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Qatar strengthens heat stress protection for workers
Middle East

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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