Tag: Labour Rights
Workers’ Unions Being Strangled at Birth in Cambodia
CAMBODIA'S draft trade union law would violate the right to organise and be a major step backwards for workers, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen.
By Human Rights Watch media release
Monday, June 8, 2015
CAMBODIA'S draft trade union law would violate the right to...
TPP Will Help Workers In Vietnam Pursue Their Rights
Many members of Congress are asking if it is right to include Vietnam in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, given Vietnam’s record on human rights. I understand their wariness. But having spent the past year urging Vietnam to release prisoners of conscience and reform its laws, I believe we...
Asia Labour rights in Vietnam, Malaysia centre-stage in US trade battle
Major trade legislation is slated for discussion in the US Senate on Tuesday, but growing opposition focused on workers' rights around the Pacific Rim threatens to block progress.
Published: 12/05/2015 at 04:24 PM
WASHINGTON — Major trade legislation is slated for discussion in the US Senate on Tuesday, but growing opposition...
Non-compliance with labor laws could cost PH $500M in exports
The Philippines could lose some $500 million in export sales if local companies fail to comply with existing labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday warned.
By Mayen Jaymalin, The Philippine Star
Posted at 05/06/2015 7:43 AM
MANILA - The Philippines could lose some $500 million in export sales...
HRW: Thailand must authorize UN investigation into human trafficking
HRW on Friday called on the Thai government to authorize a UN-assisted inquiry into human trafficking in Thailand. The discovery of more than 20 bodies of ethnic Rohingya Muslims near an abandoned trafficking camp inspired the call.
Sunday 3 May 2015 at 10:01 AM ET by Julie...
Asian workers rally against govt labour reforms
Tens of thousands of South Korean workers held May Day rallies yesterday, vowing to wage an “all-out general strike” if the government pushes through with planned labour reforms.
Elsewhere in Asia, dozens of protesters in Taiwan threw smoke bombs near the presidential office during a workers’ rally, while in Hong...
Forging a national migration policy
Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the ASEAN region. Despite steady economic growth in the past decade, development has benefited the top layer of the population, leaving the urban and rural poor far behind. With low education levels and a lack of economic opportunity, labour migration is...
Indonesia stops sending migrant workers to 21 middle eastern nations
The government has decided to stop sending Indonesian migrant workers to 21 countries in the Middle East as part of a policy to protect workers of the informal sector who are mostly women.
Senin, 4 Mei 2015 17:10 WIB | 557 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government has decided to...
Indonesia’s Foreign Domestic Workers: Dilemma Of Not Working Overseas – Analysis
While the United Nations takes stock of how far women have come in getting women’s rights acknowledged as human rights, Indonesia wants to stop sending women out of the country as foreign domestic workers (FDWs).This will throw a wrench in their financial empowerment.
April 11, 2015
By RSIS
While the United...
Rescued Fishermen Tell of Enslavement, Abuse
The Indonesian government, which has shut down Pusaka Benjina Resources, is investigating the company’s operations based out of Benjina and attempting to determine if the fleet of boats registered in Indonesia was actually Thai-owned.
By Alex Consiglio and Khy Sovuthy | April 10, 2015
When Roeun Hen would try to take...
