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SINGAPORE (AFP) - As the global financial storm blows fear through Asia's stock markets, Filipino maid Christy Arciaga is jittery -- even though she does not own any shares. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
Market Rasen Mail Oct 14 2008 10:35AM GMT ... Source: news.sawf.org --- 3 days ago
As the global financial storm blows fear through Asia's stock markets, Filipino maid Christy Arciaga is jittery -- even though she does not own any shares. ... Source: www.antara.co.id --- 4 days ago
Malaysia deported some 151 illegal Indonesian Migrant Workers and sent them home from Malaysia's Pasir Gudang Johor, to Sri Bintan Pura harbor in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, Sumatra, Friday evening. ... Source: www.csr-asia.com --- 3 days ago
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Publisher: International Federation for Human Rights - Document type: Country Reports ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 3 days ago
Makassar, South Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - South Sulawesi province will try its best to meet its quota to send 451,612 Indonesian Workers (TKI) to the Asia-Pacific region, Australia, the Middle East and Europe in 2009, South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul ... ... Source: patdollard.com --- 10 days ago
... Source: www.china-labour.org.hk --- 7 days ago
There are 110 million Migrant Workers in China aged between 16 and 40 years old. They left home in the hope of building a better life for themselves and their family, yet when they start a family of their own, they are faced with a stark choice; either take their children to the cities and subject them to institutionalized discrimination, or leave them behind in the countryside in the uncertain care of relatives. read more ... Source: www.china-labour.org.hk:80 --- 3 days ago
The global economic slowdown, combined with increased mechanization in the textile industry, has made life extremely difficult for unskilled Migrant Workers in China ’s silk capital , Shengze , in southern Jiangsu province. read more ... Source: www.global-unions.org --- 8 days ago
A priority of the BWI is to ensure the rights of Migrant Workers because we believe that all Workers regardless of status have the right to a stable employment and good working conditions. In order to reach our objective, we have particularly looked into practical ways to provide assistance to (...) ... Women Activists, Migrant Workers Assail Sexist Portrayal of Filipino Domestic Workers in BBC Segment
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On the Occasion of International Day of No Prostitution: Women Activists, Migrant Workers Assail Sexist Portrayal of Filipino Domestic Workers in BBC Segment Call for Full Employment and End to Sexual Exploitation! More than 100 members of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Asia Pacific (CATW-AP), People’s Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights (People’s Global [...] ... Source: www.protectionist.net --- 10 days ago
Media release Australian Protectionist Party National Chairman and South Australian Spokesman Mr. Andrew Phillips today called upon South Australia’s Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Rory McEwen, to clarify recent support for Migrant Workers in our nation’s agricultural sector. “Mr.McEwen is on record as saying that our employers must look after Migrant Workers and ensure they stay in regional [...] ... Source: www.alertnet.org --- 16 hours ago
Source: IRIN Children of domestic Workers in Lebanon are an invisible segment of society. Many of the estimated 200,000 Migrant domestics living in Lebanon - most of them women from the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Ethiopia - have no legal status in the country. ... Source: www.france24.com --- 2 days ago
Migrant Workers taped to train floor, dies ... Source: www.france24.com --- 2 days ago
Migrant Workers taped to train floor, dies ... Source: www.freshinfo.com --- 7 hours ago
Rising cases of illegal employment of Migrant Workers have prompted Encore Personnel to invest in a document checking system, enabling it to assess paperwork and flag up counterfeits, protecting all involved against fraud. ... Source: newsinfo.inquirer.net --- 17 hours ago
MANILA, Philippines -- Two police generals and their wives who were briefly detained in Moscow Saturday for carrying undeclared currency beyond the allowed limit are still being investigated by Russian authorities, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday.Although Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Af ... Source: www.dailystar.com.lb --- 1 day ago
"My maid is extremely ugly, I can't fight the urge to slap her when I see her early in the morning," boasts a Lebanese trader from Ain Anoub village just outside Beirut. He laughs.It gets worse. A recent report by Human Rights Watch showed that at least 95 Migrant domestic Workers have died in Lebanon since January 2007. ... Find more results for Migrant Workers on RSSMicro.com |
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The withering economy is choking growth in a surprising sector — local Migrant Workers are feeling the pinch as field work wanes. Telamon Corporation, a local organization meeting the needs of Migrant and seasonal farmworkers experiencing housing, employment and health issues, has had Zelenka employees come in asking for help. Zelenka is a grower of ornamental landscape greenery, a sector impacted by new home starts and sales. “We had a couple, both working at Zelenka, come in this week and the wife was just laid off and the husband’s hours were reduced,” said Rebecca Diffin at Telamon. “She was concerned because she had a son who recently graduated from high school who wants to stay and continue his college education here.” Some Ottawa County migrants might run into housing and schooling issues if contracts at Zelenka nurseries finish early this year. During the growing season, Migrant Workers rent Migrant camp housing for a minimal amount — typically $25 a week. When a grower closes early, families are often displaced unexpectedly, with little time to find temporary housing until the next growing season begins — it’s a tough spot to be in: no job, no housing and kids struggling to finish a school semester. Diffin, who says the majority of the Migrant farm Workers come from Texas, suspects the soft economy is to blame. Zelenka officials would not comment on contract work ending early this year. However West Ottawa Public Schools ...