Samsung Newsroomadded this to Samsung NewsroomSamsung Samsung Electronics and IOM Hold Training Day in Malaysia to Help Eradicate Modern Slavery – Samsung Global Newsroomsamsung.com Samsung Electronics is collaborating with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to provide training on ethical recruitment and fair …
Veni,Vidi,Vixiadded this to Visual Perspectives Shanghai Labour of luxury: the migrant workers who build high-end Shanghai – in picturesThe Guardian - All photographs: Jonathan BrowningPhotographer Jonathan Browning pictures Chinese migrant workers in front of advertising billboards for the projects they are helping to construct – office complexes and luxury apartments for the wealthy
Indian Expressadded this to Indian ExpressPlay buttonAging How India & world are ageingindianexpress.com - Express News Service IN THE United Nations report that projects India will overtake China as the most populous country by around 2027 (The Indian Express, June 18), other …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoXenophobia Tools from the UniteAgainstRacism campaign |rabble.ca Around June 16, actions took place across the country to #UniteAgainstRacism. In Kelowna, members of the Migrant Rights Network lined the pedestrian …
The Weekadded this to The WeekPlay buttonMedical School Once migrant workers, twin brothers graduate from medical school one day aparttheweek.com One trip to the library was all it took to get Omar and Octavio Viramontes hooked on learning. The twin brothers immigrated to the United States from …
Floods The Midwest is underwater. Here’s why we should care.americamagazine.org - Nathan Beacom June 17, 2019 This spring, tornadoes and thunderstorms buffeted a region already suffering from record-setting floods. From the Vermilion River in Illinois to the …
Leasing Farmers turn to prisons to fill labor needshcn.org - Stian Rice This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Prison inmates are picking fruits and …
HuffPost UKadded this to All StoriesUnited Nations Global Population Could Hit 9.7 Billion By 2050, UN PredictsHuffPost UK - By Graeme Demianyk World population could reach a peak of nearly 11 billion around the end of the century. The report confirmed the world’s population is growing older …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The HinduErnakulam District Collector to move out on June 20thehindu.com - Staff Reporter While much had been done in the district in the aftermath of recent disasters, there was still a long way to go, said outgoing Ernakulam District …
Canada ‘I benefit from people who come and do the work that we can’t find other Canadians to do’kelownacapnews.com - David Venn If you were on your way to or from the Father’s Day Charity Car Show in downtown Kelowna, there’s a good chance you would have noticed the two dozen …
CBC Newsadded this to TorontoOntario Away from their families, protesters demand universal rights for migrant workerscbc.ca - Julia Knope · Countless people across the city celebrated their dads on Sunday in honour of Father's Day — but not Omar Walcot. Instead, the father of two spent the …
Business (New Zealand) Kiwifruit picking: 'Hot hard work that nobody wants to do'stuff.co.nz - Matt Shand Shortages of people willing to pick kiwifruit are holding up one of New Zealand's top exports. Stuff journalist Matt Shand picked 43,000 kiwifruit in …
UN General Assembly Remittances matter: 8 facts you don’t know about the money migrant workers send back homeun.org - news.un.org Here are eight things you might not know about the transformative power of these often small – yet major – contributions to sustainable development …
South China Morning Post added this to SCMP NewsNews (Hong Kong) Black-clad protesters united in common cause insist: we are not rioters, we are just ordinary citizens who love Hong Kongscmp.com - Victor Ting Insisting they were not rioters but simply “ordinary citizens who love Hong Kong” protesters returned to the streets of the city in their hundreds of …
Richard Palbergadded this to Beautiful British ColumbiaFather's Day Away from their kids, foreign workers in the Lower Mainland celebrate Father's Daycbc.ca - Maryse Zeidler Victor Serrano has three children, but this weekend he's spending Father's Day with a few friends to ease the pain of being far from home. Serrano is …
South China Morning Post added this to SCMP NewsNews (Hong Kong) Ageing Hong Kong needs more help. Its helpers need more rightsscmp.com The region’s greying population and growing number of working women mean the demand for domestic help will only rise. But domestic workers are …
Tom Valentiadded this to Immigration Migration Children fall prey to perils of migrationdeccanherald.com A pervasive sense of melancholy hangs like a black cloud over the head of 11-year-old Bhagya even as she tries to smile and says that she has no …
Migration International Day of Family Remittances, 16 Juneun.org - www.un.org In 2015, Member States of the United Nations issued a call to action to eradicate global poverty, reduce economic inequality and place the world on a …
Lebanon Lebanon sees migrant domestic workers as 'less than human' - filmmakertrust.org - Thomson Reuters Foundation The film looks at migrant workers under Lebanon's kafala sponsorship system, which binds them to one employer BEIRUT, June 11 (Thomson Reuters …
Racism The #UniteAgainstRacism campaign – what it is and why we launched itbriarpatchmagazine.com - by Andrea Bear Nicholas Mar 1, 2011 10 min read Just over a year ago, meetings began to take place of self-organized groups of migrant workers and allies across the country. Our guiding question …
Asia Labor Exploitation, Illegal Fishing Continue to Plague Asian Seasthediplomat.com - Shannon A new EJF report finds widespread violations in the global seafood industry, including in Taiwan, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Asia.
New Zealand National says migrant labour still needed in farming industrynewstalkzb.co.nz - Newstalk ZB Federated Farmers is backing a proposal by National that hopes to fix our skills shortage in the primary sector. The Opposition is calling for a …
The New Zealand Heraldadded this to New Zealand Herald BusinessBusiness (New Zealand) NZ liquor store operator whacked almost $200K for employment breachesnzherald.co.nz - NZ Herald A liquor store and dairy operator has been ordered to pay out almost $200,000 after breaching employment standards. Shalini Limited was ordered to pay …
VICEUnions How Britain's Biggest Union Undermined the Struggles of Migrant Workers - VICEVICE - Simon ChildsSome of Britain's most marginalised workers have found that they need to fight for their rights without the help of mainstream trade unions. On the 1st of May, workers and trade unionists around the world
Catholicism In Israel, Philippine workers facing deportation find solace in faithcruxnow.com - Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM — A group of Philippine mothers and children facing imminent deportation from Israel are finding some solace in their faith, with weekly …
New Zealanders Dairy NZ tentatively supports National's rural visa schemenewstalkzb.co.nz - Newstalk ZB A new proposal from the National Party to help get more workers into the primary sector has received a tentative endorsement from the dairy …
Hong Kong HK protests vs extradition bill won’t likely end soon: Bayan Hong Kongabs-cbn.com - ABS-CBN News The protests in Hong Kong against an extradition bill that allows people to be sent to mainland China continues to gather steam, and the mass actions …
The Scotsmanadded this to Scotsman BusinessGovernment (UK) Murdo Fraser: Migrants are a benefit – we must be flexible if we want to attract workersscotsman.com - MURDO FRASER When you speak to businesses about the challenges of Brexit, their biggest concern is not usually about access to markets for goods or services, or …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The HinduFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPolicing Police get evidence in transgender’s murderthehindu.com - Special Correspondent The city police on Wednesday claimed to have secured some clinching evidence in connection with the case of the murder of 35-year-old transgender in …
gal-demadded this to gal-demLibya This is why I refuse to turn a blind eye to black and Bangladeshi migrant workers in Rome | gal-demgal-dem.com Holidays are often full of moments that don’t quite make it to our Instagram stories: boring walks, mediocre meals, underwhelming tourist sites. …
