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Map showing the Amazonas watershed. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.org Brazil's WWII 'rubber soldiers' win compensation Brazil's congress adopted a law Wednesday to compensate workers who say they were never paid properly after being recruited to Amazon rubber plantations to help the Allies during World War II.
15 May 2014
One dead, 100 hurt in anti-China riot in Vietnam Anti-China riots at a steel plant in Vietnam left one Chinese worker dead and 100 injured, officials said Thursday, as unrest triggered by an escalating territorial dispute spreads across the communist country.
15 May 2014
©Reuters/Rick Wilking Samsung promises compensation over cancer claims Samsung Electronics promised on Wednesday to pay compensation to a number of employees who claim they contracted cancer from working at the company's semiconductor plants.
14 May 2014
A bus waits at a bus-stop during rush hour outside Liverpool Street station in London. ©Reuters/Luke MacGregor 48-hour strike begins on London Underground Workers on London's Underground train system began a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Monday, threatening chaos for commuters and hitting football supporters attending Arsenal's match with Newcastle.
29 April 2014
Workers protest during a strike. ©Reuters/Stringer Most back to work after China shoe factory strike A nearly two-week strike at a huge shoe factory in southern China appears to have ended after the Taiwan-backed company agreed to meet some of the workers' demands, including raising their living allowance and benefit payments.
27 April 2014
Most Bangladesh factory survivors still too sick to work Most survivors of the Bangladesh factory collapse that killed 1,138 garment workers are still too traumatised or injured to work 12 months after the tragedy, AFP reports according to a survey.
22 April 2014
Techno Trading workers demand higher wages ©lada.kz Over 100 workers go on strike demanding higher wages in Western Kazakhstan More than one hundred employees of Techno Trading LLP refused to continue working in demand of an increase in wages.
04 April 2014
Tamara Duisenova. Photo courtesy of ortcom.kz No migration of workforce from China to Kazakhstan The Ministry of Labor and Social Security has dispelled rumors about migration of work force from China and South Kazakhstan to Kazakhstan's northern regions.
01 April 2014
Indian Toyota workers down tools despite end to lockout Employees at Toyota's auto assembly plants in southern India failed to return to work Monday at the end of a week-long lockout after refusing to sign codes of conduct, their union said.
24 March 2014
Workers sue McDonald's for stealing wages US workers accused fast-food giant McDonald's of systematically stealing wages through illicit practices like forcing them to work off-the-clock and failing to pay overtime.
14 March 2014
©Tengrinews.kz Over 2,000 workers injured in factory accidents every year in Kazakhstan Occupational morbidity rate is growing in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan.
25 February 2014
©Reuters ArcelorMittal Temirtau to start axing 2500 workers in spring 2014 ArcelorMittal Temirtau is going to start dismissing 2500 workers of its metallurgical plant in spring 2014: HR Director Andrzej Wypych.
17 February 2014
The Minister of Labor and Social Security of Kazakhstan Tamara Duisenova. ©Marat Abilov Labor Minister of Kazakhstan comments on Abu Dhabi Plaza strike Kazakhstan Labor Minister Tamara Duisenova has commented on yesterday's strike of the workers constructing Abu Dhabi Plaza skyscraper in Astana.
11 February 2014
Kazakhstan's Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov. ©Marat Abilov Kazakhstan PM calls to prevent labor conflicts in oil and gas Oil and gas companies are going to be held responsible for the labor conflicts occurring on their sites.
28 January 2014
Vietnam police investigate riot at Samsung factory Vietnamese police said Friday they had launched an investigation into a riot at a multi-billion dollar Samsung factory that left 13 people injured, four critically.
10 January 2014
Cambodian police open fire on protesters, several wounded Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh on Friday, leaving several people wounded.
03 January 2014
Photo courtesy of ArcelorMittal Temirtau ArcelorMittal Temirtau to cut 2500 jobs in 2014 ArcelorMittal Temirtau is going to reduce the number of jobs by 2500 in 2014, Viktor Schetinin, vice-chairman of Zhaktau steel workers union.
28 December 2013
Lakshmi Mittal. Photo courtesy of zpravda.kz Lakshmi Mittal asks Kazakhstan's employees to hunker down Lakshmi Mittal met with ArcelorMittal Temirtau plant top-managers and called them to reduce expenses and make goods more competitive.
27 December 2013
Walk this way, says China's heavy metal shoe maker A Chinese factory worker says walking in huge iron shoes weighing more than 200 kilograms each can cure back pain, but faces hefty competition in his bid to build the country's heaviest footwear.
10 December 2013
©Tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan poised to put ceiling on salaries Kazakhstan is planning to set salary ceilings industry-wise.
04 December 2013
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