Slaves to deforestation: Labour abuses fuel Brazil’s Amazon destruction
FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on labour abuses which are underpinning deforestation in Brazil…
Migrant workers: South Asians seek justice as wage theft worsens under coronavirus
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, NAIMUL KARIM and BAN BARKAWI, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted migrant workers amid an ongoing struggle over their rights…
Failure to tackle worker abuse breeds modern slavery, UN expert warns
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A failure to hold companies to account for lesser labour abuses from late wage payments to excessive overtime creates a breeding ground for the worst forms of modern slavery to thrive, the top United Nations expert on human trafficking said. Businesses are judged only on their efforts to curb extreme forms […]
Pakistan garment industry reforms fail to stop abuses – activists
Thomson Reuters Foundation Millions of workers in Pakistan’s garment industry face routine abuse from sexual harassment to beatings to being refused toilet breaks, human rights activists said on Wednesday. Despite a series of reforms following deadly factory fires and protests, many of Pakistan’s 15 million garment workers struggle with poor working conditions and face threats […]
Labour abuses a “risk worth taking” for fashion firms, UK lawmakers say
Thomson Reuters Foundation Fashion workers in Britain are being cheated of fair wages as lack of tough action make abuses “a risk worth taking” for factory owners, lawmakers said on Tuesday. Ministers were accused of failing to act following reports of some workers being paid as little as £3.50 per hour, less than half the […]