Labour Rights

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Large protests in Colombia in support of President Petro’s labour reforms | Conflict News
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Large protests in Colombia in support of President Petro’s labour reforms | Conflict News

The protests come as the country reels from bombing attacks in the southwest and attempted assassination of a senator. Protests have been held...

Italy’s citizenship referendum: What’s at stake? | Civil Rights News
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Italy’s citizenship referendum: What’s at stake? | Civil Rights News

The fate of millions of immigrants is at stake as Italians vote in a two-day referendum that proposes to speed up the process...

Italy holds referendum on easing citizenship rules | Labour Rights News
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Italy holds referendum on easing citizenship rules | Labour Rights News

Italians are voting in referendums on easing citizenship rules and strengthening labour protections amid concerns that low turnout may deem the poll invalid....

‘Open prison’: The forced labour driving India’s  trillion economy dream | Labour Rights
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‘Open prison’: The forced labour driving India’s $5 trillion economy dream | Labour Rights

Amid the relentless clatter of machinery, Ravi Kumar Gupta feeds a roaring steel furnace with scrap, blown metal and molten iron. He carefully...

Brazilian prosecutors sue Chinese carmaker BYD over labour conditions | Automotive Industry News
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Brazilian prosecutors sue Chinese carmaker BYD over labour conditions | Automotive Industry News

Labour prosecutors allege that workers were brought to Brazil illegally and toiled in ‘slavery-like conditions’. Brazilian labour prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against...

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ at a crucial juncture | Donald Trump News
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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ at a crucial juncture | Donald Trump News

United States House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill”, a wide-ranging tax and spending legislation, is at a crucial moment. The nearly 400-page legislation proposes...

NJ Transit workers go on strike after wage increase talks stall | Workers’ Rights News
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NJ Transit workers go on strike after wage increase talks stall | Workers’ Rights News

The strike leaves hundreds of thousands of commuters in New Jersey and New York without rail access. New Jersey’s commuter rail engineers are...

This May Day, workers unite to make big polluters pay for climate damage | Climate Crisis
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This May Day, workers unite to make big polluters pay for climate damage | Climate Crisis

As extreme weather events become the new normal, informal workers across South Asia are bearing the growing brunt of intersecting crises. Labour rights...

Promises made in Paris Olympics run-up broken, say undocumented workers | Migration News
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Promises made in Paris Olympics run-up broken, say undocumented workers | Migration News

Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. Paris, France – When Moussa*, an undocumented construction worker, joined a wildcat...