Today's labour news
Migrant Workers’ Long Overdue Wages at Risk 2024-02-29 [Human Rights Watch]
Following exposé, Amazon to pay nearly 2 million to migrant warehouse workers in Saudi Arabia 2024-02-26 [UNI Global Union]
Amazon to pay $1.9 million to migrant contract workers to settle claims of human rights abuses 2024-02-23 [CNBC]
Further drop feared in sending housemaids as Saudi employers to pay less migration cost 2024-01-17 [The Business Standard]
McDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged foreign worker exploitation 2023-10-14 [Guardian]
Revealed: Amazon linked to trafficking of workers in Saudi Arabia 2023-10-14 [Guardian]
Amazon 'Failed to Protect' Third-Party Workers in Saudi Arabia 2023-10-11 [Common Dreams]
Migrants workers who toiled in Amazon warehouses were deceived and exploited 2023-10-11 [Amnesty International]
Amazon response to Amnesty International about contracted workers in Saudi Arabia 2023-10-05 [Amnesty International]
Leeds UCU condemns Saudi court’s 34 year jail sentence for PhD student Salma al-Shehab 2022-08-28 [MENA Solidarity Network]
Saudi Arabia: 28,000 women apply for 30 train driver jobs 2022-02-17 [Radio New Zealand International]
Saudi Arabia: Investigation into high death rate among Nepali workers finds unsafe working conditions, lack of investigations & relatives left destitute 2022-02-17 [Business and Human Rights Resource Centre]
Yemeni Workers at Risk of Mass Forced Returns 2021-09-01 [Human Rights Watch]
Kenyan agency United Manpower allegedly 'refused pleas' of domestic worker in Saudi Arabia abused by employer & who died in detention 2021-08-12 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
Philippines lifts ban on workers deploying to Saudi Arabia 2021-05-29 [Reuters]
Women migrant workers detained for month 2021-04-15 [Amnesty International]
Labor Reforms Insufficient - Abusive Elements Remain; Changes Exclude Domestic Workers 2021-03-27 [Human Rights Watch]
Personal Drivers Face Abuse; Forthcoming Kafala Reforms Overlook Vulnerable Domestic Workers 2020-12-27 [Human Rights Watch]
Global unions call for justice for Saudi women‘s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul 2020-12-22 [IFJ]
Migrants Held in Inhuman, Degrading Conditions 2020-12-15 [Human Rights Watch]
Country ratifies ILO conventions setting out safeguards with crucial importance for the response to COVID-19 2020-12-09 [ILO]
The Cost of Contagion The human rights impacts of COVID-19 on migrant workers in the Gulf 2020-12-06 [Equidem]
450 jobless Indian workers forced to beg 2020-09-19 [TNN]
Court ruling in Jamal Khashoggi's murder case is a shocking denial of justice 2020-09-09 [IFJ]
Coronavirus updates: Amazon workers sue the company; Saudi cases top 100,000 2020-06-07 [CNBC]
Saudi journalists outed as gay and detained for seeking asylum 2019-11-22 [IFJ]
MEAA urges Saudi journalists be granted asylum 2019-11-19 [MEAA]
ITF and Saudi Arabia commit to work closer together to support seafarers 2019-11-06 [ITF]
Saudi Arabia claiming immunity in High Court over discrimination case 2019-11-04 [Irish Times]
Dublin vigil to mark the murder of Jamal Khashoggi 2019-10-17 [NUJ]
Khashoggi : A year without justice 2019-10-02 [IFJ]
Largest labour group urged to condemn Saudi weapons deal 2019-06-27 [Middle East Eye]
Saudi Arabia announces new work rules for women 2019-01-21 [khaleejtimes]
IFJ Executive reinforces calls for international action to hold Saudi government accountable for Khashoggi murder 2018-11-22 [IFJ]
Outrage as Saudis Secretly Execute Indonesian Worker 2018-11-05 [Freedom United]
NUJ hold candle-lit vigil for Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy, London 2018-11-01 [NUJ]
IFJ: End the lies, cover-up and appeasement over killing of Jamal Khashoggi 2018-10-18 [IFJ]
Ibec cancels event to promote Saudi links amid Khashoggi controversy 2018-10-18 [Irish Times]
Overworked, abused, hungry: Vietnamese domestic workers in Saudi 2018-09-19 [Al Jazeera]
Bangladeshi domestic workers face physical and sexual abuse in Saudi Arabia 2018-09-08 [Deutsche Welle]
“The Gulf is no longer a dream land for Asian migrants” 2018-06-14 [Equal Times]
The everyday acts of resistance from migrant domestic workers in Saudi Arabia 2018-01-31 [Equal Times]
Ensuring Access to Justice for Workers in Forced Labor For more info 2018-01-11 [Solidarity Center]
Government Official Implicated in Stranded Maid Ordeal 2017-09-01 [The Cambodia Daily]
Fearing for Her Life, Maria Mwentenje Fled Her Employer 2017-07-27 [Solidarity Center]
International effort to avert executions of peaceful protesters 2017-07-27 [Education International]
Unions urge foreign secretary to help stop Saudi beheadings 2017-07-19 [UNISON]
Teachers unions call to halt execution of peaceful protestors 2017-07-18 [Education International]
Update on Reported Imminent Beheading of Mujaba'a al-Sweikat 2017-07-17 [AFT]
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