Essay: “We miners die a lot.” Appalling conditions and poverty wages – the lives of cobalt miners in the DRC
In an in-depth essay, scholar ROY MACONACHIE, in an article first published on The Conversation, reports on the plight of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s cobalt miners…
Thousands march across Colombia to oppose government reforms
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Thousands of people took to the streets of Colombia’s major cities on Wednesday to protest social and economic reforms that leftist President Gustavo Petro presented to Congress, policies he says will improve access to healthcare and protect people’s rights, but which opponents say will aid criminals. The demonstrations, organised by the opposition right-wing […]
Worker rights: Qatar risks own goal with World Cup
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the ongoing controversy over worker rights in Qatar which from Sunday hosts the World Cup…
Wow!: How apps are helping Latin American domestic workers fight for their rights
DIANA BAPTISTA, ANASTASIA MOLONEY and FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Worker rights: Bangladesh fire survivors fear destitution after depot explosion
MD TAHMID ZAMI and IFTEKHAR UDDIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the aftermath of the container depot fire near Chittagong in Bangladesh…
“A digital wild west”?: Concerns grow over delivery apps, gig work and “queue jumping”
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that third-party apps that let delivery riders pay to ‘jump the queue’ for orders are angering gig workers in Italy…
Labour rights: As workers seek to unionise, some clergy are filling a crucial role
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on the role clergy are playing in the US as intermediaries between labour unions and employers …
Labour rights: Food delivery drivers question gig platforms’ safety nets
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports, amid a surge in the gig economy, about growing concerns over the rights of food delivery drivers around the world…
Act swiftly and fairly to ease shift from fossil fuels, say labour experts
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation From retraining coal miners in solar tech to job programs focused on tree-planting, companies and governments must act fast to implement measures promoting a so-called just transition away from fossil fuels, labour rights experts said last week. Failure to quickly pull finance out of fossil fuel industries or explain to workers […]
Women in Argentina claim labour exploitation by Opus Dei
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAP Lucía Giménez still suffers pain in her knees from the years she spent scrubbing floors in the men’s bathroom at the Opus Dei residence in Argentina’s capital for hours without pay. Giménez, now 56, joined the conservative Catholic group in her native Paraguay at the age of 14 with the promise she […]