A landmark case could see Meta forced to take responsibility for workers’ rights abuses not just in Kenya but globally.
Experts warn that cuts to the federal firefighting workforce could hamper preparations for this year’s peak fire season.
Rescue operation still under way after avalanche in Chamoli region, adjoining Tibet, trapped dozens of workers.
As wildfires get worse, firefighters are struggling to combat blazes and remain in a job with poor labour conditions.
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Watch the moment workers in Rio de Janeiro were rescued from the window ledge of a factory after it caught fire.
Legal experts doubt that DOGE has power to cut spending already approved by Congress.
In early 1990s, Clinton signed an act allowing $25,000 buyouts for federal workers. How does Trump’s approach differ?
![Rachel Greszler, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, told PolitiFact that Trump's programme is more generous than Clinton's. Clinton's $25,000 offer is equivalent to approximately $55,000 in today's dollars [File: Leah Millis/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-15T015631Z_1867704471_RC2IK39DIOWU_RTRMADP_3_USA-CLINTON.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
As Big Tech embraces US President Donald Trump, Democrats have to reconfigure their role.
The move comes after US President Trump ended DEI hiring in gov’t jobs and encouraged the private sector to do the same.
Trump’s tech allies are at loggerheads with the MAGA camp over a visa programme that brings in foreign workers.
Workers complain of inadequate wages as inflation soars, and promise to escalate the strike.
With a rapidly shrinking population, South Korea is welcoming foreign workers, but many face exploitation and danger.
101 East goes undercover in Italy to expose the sweatshops making bags for some of the world’s leading luxury brands.
With the lockouts, $930m of goods are being affected daily, affecting supply chains and economy, the government says.
