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Labor group sues Starbucks, saying it ignores slave-like conditions for workers in Brazil

27/04/2025 - Leave a Comment

A labor rights group sued Starbucks on Thursday, alleging that it sourced coffee from a major cooperative in Brazil whose member farms were cited for keeping workers in slave-like conditions. International Rights Advocates filed …

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Brazil charges Volkswagen unit with treating farm workers like slaves decades ago

06/12/2024 - Leave a Comment

If you trace the path of one electrical transmission line up the coast of Maine, through and around the state’s rocky outcroppings and over a long causeway, you’ll finally reach …

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Member states failing to deliver minimum wage directive

23/11/2024 - Leave a Comment

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. …

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An Indian fixer lured workers to Italy. They say he used threats, violence

07/09/2024 - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Calling out companies in 2024 – what’s happened so far this AGM season

11/07/2024 - Leave a Comment

The bulk of AGMs normally happen between March and August, although the biggest supermarket and retailer AGMs are due later in the year, which we’ll be at. We’ve already attended 57 …

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Hyundai benefited from ‘oppressive’ child labor in Alabama facilities, lawsuit says

31/05/2024 - Leave a Comment

Hyundai Motor Co. is facing renewed accusations that it benefited from illegal child labor in Alabama, where it operates a manufacturing plant. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday sued the South …

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Amazon Is Holding Special Union-Busting Seminars for Workers

11/05/2024 - Leave a Comment

Amazon union busters are threatening workers with the loss of their jobs if they unionise. At the vast warehouse in Coventry, known as BHX4, workers have been battling for close …

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Tesla labour dispute triggers Nordic sympathy strikes

03/05/2024 - Leave a Comment

May 3 (Reuters) – A dispute between Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab and Sweden’s IF Metall has drawn in unions across the Nordics, all urging the electric vehicle (EV) maker to sign …

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Amazon hit with fresh strikes in ‘huge blow’ after second bid for union recognition

16/03/2024 - Leave a Comment

Amazon workers will take further strike action this month in an ongoing dispute with the delivery giant for better pay, conditions and union rights.  It follows on from the GMB …

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Harassment of women in finance eclipses other industries -Aviva CEO

15/12/2023 - Leave a Comment

LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Amanda Blanc, the CEO of insurer Aviva (AV.L), told British lawmakers on Wednesday that physical and verbal harassment of women in financial services eclipsed other …

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