Promoting Worker Rights Worldwide
February 8, 2023
Media Mentions & News

A daily digest of major media coverage of issues that affect workers, workers' rights, and workers' organizations overseas; discuss the impact of globalization; or mention the work of the Solidarity Center. 
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In the News
Labor Expert Harps on Importance of Organization to Trade Unionism
The Solidarity Center organized a three-day leadership and organizing academy for members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and its affiliates in Nigeria. Related story here.
 
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Nigeria Drivers Form Country’s First App-Based Union
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Tunisian Call Center Workers Win Big Wage Boost
 
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THEMATIC
Workers & Worker Rights
Factory Fire Top Supply Chain Disruption in 2022 - Resilinc
Ivory Coast Gives Cocoa Farmers Electronic Cards to Track Beans
How Foreign Overfishing Is Driving Migration Crisis in Senegal
Kenyan Court Says Meta Can Be Sued for Psychological Distress (content moderator, contract workers)
Lack of Jobs Drives Recruitment by Armed Groups in Africa: UN
JBS Plant Murder Prompting Awareness for Violence Against Transgender People (Kentucky, migrant from Africa)
U.S. Repeats Labor Rights Review Request for Piedras Negras Plant (Mexico)
Violence, Unemployment Drive Ecuadorians to Mexico
Mexico Rejects Any Effort to Reinstate 'Remain in Mexico' Policy for Asylum-Seekers
Big Companies Must Share Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking Under Bill (Washington state)
Busing Migrants Was a Partisan Lightning Rod. Here's Why Democrats Have Embraced It
Harris Announces Funding to Address Root Causes of Migration Crisis
Cubans Respond with Zeal to New U.S. Migration Policy
Haiti Garment Workers Share $1M Payout After Factory Closure a Year Ago
India Factory Fire Kills Garment Worker
Ashok Leyland Workers Demand End to Precarious Work (India)
Workers Keep Dying at This Chinese Nickel Mining Company in Indonesia
Tunisia: BWI Calls for Unconditional Release of Union Leader
Fiber Producer SASA Must Respect Workers’ Rights (Turkey)
Global Action Day in Support of Teachers and Workers in Iran
Textile World Conference Vows to Strengthen Collective Agreements

Austerity, Economic News & Trade
West and Central Africa: EU Allocates €181.5 Million for Humanitarian Aid in 2023
Sri Lanka May Return to Growth by Year-end, Says President

Climate Change & Environment
Mechanization of Illegal Gold Mining Threatens Ghana’s Forests
Alarm Among Villagers, Environmentalists over Hydro Plan in Albania

Closing Space for Civil Society
High Court Rules UK-Based Bahrain Activists' Case Against Kingdom Can Proceed

Corruption & Corporate Malfeasance
Illegally Legalized: the Corruption Involved in Building Belgrade
Reporting Corruption in a Time of War: the Ukrainian Journalists’ Dilemma

Democracy & Authoritarianism 
Nigeria Asks Social Media Giants to Curb Fake News Ahead of Election
Making a Point: Hong Kong Journalists Regroup Abroad
They Released a Sex Video to Shame and Silence Her. She’s One of Many Women in Myanmar Doxxed and Abused on Telegram by Supporters of the Military (Myanmar)
Kosovo Ruling Party Accused of ‘Capturing’ Public Broadcaster
Ukraine War Increases Media Freedom Violations in Europe: Report
Reporting Corruption in a Time of War: the Ukrainian Journalists’ Dilemma

Gender Inequality
Men Called on to Take Stand Against GBV in New Campaign (South Africa)
JBS Plant Murder Prompting Awareness for Violence Against Transgender People (Kentucky, migrant from Africa)
They Released a Sex Video to Shame and Silence Her. She’s One of Many Women in Myanmar Doxxed and Abused on Telegram by Supporters of the Military (Myanmar)
Gender Gaps in MENA Remain Stubbornly Entrenched, Despite Positive Trends
The Global Scourge of Gender-Based Violence

Human Rights
Nigerian Rights Panel, Underfunded and Overmatched, Begins Probe of Powerful Military
In Shadow of Attack, Situation of Slovakia's Trans Community Remains Precarious

Inequality, Poverty & Social Justice
Illegal Mines and 'Floating Towns' on the Puré River Leave Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples at Risk (Colombia)
Rage, Fear in India’s Azamgarh over Land Acquisition for Airport
Alarm Among Villagers, Environmentalists over Hydro Plan in Albania

Labor Migration & Human Trafficking
How Foreign Overfishing Is Driving Migration Crisis in Senegal
Violence, Unemployment Drive Ecuadorians to Mexico
Mexico Rejects Any Effort to Reinstate 'Remain in Mexico' Policy for Asylum-Seekers
Busing Migrants Was a Partisan Lightning Rod. Here's Why Democrats Have Embraced It
Harris Announces Funding to Address Root Causes of Migration Crisis
Big Companies Must Share Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking Under Bill (Washington state)
Cubans Respond with Zeal to New U.S. Migration Policy

