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Train strike: UK government's plan to replace strikers with agency workers failed in 2015 – it still won't work today

As the UK government faces the prospect of a summer of strikes, it has reintroduced plans to change the law so agency workers can be hired to replace striking workers. While this will not happen in time to prevent the impact of current transport worker strikes, the BBC has reported…

The Conversation

EU praises push to boost labour rights

The European Union (EU) has praised Thailand's efforts to improve labour rights in its seafood industry under Good Labour Practice (GLP) guidelines.

Bangkok Post

Fair pay complaint to ILO crashes and burns

Business leaders have been accused by the workplace relations minister of bringing a “vexatious” case against Fair Pay Agreements to the International Labour Organisation, which has give

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UN's ILO recommends China mission on Xinjiang labour practices - sources

A committee of the U.N.'s International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for a mission to further review China's labour policies in Xinjiang where rights groups allege forced labour of Muslim Uyghurs, two sources said on Thursday.

Reuters

Doubts linger over job situation

The government's planning unit, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), reported on May 23 Thailand's unemployment rate dropped in the first quarter to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, boosted by higher employment in both the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, as the economy gradually recovers.

Bangkok Post

Countries to request ILO China mission to probe Xinjiang labour abuses

GENEVA: A group of dozens of countries is set to ask the International Labour Organization on Thursday to set up a mission to probe alleged labour abuses in China's Xinjiang, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Bangkok Post

Countries to request ILO China mission to probe alleged Xinjiang labour abuses: sources

A group of dozens of countries is set to ask the International Labour Organization on Thursday to set up a mission to probe alleged labour abuses in China's Xinjiang, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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The hidden Doha: Inside the ‘Industrial Area’ where thousands of workers live in Qatar

It is one of the most important areas in Doha but rarely seen by the outside world. Just six months before the World Cup, Quentin Muller reports from Qatar’s Industrial Area

The Independent UK

ILO lists NZ among labour 'abuse' cases

Fair Pay Agreements will be scrutinised on the global stage, alongside the policies of a select group of countries accused of child labour, trafficking and violent repression, reports Rebe

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CITU complains to ILO on anganwadi layoffs

CITU gen-sec argues that they are a gross violation of the fundamental rights of the workers

The Hindu

Apprenticeship, social security key agendas before 110th ILC

Indian delegation to bring up exploitation of apprentices

The Hindu

End discrimination, frame specific policies for LGBTIQ+ workers: ILO

A national policy will help in ending harassments and exclusions, says the document

The Hindu

World lost 11.2 crore jobs in the first quarter of 2022: ILO

Gender gap in India’s employment data finds mention in the report on the ‘world of work’

The Hindu

China lockdowns, war risk derailing global jobs recovery: ILO

The global job market is at risk of doing a U-turn on its path towards recovering to pre-COVID-19 levels as lockdowns in China and the war in Ukraine weigh on economies, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report on Monday.

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Do we need a worldwide minimum wage? We ask an expert

Economic anthropologist Jason Hickel considers the idea that, as businesses become more global, workers’ rights should, too

WEKU

Among the many losses of the war in Ukraine: nearly 5 million jobs

The International Labour Organization says employment losses could increase to seven million if hostilities continue, but that rapid recovery would be possible if fighting were to stop immediately.

Bangkok Post

At land or sea, decent work is a right

On International Workers' Day, which occurs tomorrow, the world commemorates the historic struggle for an eight-hour workday, a critical milestone in the journey towards greater social justice for workers. Here in this part of the world, the Asia-Pacific region has often been a leader in the fight for better working…

Bangkok Post

Building a health and safety culture

When it comes to workplace safety and health, "social dialogue" matters.

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The Hindu

Social dialogue for safe workplaces

The OSH code calls for committees for workers’ safety

The Hindu

Training in occupational safety for workers

V. Sivankutty inaugurates training programme on occupational safety for factory workers

The Conversation

Hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in Ukraine waters – the legal rights of this profession are barely up to standard

While the world’s eyes have been on civilian casualties, forced displacement and potential war crimes on Ukrainian land, the plight of hundreds of seafarers trapped in commercial ships for the past several months has gone mostly unnoticed. They have been stranded in the main Ukrainian ports of Mariupol, Kherson and…

Al Jazeera

Southeast Asia’s fishery workers overlooked in COVID relief: UN

ILO says migrant workers in the fishing industry are treated as ‘out of sight, out of mind’.

Reuters

Stranded seafarers escape Ukraine, others trapped - ILO, sources

Some of the estimated 1,000 seafarers trapped in Ukraine have escaped, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and industry officials told Reuters, while voicing concern for those remaining trapped onboard ships or unaccounted for.

The Hindu

Getting serious about supporting the care economy

Care work is vital for economies in general and India needs to have a strategy and action plan for improved policies

AFP

Gilbert Houngbo to be first African to head UN labour agency

Geneva (AFP) - Gilbert Houngbo, the former prime minister of Togo, was on Friday elected the next head of the International Labour Organization, and will become the first African to lead the UN agency.

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