rollers in India to piecework garment workers in Sri […]

Commitment or marketing: is there really an ethical awakening in the fashion industry?

20th Jul 2020 Equal Times 0

In February 2019, Spain’s fashion multinational Inditex put a new sweatshirt on the market with a promising slogan. Printed, in capital letters on a black […]

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 […]

In Zimbabwe, trade unionists, human rights activists and opposition politicians are under siege

4th Nov 2019 Equal Times 0

When Munashe Chirowamari left home on 11 October 2018 to join fellow trade unionists on a demonstration organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions […]

As young Croatians head west, employers are looking to foreign and retired workers to tackle labour shortages

25th Jul 2019 Equal Times 0

Wine is a family business for Toni Katunar. His family has been producing wine for decades, and their 20,000 vines are located on the paradise […]

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