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April 26, 2022
Hong Kong's foreign domestic workers: end our abuse
topic: Discrimination
by: Ananta Agarwal
Facing perpetual abuse, abandonment and discrimination, Hong Kong's foreign domestic workers have had enough. Now they organise to fight for their rights.
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January 13, 2022
Unfulfilled promises undermine Bosnian labour rights
topic: Economic Fairness
by: Katarina Panić
Big political promises without the adequate financial support often impede employers from guaranteeing labour rights.
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December 07, 2021
The faces of capitalism's victims
topic: Arts
by: Katarina Panić
Bosnian miner and artist Miroslav Stakić exposes the harsh reality of workers in a capitalist system through a striking new art exhibition.
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June 19, 2021
Overworked and underpaid: India’s neglected community health workers
topic: Women’s rights
by: Tish Sanghera
Despite their critical role in tackling the spread of COVID-19 in India, community health workers continue to be underpaid and overworked.
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May 28, 2021
“Pay Us Before We Die”: Ailing Ex-South African Miners Plead
topic: Human Rights
by: Cyril Zenda
Delays in disbursing the $400 million compensation awarded to African miners who had contracted diseases are causing intended beneficiaries sleepless nights
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December 17, 2020
End Amazon’s abuse of workers and the planet!
topic: Economic Fairness
type: Campaign, Petition
by: Yair Oded
A global coalition of Amazon workers titled Make Amazon Pay demands that the company end its abuse of workers and destructive environmental practices.
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November 26, 2020
Progressives press Biden on climate justice
topic: Climate action
by: Yair Oded
Progressive activists and lawmakers pressure president-elect Biden to "be bold" on climate, economic, and racial justice issues.
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April 30, 2020
Historic workers’ strike to take place in the U.S.
topic: Economic Fairness
by: Yair Oded
Amazon, Walmart and FedEx workers across the U.S. plan historic strike to protest their mistreatment and neglect by companies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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January 31, 2020
Brexit. It's happened. So what happens now?
topic: Democracy
by: Gurmeet Singh
I can’t think of a more boring political event given so much fanfare and so much bluster. Yet, there are important things to consider like race.
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January 22, 2020
Transparentem expose environmental and human rights abuses of fashion industry
type: Donation
by: Yair Oded
Transparentem expose the truth behind the fashion industry's violation of human rights and environmental degradation. Learn more on their website.
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Rana Plaza
May 17, 2018
Fashion victims
by: Maria João Morais
One year after the EU Parliament urged companies to respect workers' rights to prevent a collapse like in Rana Plaza, nothing has happened.
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June 22, 2014
For better working conditions
type: NGO
Working rights keep being violated wordwide. The construction works in Sotschi 2014 are just one of the many examples where worker's lives and well-being was put at risk to satisfy the [...]
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January 03, 2014
Cambodia: Investigate protest killings by security forces
org: Amnesty International
“The Cambodian government has to rein in its security forces. Today’s events sadly echo other recent incidents – on at least four occasions in [...]
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Thousands of South Korean rail workers have been on strike in recent weeks. © WOOHAE CHO/AFP/Getty Images
December 27, 2013
South Korea: Stop arrests of trade union leaders and respect the rights of striking workers
org: Amnesty International
“This police raid violated international human rights and labour standards in many ways – from arresting trade union leaders in retaliation for [...]
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December 22, 2013
Stop the abuse of migrant workers in Qatar
org: Amnesty International
The vast majority of these migrant workers come from South and Southeast Asia and are seeking a better life for themselves and their families back home. But once in Qatar, migrant [...]
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November 23, 2013
Forced Labour is about Politics and Economics as much as Crime
by: FairPlanet Editorial Team
It is commonly asserted that forced labour, along with trafficking and slavery, represents ‘the underside of globalisation’. In this understanding, [...]
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