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Call for UN to investigate plight of migrant workers in the UAE

13 September, The Guardian The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on the United Nations to investigate evidence that thousands of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, including those building a new Louvre museum and the world’s largest Guggenheim, are treated as slave labour. The confederation has called on the UN’s International Labour […]

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No Fees Initiative: Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

Millions of workers become slaves through the actions of unscrupulous labor brokers who charge exorbitant recruitment fees, either do not provide contracts or change contract terms, impose unreasonable deductions from promised wages and leave workers vulnerable to exploitation. For this reason, and with the support of a grant from Humanity United, ICCR has launched the

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“Ontario government introduces law to protect vulnerable workers”

Robert Benzie, Toronto Star, 16 July 2014 Labour Minister Kevin Flynn revives Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act that would clamp down on employers and employment agencies who violate workers’ rights. Lilliane Namukasa knows what it’s like to be a vulnerable worker. So the 27-year-old, who arrived from Uganda in 2008 to work as

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