Letter for Prime Minister of Canada
Dear Prime Minister…[W]e urge the adoption of workable measures to promote legislative and administrative reforms that will more effectively regulate the operations of Canadian mining companies…In...
View ArticleIndia: 'Invisible' women brick-kiln workers in Punjab demand their rights
Hundreds of women brick-kiln workers from Punjab have come together in a rare gathering to demand equal pay and better accommodation, as the country's often invisible women labourers become...
View ArticleKarnataka: Allegations of arbitrary and abusive force against women...
Amnesty International India spoke to 18 women garment workers who all said they saw the police beating and abusing peaceful protesters. One woman garment worker who took part in a protest in Peenya on...
View ArticleIndia: Garment workers protesting against proposed revisions in employee...
On 18 and 19 April, thousands of garment workers, most of whom are women in Bengaluru took to the streets to protest recent revisions in the central government’s employee savings policies. Garment...
View ArticleIndia: HRD accuse attack by Vedanta 'goons', company rejects
Campaign for Survival and Dignity(CSD) Odisha which struggled for the enactment of Forest Rights(FRA), 2006 and presently campaigning for the establishment of Gram SabhaSarkar in the line of FRA Gram...
View ArticleExpert urges Uganda to require disclosure of beneficial companies' owners to...
“Emulate South Sudan on oil companies, Uganda advised” Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, the executive director of the Accra based Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has advised Ugandan authorities to...
View ArticleUganda: NGOs appeal for speedy resolution of court case where locals are...
"Oil: Rwamutonga residents want Shs 64bn over eviction" Residents of Rwamutonga village in Bugambe sub-County, Hoima district, who were in August 2014 evicted from the area, are demanding for Shs 64bn...
View ArticleUganda: 93 families displaced for oil refinery construction yet to be...
"Hoima’s poor still seek justice over relocation plans" As Uganda moves closer to signing an agreement over the construction of an oil refinery, some of the people who were displaced to make way for...
View ArticleTanzania: Illovo Sugar invests in health & education as part of its corporate...
"Illovo Sugar invests in health, education" As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Kilombero Sugar Company (KSC) has invested over 200m/- in the year 2015/16 to implement various...
View ArticleMyanmar: Arbitration Council orders reinstatement & compensation of Han Jen...
“Arbitration body win for worker”, 8 Apr 2016 A garment worker from the Han Jen Factory must be rehired and compensated, the Arbitration Council has ruled in a rare victory in a labourer’s favour....
View Article"Colombia’s peace process needs an accountable extractives industry" says...
In Colombia, Sergio Jaramillo, one of the people who has led the government’s efforts to end a half-century of conflict with the leftist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),...
View Article"A push for education and livelihoods for refugees in Jordan"
It’s been almost four years since Syrian refugees fleeing conflict started congregating in Zaatari, Jordan, today home to the world’s second largest refugee camp. Now with 80,000 residents, the...
View ArticleThe Other Side of Migration - A global photo competition on migration and...
How has migration improved your life? Or the life of someone you know? Have you witnessed some of the many positive effects of migration on the lives of migrants and on societies? The overwhelming...
View ArticleEmployers’ perspectives towards domestic workers in Jordan - A qualitative...
Original publication date: 2015 ...Given the critical relevance of the migrant domestic work sector within the region, and that migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are overwhelmingly exposed to...
View ArticleRéplica de Cereal a Lexmark
El artículo “Le atinan al precio” presenta a los trabajadores de Lexmark y a su abogada como actores sociales que implementaron la estrategia de simular la formación de un sindicato independiente para...
View ArticleMaquila workers reach settlement with Lexmark, reports media
Workers fired from a Lexmark International printer cartridge factory in Ciudad Juárez have taken down a protest camp that endured more than five months after they reached a settlement with the company...
View ArticleWiderstände gegen Veröffentlichung von Konzerndaten bei EU-Finanzministern
Nach den Enthüllungen der „Panama Papers“ wollen die EU-Finanzminister den Kampf gegen Steuerbetrug verstärken. „Das Bewusstsein für die Dringlichkeit ist zweifellos viel größer“, sagte der...
View ArticleWeekly Update - 27 April: Mexico - At least 32 dead & hundreds injured in...
Our run down of this week's top stories and breaking news about business & human rights. Includes company responses (including from Associated British Food, Atradius, Boskalis, Coca-Cola, Danone,...
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