| 26 Mar 14 | Sugar Plantation Under Investigation for Using Child Labor -- Police and human rights workers are investigating claims that a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation in Preah Vihear province has been employing child workers since December. ( http://www.cambodiadaily.com ) |
| 26 Mar 14 | Public sector strikes to sweep Germany -- A second round of strikes by rubbish collectors, bus drivers, teachers and nurses will continue across the country this week, service workers' union Verdi announced. ( Laborstart ) |
| 26 Mar 14 | Teachers’ unions: strike will continue -- Teachers in Buenos Aires province are unlikely to heed a ruling by the Administrative Court in La Plata City that ordered the suspension of their two-week-long strike action after workers failed to reach an agreement with the Daniel Scioli provincial administration. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Mar 14 | Hyundai Heavy union plans to join militant federation -- Unionized workers at Hyundai Heavy Industries are moving to switch to a militant umbrella federation, the company and its union said Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Mar 14 | Rana Plaza Trust Fund to launch worker payments as of 24 March -- The 3,600 workers and families owed compensation from the Rana Plaza collapse a year ago will finally be able to claim payment as of 24 March. An advance payment of 50,000 BDT (US$650) will be made to every beneficiary before the one-year anniversary on 24 April. ( Laborstart ) |
| 20 Mar 14 | Bangladesh unions criticise compensation payments -- Bangladesh unions have criticised British retailer Primark for offering compensation to fewer than a quarter of the victims of the country's worst textile disaster. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Mar 14 | Prime minister urges doctors to drop planned walkout -- SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Chung Hong-won called on doctors Wednesday to scrap their plan to strike later this month in protest of the government's medical policy and come to the negotiating table to iron out differences. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Mar 14 | Toyota gives Japan workers biggest pay raise in 21 years -- TOYOTA CITY: Toyota Motor Corp said it will give its Japan-based workers their biggest pay raise in 21 years in the year starting in April, heeding a government call to bolster the economy by sharing its surging profit with workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 13 Mar 14 | Thousands of garment workers sacked as unsafe Bangladesh factory closes -- Several thousand Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs after their factory was discovered to have serious safety problems and shut down. ( Laborstart ) |
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