Multinationals & Supply Chains
Factory Fire Top Supply Chain Disruption in 2022 - Resilinc
How Foreign Overfishing Is Driving Migration Crisis in Senegal
Ivory Coast Gives Cocoa Farmers Electronic Cards to Track Beans
Kenyan Court Says Meta Can Be Sued for Psychological Distress (content moderator, contract workers)
Mechanization of Illegal Gold Mining Threatens Ghana’s Forests
Nigeria Asks Social Media Giants to Curb Fake News Ahead of Election
South Africa’s Underground Gold Wars
JBS Plant Murder Prompting Awareness for Violence Against Transgender People (Kentucky, migrant from Africa)
Haiti Garment Workers Share $1M Payout After Factory Closure a Year Ago
Illegal Mines and 'Floating Towns' on the Puré River Leave Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples at Risk (Colombia)
Big Companies Must Share Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking Under Bill (Washington state)
U.S. Repeats Labor Rights Review Request for Piedras Negras Plant (Mexico)
BMW to Invest over $800M in EV Manufacturing in San Luis Potosí (Mexico)
Column: Paying Farmworkers Based on Production Results in Labor Risks (Latin America)
India Factory Fire Kills Garment Worker
Workers Keep Dying at This Chinese Nickel Mining Company in Indonesia
Textile World Conference Vows to Strengthen Collective Agreements

Publications
IFJ's Annual Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2022
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REGIONAL
Africa
Lack of Jobs Drives Recruitment by Armed Groups in Africa: UN
Ivory Coast Gives Cocoa Farmers Electronic Cards to Track Beans
How Foreign Overfishing Is Driving Migration Crisis in Senegal
West and Central Africa: EU Allocates €181.5 Million for Humanitarian Aid in 2023
Men Called on to Take Stand Against GBV in New Campaign (South Africa)
South Africa’s Underground Gold Wars
Kenyan Court Says Meta Can Be Sued for Psychological Distress (content moderator, contract workers)
Nigeria Asks Social Media Giants to Curb Fake News Ahead of Election
Nigerian Rights Panel, Underfunded and Overmatched, Begins Probe of Powerful Military
IFJ's Annual Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2022
The Global Scourge of Gender-Based Violence
Textile World Conference Vows to Strengthen Collective Agreements
Factory Fire Top Supply Chain Disruption in 2022 - Resilinc

Americas & Caribbean
BMW to Invest over $800M in EV Manufacturing in San Luis Potosí (Mexico)
Mexico Rejects Any Effort to Reinstate 'Remain in Mexico' Policy for Asylum-Seekers
U.S. Repeats Labor Rights Review Request for Piedras Negras Plant (Mexico)
Violence, Unemployment Drive Ecuadorians to Mexico
Busing Migrants Was a Partisan Lightning Rod. Here's Why Democrats Have Embraced It
Harris Announces Funding to Address Root Causes of Migration Crisis
Big Companies Must Share Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking Under Bill (Washington state)
JBS Plant Murder Prompting Awareness for Violence Against Transgender People (Kentucky, migrant from Africa)
Illegal Mines and 'Floating Towns' on the Puré River Leave Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples at Risk (Colombia)
Cubans Respond with Zeal to New U.S. Migration Policy
Haiti Garment Workers Share $1M Payout After Factory Closure a Year Ago
IFJ's Annual Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2022
The Global Scourge of Gender-Based Violence
Textile World Conference Vows to Strengthen Collective Agreements
Factory Fire Top Supply Chain Disruption in 2022 - Resilinc

Asia
Workers Keep Dying at This Chinese Nickel Mining Company in Indonesia
Making a Point: Hong Kong Journalists Regroup Abroad
Rage, Fear in India’s Azamgarh over Land Acquisition for Airport
India Factory Fire Kills Garment Worker
Ashok Leyland Workers Demand End to Precarious Work (India)
They Released a Sex Video to Shame and Silence Her. She’s One of Many Women in Myanmar Doxxed and Abused on Telegram by Supporters of the Military
Sri Lanka May Return to Growth by Year-end, Says President
IFJ's Annual Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2022
The Global Scourge of Gender-Based Violence
Textile World Conference Vows to Strengthen Collective Agreements
Factory Fire Top Supply Chain Disruption in 2022 - Resilinc

Eastern Europe, Russia & Central Asia
Illegally Legalized: the Corruption Involved in Building Belgrade
In Shadow of Attack, Situation of Slovakia's Trans Community Remains Precarious
Kosovo Ruling Party Accused of ‘Capturing’ Public Broadcaster
Alarm Among Villagers, Environmentalists over Hydro Plan in Albania
Ukraine War Increases Media Freedom Violations in Europe: Report
Reporting Corruption in a Time of War: the Ukrainian Journalists’ Dilemma
Fiber Producer SASA Must Respect Workers’ Rights (Turkey)
IFJ's Annual Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2022
The Global Scourge of Gender-Based Violence
Textile World Conference Vows to Strengthen Collective Agreements
Factory Fire Top Supply Chain Disruption in 2022 - Resilinc

Middle East & North Africa
Gender Gaps in MENA Remain Stubbornly Entrenched, Despite Positive Trends
Tunisia: BWI Calls for Unconditional Release of Union Leader
Global Action Day in Support of Teachers and Workers in Iran
High Court Rules UK-Based Bahrain Activists' Case Against Kingdom Can Proceed
IFJ's Annual Report on Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2022
The Global Scourge of Gender-Based Violence
Textile World Conference Vows to Strengthen Collective Agreements
Factory Fire Top Supply Chain Disruption in 2022 - Resilinc
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