Top brands probe 'union-busting' as virus spurs sackings at factories in AsiaMultinationals including BMW, Primark and Zara investigating reports that suppliers are using coronavirus as an excuse to fire union workers |
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U.N. warns coronavirus may push millions of children into underage laborCoronavirus pandemic may spark the first rise in child labor since 2000, the United Nations warned |
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Ethiopia moves children from streets to shelters to slow coronavirusThousands of street children in Addis Ababa are being moved to shelters as COVID-19 cases soar in the east African nation |
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How many children are victims of child labour worldwide?Coronavirus pandemic could push millions more children into work, United Nations warns on World Day Against Child Labour |
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Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo fail to address Myanmar jade mine abuses, charity saysReport links machinery giants to environmental degradation and human rights abuses in notorious mining town |
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Race protests spark calls for Arab states to end 'exploitative' migrant worker systemActivists in the Middle East renew calls to end the kafala system that subjects African and Asian migrant workers to racism. |
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Eight-year-old maid's death spurs calls for child labour reform in PakistanHuman rights ministry proposes classifying domestic work as a 'hazardous occupation' in child labour law |
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Bangladesh garment factories launch COVID-19 testing lab for workersUnions welcome the initiative but urge owners to prioritise paying wages and saving jobs |
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Ethiopia's mobile camel libraries keep children from forced labourKeeping children learning while schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic is seen as key |
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Lockdown reveals rampant child labour in India as kids stream homeAbandoned by employers during coronavirus, India's undocumented child workers return home |
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Singapore's migrant workers fear financial ruin after virus ordealWeakened economy spurs fears of cut back on migrant workers, risking the livelihood of thousands |
OPINION: Don’t trivialise child labour with talk of household choresWorld Day Against Child Labour should be a wake-up for the aid and development sector to prioritise ending child slavery |
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