Equal Times

12 September 2018

Venezuela: where a crisis and a “gold rush” are creating an environmental disaster

In the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis, Venezuela is gripped by gold fever. Venezuelans are flocking by the hundreds to the Orinoco Mining Arc and the environment is paying the price in the form of deforestation and mercury-polluted [...]Read the full article

With a death toll of thousands, Italy's agricultural sector resembles a warzone

23 August 2018

Labour

With a death toll of thousands, Italy’s agricultural sector resembles a warzone

Antonello Mangano: As these workers are often employed by the caporalato (gangmasters) who run a system of minimum payment and maximum exploitation, the victims of labour exploitation are often unrecorded by official statistics.Read the full article

Globalised economy, globalised abuse of workers

20 July 2018

Labour

Globalised economy, globalised abuse of workers

In our globalised economy, as consumers and citizens, we are increasingly confronted with the impact of our purchases on the lives and health of those who produce and make our food and day-to-day objects.Read the full article

Work, fight, protect: around the world in workers' rights in 2018

7 June 2018

Labour

Work, fight, protect: around the world in workers’ rights in 2018

The International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) latest annual survey on workers’ rights around the world is published on 7 June.Read the full article

As job precarity increases in post-coup Turkey, so do workplace death rates

29 May 2018

Labour

As job precarity increases in post-coup Turkey, so do workplace death rates

Ninety-eight per cent of the workers who lost their lives in 2017 were non-union or temporary workers.Read the full article

Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon

22 May 2018

Labour

Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon

“Social media works, but the Lebanese government should bring these women under the protection of the labour law.”Read the full article

Afghan media's “deadliest day” exposes the resolve, resilience and vulnerability of its journalists

21 May 2018

Human rights

Afghan media’s “deadliest day” exposes the resolve, resilience and vulnerability of its journalists

Afghanistan is currently the most dangerous place in the world to be a journalist.Read the full article

9 May 2018

Human rights

Fake handbags, genuine papers

The death of a Senegalese street vendor has reopened the debate on the decriminalisation of street vending in Spain.Read the full article

Slow progress in the fight against child labour in Indonesia

25 April 2018

Development

Slow progress in the fight against child labour in Indonesia

Despite the roadmap to eradicate child labour by 2022, published by the Indonesian government in 2015, the presence of minors in the country’s factories and plantations continues to be an everyday reality. Pending concrete measures, the development and the lives of thousands of children remain under [...]Read the full article

“They have forgotten the lessons of Rana Plaza”

20 April 2018

Labour

“They have forgotten the lessons of Rana Plaza”

Today, 445 factories with more than 216,000 workers have unions to represent their interests and protect their rights.Read the full article

Cambodia: where saving the forests is a matter of life and death

18 April 2018

Environment

Cambodia: where saving the forests is a matter of life and death

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s hold on power is shored up in a large way by his divvying up of the country’s natural and economic resources amongst his political allies; to make a meaningful effort to put an end to deforestation would be to destroy one of the pillars of his [...]Read the full article

Ugandan domestic workers stuck between poverty wages at home and extreme exploitation abroad

16 June 2017

Labour

Ugandan domestic workers stuck between poverty wages at home and extreme exploitation abroad

Bilateral agreements cannot offer concrete solutions unless Gulf countries take a lead in reforming their own labour laws.Read the full article

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