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Lesotho Mass layoffs hit multiple garment factories following US tariff hike [BHHRC]  ActNOW!  14-10-2025

Lesotho / USA Factory workers to march as Lesotho’s textile jobs hang by a thread [GroundUp] 08-10-2025

Lesotho / USA Trump’s tariffs could cost Lesotho 30,000 jobs, the IMF warns [GroundUp] 26-09-2025

Lesotho Ending AGOA will cost 'our souls and bodies’: Lesotho union leader [Context] 20-09-2025

Lesotho / USA Hundreds of diamond mining jobs to be axed following US tariff threats [GroundUp] 29-07-2025

Lesotho Lesotho declares unemployment a national disaster [GroundUp] 11-07-2025

Lesotho Union fury erupts over forced Mothae Mine layoffs [IndustriALL] 03-07-2025

Lesotho Fureur syndicale devant les licenciements à la mine de Mothae [IndustriALL] 03-07-2025

Lesotho / USA Mass lay-offs at garment factories as US tariffs bite [GroundUp] 13-06-2025

Lesotho The thorny truth of Lesotho’s rosehip industry [GroundUp] 15-05-2025


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Mass layoffs hit multiple garment factories following US tariff hike  ActNOW!  2025-10-14 [BHHRC]

Lesotho Lesotho permit: A lifeline for Basotho workers facing collapse of textile industry 2025-10-11 [GroundUp]

USA Factory workers to march as Lesotho’s textile jobs hang by a thread 2025-10-08 [GroundUp]

USA Trump’s tariffs could cost Lesotho 30,000 jobs, the IMF warns 2025-09-26 [GroundUp]

Ending AGOA will cost 'our souls and bodies’: Lesotho union leader 2025-09-20 [Context]

Lesotho Lesotho workers condemn denial of healthcare to Basotho in South Africa 2025-08-07 [GroundUp]

USA Lesotho faces major job losses unless Trump’s US tariffs are cut even further 2025-08-06 [Daily Maverick]

USA Hundreds of diamond mining jobs to be axed following US tariff threats 2025-07-29 [GroundUp]

Lesotho declares unemployment a national disaster 2025-07-11 [GroundUp]

Fureur syndicale devant les licenciements à la mine de Mothae 2025-07-03 [IndustriALL]

Estalla la furia sindical por despidos forzosos en la mina Mothae 2025-07-03 [IndustriALL]

Union fury erupts over forced Mothae Mine layoffs 2025-07-03 [IndustriALL]

USA Mass lay-offs at garment factories as US tariffs bite 2025-06-13 [GroundUp]

The thorny truth of Lesotho’s rosehip industry 2025-05-15 [GroundUp]

Fight over fish in Katse Dam 2025-04-22 [GroundUp]

USA Health Minister confident Lesotho can manage without US funding, but jobs are already being lost 2025-03-26 [GroundUp]

USA 1,500 health workers sent home after US aid suspended 2025-02-11 [GroundUp]

Lesotho Police launch manhunt for gang leader of illegal mine 2025-02-10 [Daily Maverick]

IDUL disowns verbal abuse allegations at Presitex 2024-12-31 [Lesotho Times]

Govt accused of driving Basotho into illegal mining 2024-12-04 [Lesotho Times]

Ex-miners claim they are being short-changed in compensation process 2024-09-19 [Lesotho Times]

Job losses begin at diamond mines 2024-09-11 [Lesotho Times]

Mining industry in trouble 2024-09-02 [Lesotho Times]

Lesotho SAFTU appalled by sex trafficking of Basotho women 2024-08-23 [SAFTU]

United Textile Employees Union holds Elective Congress 2024-08-10 [Peoples Dispatch]

Village health workers unhappy with pay 2024-07-22 [Lesotho Times]

Renforcer la sécurité et l’intégration au travail 2024-06-30 [IndustriALL]

Mejorando la seguridad y la inclusión laboral en Lesoto 2024-06-30 [IndustriALL]

Enhancing safety and inclusiveness at work 2024-06-30 [IndustriALL]

Nearly 16,000 jobs lost in the textile sector 2024-06-17 [Lesotho Times]

Gvt to meet with striking health workers -DPM 2024-06-11 [Lesotho Times]

Health workers not backing down on strike 2024-06-04 [Lesotho Times]

Female sex workers continue facing discrimination 2024-05-21 [Lesotho Times]

Union vows to fight against discrimination of women 2024-05-06 [May Day]

Female factory workers in outcry over unpaid maternity leave 2024-04-28 [Lesotho Times]

Recordamos a los mineros de Lesoto 2024-04-26 [IndustriALL]

À la mémoire des mineurs du Lesotho 2024-04-26 [IndustriALL]

Lesotho miners remembered 2024-04-26 [IndustriALL]

Union takes Adient Automotive to labour tribunal for union busting 2024-04-19 [IndustriALL]

Sindicato de Lesoto lleva a Adient Automotive ante el tribunal laboral por represión sindical 2024-04-18 [IndustriALL]

Au Lesotho, le syndicat poursuit Adient Automotive devant le tribunal du travail pour violation des droits syndicaux 2024-04-18 [IndustriALL]

Más allá del brillo: promoción de los derechos laborales en el sector del diamante 2024-02-23 [IndustriALL]

Что скрывается за блеском алмазов? Защита трудовых прав в алмазной отрасли 2024-02-23 [IndustriALL]

Au-delà de ce qui brille : faire progresser les droits des travailleurs dans le secteur du diamant 2024-02-23 [IndustriALL]

Beyond the sparkle: advancing workers' rights in the diamond sector 2024-02-23 [IndustriALL]

Lesotho Eastern Cape Implats disaster another mining tragedy for people of Eastern Cape and Lesotho 2023-12-07 [Daily Maverick]

Global Réunion de parties prenantes afin de s’inspirer du Lesotho en matière de lutte contre la violence et le harcèlement sexiste au travail 2023-09-18 [Equal Times]

Global Cómo enfrentar el acoso y la violencia de género en el entorno laboral en uno de los países más peligrosos para mueres y niñas, Lesoto 2023-09-18 [Equal Times]

Global Multi-stakeholders gather to learn lessons from Lesotho on tackling gender-based violence and harassment at work 2023-09-18 [Equal Times]

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