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Qatar workers’ welfare: ‘Reforms made but challenges remain’

Reforms have improved working and living conditions for hundreds of thousands of workers, ILO says in a new report.

Al Jazeera

World jobs boom halted by Ukraine war and recession risk, says ILO

UN body says economic and political crises threaten rise in jobs and hours worked after Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Protecting Qatar’s migrant workers must not stop when World Cup ends – Amnesty

The tournament kicks off in exactly a month’s time.

The National (Scotland)

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Time to improve migrants' housing

'It has been raining heavily and my house is now flooded," said a migrant worker who has been living in one of the largest construction workers' campsites on the east coast of Thailand for half a decade.

Bangkok Post

The gender pay gap, hard truths and actions needed

Asymmetries abound in India’s labour market and closing the gap is key to achieving social justice for working women

The Hindu

European Commission proposes new rules to ban forced labour products

A new report from the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) shows that more than 27 million people are engaged in forced labour around the world. This Tuesday, Brussels is announcing new rules to ban goods made with forced labour or those imported into the bloc. The ILO report also raised…

France 24

Fifty million people now trapped in modern slavery in a ‘surge of exploitation’

New estimates say the past five years has seen 10m more people enslaved and millions more children forced into early marriage

The Guardian - UK

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Modern slavery on the rise as crises fuel poverty - U.N. report

The number of people forced into modern forms of slavery has risen by a fifth in recent years to around 50 million on any given day amid a surge in poverty and other crises, the U.N. International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday.

Reuters

TUC reports government to UN body over attacks on right to strike

Exclusive: Union body complains to ILO over new law that allows companies to use agency workers to break strikes

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar trade unions facing extinction after coup, UN agency says

Groups assisting workers and migrants have faced violence and arbitrary arrest since February 2021 coup, report says.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar has 1.1 million fewer jobs after coup, COVID: ILO

Quality of jobs has also deteriorated, with more irregular hours and lower pay, International Labour Organization says.

Al Jazeera

Morning Digest | Two pilots killed in IAF aircraft crash in Rajasthan; no better time for sports in India than now, says PM Modi, and more

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The Hindu

Bhupendra Yadav promises better policies for migrants at ILO meet

The meeting will also discuss advancing roles of employers and trade unions in the post-pandemic scenario

The Hindu

Bringing MSMEs into inclusive and sustainable global value chains

These businesses are the ones that have faced the harshest of environments over the last few years

The Hindu

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The Conversation

Workers' rights: how a landmark UN decision on safety and health will actually affect employees

In what has been called the “biggest moment for workers’ rights in a quarter of a century”, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a safe and healthy work environment as one of its five fundamental principles and rights at work for all at its June 2022 international conference. This is…

The Conversation

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…

Bangkok Post

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.

Newsroom.co.nz

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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Reuters

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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

Newsroom.co.nz

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

The Hindu

CITU complains to ILO on anganwadi layoffs

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

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