Workers' Rights

‘Pure veg fleet’: How Indian food app Zomato sparked a caste, purity debate
Delivery workers worry that vegetarian-only fleets today could pave the way for caste-based delivery systems tomorrow.
Published On 30 Mar 2024
Trapped, abandoned: Filipino workers lured to Poland by shadowy agents
Filipinos pay large sums to unofficial recruitment companies, only to find themselves at the sharp end of Polish law.
Published On 27 Mar 2024
EU countries endorse diluted draft rules on gig economy workers’ rights
Revised text scraps set of criteria proposed by European Commission to determine if an online company is an employer.
Published On 11 Mar 2024
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On 40th anniversary of UK miners’ strike, can Labour win back the north?
What caused the miners’ strike 40 years ago and why did ‘Red Wall’ communities turn against Labour in the last election?
Published On 8 Mar 2024

Airport workers and train drivers walk off the job to demand more pay to offset soaring inflation in the country.

Street sellers bring moments of joy to enamoured couples but their journeys and struggles are far from romantic.

Farmers demand legal minimum price for their crops as they march to New Delhi, ask government to fulfill its promises.

Canada’s half-a-century policy of tying migrant workers to their employers denounced as modern-day slavery.

Malaysia tells UN review it has no plans to change system under which refugees are considered undocumented migrants.

How did UK postal workers end up wrongly imprisoned for fraud?

Hundreds demand improved healthcare and safety standards after 18 people were killed at a nickel processing plant.

The jobs and conditions that await Sri Lankans barely resemble the opportunities offered to them by shady agents.

Once known as the beacon of corporate America, REI is now embroiled in face-offs with employees, putting off consumers.

Rescue efforts to save workers trapped since November 12 slowed after damage to a digging machine.

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