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Poland: Online Campaigning for the Rights of Employees

Posted by Sylwia Presley on 20/11/2009

Sylwia Presley writes about the plight of and online campaigning by a group Polish citizens who work for IKEA via another, smaller, company called Solid Security: they claim to be earning amounts below the national minimal wage, being assigned to work up to 16 hours daily and lacking the basic benef ...

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Trinidad & Tobago: Will The Performing Arts Centre Perform?

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 12/11/2009

The construction of Trinidad and Tobago 's new National Academy for the Performing Arts has been controversial, but despite the obstacles, the academy was opened earlier this week , soliciting reactions from local bloggers...

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Lebanon: Deadly Month for Domestic Workers

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 09/11/2009

(Beirut) - The Lebanese government should investigate the deaths of eight migrant domestic workers during October 2009, as well as the reasons for the disproportionately high death rate among this group of workers, Human Rights Watch said today. An estimated 200,000 domestic workers, primarily from ...

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Uzbekistan: Thank you, cotton-growers!

Posted by Adil Nurmakov on 08/11/2009

Musafirbek says that the president of Uzbekistan officially thanked the cotton-growers for gathering the harvest of this strategic product for Uzbekistan. However, those who sweat away, collecting this cotton (including children) were not mentioned in the presidents address.

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Bahrain: Migrant Workers Denied Pay, Right to Travel

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 04/11/2009

(New York) - Bahrain's Labor Ministry should hold employers who withhold wages and passports from migrant employees accountable, Human Rights Watch said today. Both practices are illegal under Bahraini law, but authorities do little to enforce compliance. read more

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