Bangladesh unions say ‘downgraded’ garment workers miss expected pay rise
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladesh’s union leaders said on Tuesday that some garment factories were assigning long-standing workers lower salary grades than they deserved to reduce the impact of a pay rise, after a week of violent protests in which one person was killed. The government and factory owners said they were unaware of the […]
World needs workers’ rights ‘revolution’ to end modern slavery – experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation The world will not end modern-day slavery by focusing on legal action alone and should back a workers’ rights “revolution” to protect people from exploitation and forced labour, lawyers, academics and campaigners have told a conference. Governments regard modern slavery and trafficking mainly as a criminal matter rather than as a human […]