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Most European governments have failed to meet the deadline to put the minimum wage directive into national law – and some are actively working against the aims of the directive. …
Member states failing to deliver minimum wage directive Read More
Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband Agus Saputra made a good living renting out supplies for weddings, …
‘We lost everything’: the Indonesians falling out of the middle class Read More
Just this month, northern Vietnam has been hit by super typhoon Yagi, the strongest in decades. Earlier this year, Ho Chi Minh City residents experienced the longest heat wave in three decades. …
Extreme weather is making life harder for Vietnam’s delivery riders Read More
The German term “Zeitenwende,” which literally translates to “a change of times,” is being used rather frequently in German politics at the moment. Coined by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to address the new foreign and …
How the VW crisis is a failure of Germany’s car policy Read More
When Shakil Khatri first heard about Amazon Karigar in 2018, he thought it might be what he had been looking for. Khatri, a sixth-generation artisan, is one of the few remaining batik …
Amazon launched a program for Indian handicrafts. Local artisans say it’s not working Read More
New polling has found that a plurality of the British public support the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI). A UBI is a scheme through which every person in …
Bombshell poll shows more people support Universal Basic Income than oppose it Read More
Oct 14 (Reuters) – Thousands of Boeing staff will get layoff notices within weeks, a union and industry sources said, as a senior U.S. official flew to Seattle to try …
Boeing prepares layoff notices for thousands of workers as turmoil deepens Read More
For Apple suppliers in Vietnam, the end of summer is recruitment season. In the months ahead of the busy holiday shopping rush, companies like Luxshare and Foxconn try to fill …
Apple manufacturers moved from China to Vietnam. Now they’re desperate for workers Read More
Ladnun, India and Padua, Italy – When Sandeep migrated from India’s Rajasthan state to Italy in 2009, he was fulfilling a long-held dream of relocating overseas for a better life. But …
An Indian fixer lured workers to Italy. They say he used threats, violence Read More
Last Monday, Punjabi farmworker Satnam Singh suffered critical injuries in an accident on an Italian farm — and then his boss left him to die. The shocking case showed how …
Migrant workers sent $650bn overseas last year – what it means – Copy Read More