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COP28: Migrant Rights Essential to Climate Action; Governments Should Confront COP28 Host UAE on Abuses

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Global COP28: Migrant Rights Essential to Climate Action; Governments Should Confront COP28 Host UAE on Abuses 2023-12-03 [Human Rights Watch]

Migrant Worker Abuses Linked to Broader Climate Harms 2023-11-21 [Human Rights Watch]

Malestar y preocupación ante la falta de respuestas del gobierno 2023-10-23 [Rel UITA]

‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers 2023-10-12 [The Guardian]

United Arab Emirates Gulf States: Migrant Workers at Serious Risk from Dangerous Heat 2023-05-31 [Human Rights Watch]

Ship explosion captain forced to give up home, but wins freedom thanks to ITF 2023-01-29 [ITF]

Noelia Di Paula (SUNCA): “Es muy difícil frenar la violencia de género si la respuesta oficial es la impunidad” 2022-12-17 [PIT-CNT]

United Arab Emirates 100 Punjabi workers stranded in Abu Dhabi, seek Centre’s help 2022-10-26 [IANS]

Alerta: negociación salarial de la salud privada 2022-10-15 [SMU]

UAE touts new domestic workers law 2022-10-11 [Al-Monitor]

VIDEO United Arab Emirates Life at 50C Gulf Killer Heat 2022-06-23 [BBC]

United Arab Emirates Forkaster anke fra ambassadeansatt. Får ikke gå til sak mot ambassaden 2022-05-27 [Rett24]

Dubai delivery workers go on second rare strike this month 2022-05-10 [The Union-Tribune]

Exposing the Invisible: Migrant Workers' Rights and the Legacy of Expo2020 2022-04-20 [BWI]

Exposing the Invisible: Migrant Workers' Rights and the Legacy of Expo2020 2022-04-20 [BWI]

United Arab Emirates Nepali journalist arrested in UAE 2022-03-10 [IFJ]

UAE: Ramadan timings announced for public sector employees 2022-03-04 [Gulf News]

ICM visita alojamiento de BESIX para trabajadores migrantes y observa mejoras 2022-02-16 [ICM]

Viceprimer ministro belga e ICM se reúnen con trabajadores migrantes en proyecto de construcción de BESIX 2022-02-10 [ICM]

BWI visits BESIX's accommodation for migrant workers, observes improvements 2022-02-10 [BWI]

BWI visits BESIX's accommodation for migrant workers, observes improvements 2022-02-10 [BWI]

Expo2020: ICM destaca la importancia de la inclusión de trabajadores migrantes en el diálogo social 2022-01-15 [ICM]

Expo2020: BWI raises importance of migrant workers' inclusion in social dialogue 2021-12-22 [BWI]

United Arab Emirates Snytt for feriepenger, overtidsbetaling og pensjon av ambassaden 2021-12-14 [Fri fagbevegelse]

La reforma laboral de los EAU no aborda los abusos de los derechos de los trabajadores 2021-11-25 [CSI]

UAE labour law reforms fail to address abuses of workers' rights 2021-11-22 [ITUC]

Africa 'Wage theft' in UAE robs African deportees of future 2021-11-12 [Thomson Reuters]

Expo2020: Migrant workers' rights in UAE 2021-11-03 [BWI]

Expo2020: Migrant workers' rights in UAE 2021-10-27 [BWI]

Ensure the right to remedy to hundreds of African workers following racially motivated detentions and deportations 2021-10-26 [Amnesty International]

Africa ITUC-Africa condemns deportation of African migrants by UAE 2021-09-06 [Leadership]

Sjøfolk sluppet fri etter ett år isolert på norskeid skip 2021-02-10 [VG]

United Arab Emirates SAFTU laments Guptas' evasion of justice 2020-09-11 [SAFTU]

Дубай выделил 2 миллиарда долларов на поддержку авиакомпании Emirates 2020-09-01 [www.solidarnost.org]

Education International and the Global Campaign for Education condemn GEMS Metropole School's stance on education during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-08-04 [Education International]

UAE's migrant workers fret over future in coronavirus economy 2020-07-27 [Thomson Reuters Foundation]

United Arab Emirates Migrant workers protest despite no worker rights 2020-05-28 [BWI]

UAE to take action against nations refusing repatriation of migrant workers 2020-04-13 [PTI]

Fysioterapeutforbuoikotter verdenskongress i Dubaind b 2020-01-31 [Fysioterapeuten]

India Indian consulate in Dubai comes to rescue of stranded worker 2020-01-14 [Khaleej Times]

Norway Norsk Fysioterapeutforbund boikotter verdenskongress i Dubai 2019-11-26 [Unio]

Mandatory midday break for workers in UAE ends 2019-09-16 [Khaleej times]

United Arab Emirates Dubai business, Nehawu eye mines once owned by Guptas – source 2019-09-12 [Fin24]

Women's union launches Irtiwaa summer campaign for UAE workers 2019-08-23 [Contruction Week]

La ITF y los EAU intensifican su cooperación 2019-07-09 [ITF]

Global ITF und Vereinigte Arabische Emirate intensivieren Zusammenarbeit 2019-07-09 [ITF]

ITF and UAE step up cooperation 2019-07-08 [ITF]

United Arab Emirates Pakistan and UAE take new initiatives to protect Pakistani workers coming to the country 2019-06-18 [Gulfnews]

United Arab Emirates Maritime union RMT on the sale of P&O Ferries to Dubai Ports World 2019-02-20 [RMT]

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