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Waiting forever to go home

Waiting forever to go home

The Coronavirus pandemic has worsened the prospects of those migrants stuck indefinitely in Russia’s detention centres. With international borders closed and all train and flight services suspended, thousands of migrants continue their long vigil inside

Workers at Amazon protest for labour rights, safety rights and their legal rights

Workers at Amazon protest for labour rights, safety rights and their legal rights

Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island cerebrated the May Day (International Workers Day) by organising protests against the company’s attitude towards safety measures, compensation, working hours and basic legal rights. Similar protests were planned

RTI Enquiry Reveals Lack of Migrant Workers Data with Chief Labour Commissioner: Union Labour Ministry

RTI Enquiry Reveals Lack of Migrant Workers Data with Chief Labour Commissioner: Union Labour Ministry

Union Labour Ministry revealed on Wednesday while RTI enquiry that the Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) was not in possession of the migrant workers data state-wise or district-wise who are in distress owing to the lockdown

UN warns about Human Rights violations during the COVID fight

UN warns about Human Rights violations during the COVID fight

COVID-19 crisis has caused a humongous disruption across the globe. As subject matter experts, policymakers debate and discuss current steps taken by the government and future road to recovery; it must be interjected here that

Plight of Tea Plantation Workers Hits a New Low With Pandemic Lockdown

Plight of Tea Plantation Workers Hits a New Low With Pandemic Lockdown

The corona virus induced nation wide lockdown has affected the labour class and daily wage workers in the most unprecedented way. The Dooar region in foothills of Himalayas, stretching from West Bengal to the Dhansiri

Migrant Workers Break Into Protests

Migrant Workers Break Into Protests

Migrant workers are the worst hit in India as the lockdown has taken away their only source of income-daily work.  Many who are stranded are now protesting under anxiety that they should be allowed to

Headline Working From Home During Pandemic – How To Manage Time

Headline Working From Home During Pandemic – How To Manage Time

Sitting at your work desk at home but thinking about the piling laundry sitting to be folded or the lunch yet to be cooked! This is, quite amusingly, a common story among working professionals at

Why Canada Does Not Want To Adhere To Worker Safety Rights?

Why Canada Does Not Want To Adhere To Worker Safety Rights?

Canadian workers are being denied to choose the right to refuse work if they deem it unfit or unsafe at the time of corona virus outbreak. Apparently, a steelworks workers union had demanded explanation from

Prison System Needs To Be Released Of The Overload During Pandemic Crisis

Prison System Needs To Be Released Of The Overload During Pandemic Crisis

Governments and prison systems across the globe are facing backlash on accord of the overload of prisons and the poor conditions for inmates. As the Corona virus outbreak escalated across nations, the social and human

Qatar reserves inhuman treatment to migrant workers during COVID-19, hundreds of Nepalese expelled and detained

Qatar reserves inhuman treatment to migrant workers during COVID-19, hundreds of Nepalese expelled and detained

Last month Qatar deported hundreds of Nepali workers, most of them building infrastructure for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, under the pretext of testing them for the coronavirus, raising new fears about the fate of