Bangladesh Garment Workers: Hopeful, Cautious

With the unexpected shift in Bangladesh political leadership, garment workers say they are hopeful but cautious about the effect on their wages, working conditions and fundamental civil rights, such as the freedom to form unions. “We hope something positive will...

Republic of Georgia: Online Gaming Workers’ Strike Met with Threats

Nearly a month into their strike for better pay and safer working conditions, workers at online gaming company Evolution Georgia say they face intimidation and physical violence as the company attempts to break their strike rather than continue contract negotiations....

ILAW Network Report Seeks Solutions to Ending Discrimination

Millions of workers still face widespread discrimination in employment and at the workplace—even though 65 years ago, 175 countries adopted an international convention seeking equality of opportunity and treatment. “We still find that employers find very clever ways...
Bangladesh Garment Workers: Hopeful, Cautious

Bangladesh Garment Workers: Hopeful, Cautious

With the unexpected shift in Bangladesh political leadership, garment workers say they are hopeful but cautious about the effect on their wages, working conditions and fundamental civil rights, such as the freedom to form unions. “We hope something positive will...

Republic of Georgia: Online Gaming Workers’ Strike Met with Threats

Republic of Georgia: Online Gaming Workers’ Strike Met with Threats

Nearly a month into their strike for better pay and safer working conditions, workers at online gaming company Evolution Georgia say they face intimidation and physical violence as the company attempts to break their strike rather than continue contract negotiations....

ILAW Network Report Seeks Solutions to Ending Discrimination

ILAW Network Report Seeks Solutions to Ending Discrimination

Millions of workers still face widespread discrimination in employment and at the workplace—even though 65 years ago, 175 countries adopted an international convention seeking equality of opportunity and treatment. “We still find that employers find very clever ways...

Workers in Post-Civil War Jaffna

Workers in Post-Civil War Jaffna

Although Sri Lanka's labor code sets the minimum wage, the maximum number of work hours per day and work days per week, and establishes rules around overtime and benefits, many employers in Jaffna, the country’s northern province, are flaunting the statutes. The vast...

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