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Anti-strike bill akin to modern slavery, legal experts tell MPs

10/03/2023 - Leave a Comment

The government’s plans to give employers powers to force striking workers back to work is akin to modern slavery, legal experts told MPs. Last month, business secretary Grant Shapps unveiled plans that …

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Power outages are killing South Africa’s gig economy

10/03/2023 - Leave a Comment

Bongani Mlilo started driving for the ride-hailing company Bolt in Thembisa, east of Johannesburg, in 2020. Things were smooth for the first two years. Mlilo earned about 6,000–7,000 rand ($325–$380) …

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Sri Lanka workers defy strike ban to protest IMF bailout plan

03/03/2023 - Leave a Comment

Sri Lankan workers have gone on strike in defiance of a government ban to protest against a rescue plan for the bankrupt island nation, forcing the closure of some hospitals, …

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Home Office paying asylum seekers £1 an hour to clean detention centres

24/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

The Home Office has paid asylum seekers £1 an hour to carry out more than a million hours of work in the past five years, openDemocracy can reveal. The government …

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‘iPhones are made in hell’: 3 months inside China’s iPhone city

10/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

Chinese factory laborers call jobs like Hunter’s “working the screws.” Until recently, the 34-year-old worked on the iPhone 14 Pro assembly line at a Foxconn factory in the central Chinese …

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‘Stop Union-Busting’: After 1,000+ Days Without Contract, NBC News Workers Walk Out

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After working more than 1,000 days without a contract, more than 200 unionized NBC NewsDigitalworkers on Thursday launched a 24-hour walkout to protest the media giant’s ongoing “unfair labor practices,” including …

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Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa – report

09/02/2023 - Leave a Comment

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N. …

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US: Financial world celebrates slowing wage and employment growth in new jobs report

20/01/2023 - Leave a Comment

The drops in both new jobs and wage growth contained in a Department of Labor report released on Friday elicited cheers from financial world insiders. “This is a really terrific jobs …

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Five political decisions that drove the NHS to the brink

13/01/2023 - Leave a Comment

Rishi Sunak was once again forced to deny that the NHS is facing a crisis this weekend, claiming that the service is merely “under pressure”.  The prime minister has continued …

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Sanders’ Bill to Expand Worker Ownership Passes Senate in Omnibus

23/12/2022 - Leave a Comment

Legislation that Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled 13 years ago to help boost workplace democracy and curb worsening inequality in the United States was included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus package approved by …

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