labor rights
Qatar strengthens heat stress protection for workers
Middle East
May 28, 2021
Qatar strengthens heat stress protection for workers
Qatar has introduced tougher measures to protect laborers from heat stress as the Gulf Arab state’s human rights record comes…
Qatar detains Kenyan guard who wrote on laborers’ struggles
Middle East
May 18, 2021
Qatar detains Kenyan guard who wrote on laborers’ struggles
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kenyan who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living…
South Africa still hobbled by abusive legacy of domestic work
World
December 19, 2019
South Africa still hobbled by abusive legacy of domestic work
For three years, SiyamthandaDube lived in a shed outside the house where she cleaned, cooked and babysat for a family…
India says to bring back workers facing ‘food crisis’ in Saudi
Middle East
July 31, 2016
India says to bring back workers facing ‘food crisis’ in Saudi
India said on Sunday it will send a government minister to Saudi Arabia to try to bring back more than…
Petroleum workers association in solidarity with striking gas sector
Egypt
April 15, 2015
Petroleum workers association in solidarity with striking gas sector
An association of petroleum workers has voiced their solidarity with the striking workers of the Egyptian state gas company, who…
Labor activists show solidarity with comrades in asset freeze case
Egypt
March 17, 2015
Labor activists show solidarity with comrades in asset freeze case
A group of labor rights' advocacy groups and activists have voiced solidarity with two liberal colleagues on whom judicial authorities…
Egypt’s workers worried new drive for investment will benefit business over labor
Egypt
March 12, 2015
Egypt’s workers worried new drive for investment will benefit business over labor
Just days before Egypt holds a major economic conference to attract foreign investors, scores of workers held the latest in…
Universal Group strike enters second week in a row
Egypt
February 15, 2015
Universal Group strike enters second week in a row
A strike by hundreds of workers at home appliance giant Universal's three gas-cooker factories in the 6th of October City…
Unpaid workers going hungry in Qatar
Egypt
December 22, 2013
Unpaid workers going hungry in Qatar
More than 80 construction workers hired to work in Doha’s high-rise towers and stadiums, mostly from Asia's poorest countries, are…
Maximum and minimum wage law lacks details, faces obstacles in implementation
Business
February 25, 2013
Maximum and minimum wage law lacks details, faces obstacles in implementation
Early this month, two Nour Party members of the upper house of parliament, the Shura Council, presented a bill that…