Formal Economy

Garment worker unions demand higher wages
Chuon Mum Thol, President of Cambodian Unions Federation (CUF) has informed that the garment union representatives are to approach the industry leaders and the government with a proposal to hike minimum wages in the sector from US $50 per month to US $93 per month to enable workers to a better living standard. The issue [...]...
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23 views,·February 3rd, 2010

Rights in Conflict and Suppression

Two Years to Fight for a Fair Trial for Huang Qingnan and Shenzhen Worker Centre
It has been two years since China labor activist Huang Qingnan almost lost his leg to an attack on 20 November 2007. The founder person of the Dagongzhe Migrant Worker Centre (hereafter DGZ) in Shenzhen China was attacked in broad daylight for his work educating migrant workers about their labor rights. It has been two years [...]...
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90 views,·January 4th, 2010

Migration and Labour

Government Reaches Out to Thai Women
The Interior Ministry wants to reach Thai women who move to Finland in order to better inform them of their rights and give them information about living in this country. This would include giving them information in their native language about workers’ rights and responsibilities and other legal and social matters. The aim is to reach [...]...
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43 views,·January 28th, 2010

Informal Economy

Housemaids’ issue heats up
JEDDAH: There is a move on the part of Saudi authorities to stop housemaids coming from certain countries. “We are serious in imposing a ban on the import of housemaids from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia and Vietnam,” said Ali Al-Quraishi, vice president of the local Labor Recruitment Committee. “The main reason for considering such a ban [...]...
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56 views,·January 26th, 2010

Trade and Labour

Tata Continues Collective Punishment of Indian Tea Workers
Nearly one thousand tea workers and their families continue to suffer collective punishment at the hands of India’s Tata Group. Workers at the Nowera Nuddy Tea Estate in West Bengal, India went without pay, food and rations from September 14 until December 12 last year following a protest in August over the mistreatment of Mrs. Arti [...]...
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33 views,·February 8th, 2010

Campaigns

Interview about Asian Floor Wage
Labor activists and union leaders in Asia have joined forces to campaign for wage rises for workers in the region’s garment industry. The umbrella organisation, Asia Floor Wage, says garment workers are routinely paid too little to afford the cost of living in their home countries. And the campaign to get workers a fair minimum wage is being taken directly [...]...
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455 views,·October 11th, 2009