Full Coverage: Labour

31.08.2006 A new report on labour and social trends in South Asia warns of a growing socio-economic disconnect in the sub region, as economic growth and improved productivity fail to translate adequately into job creation and better wages. The report, Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2006: Progress towards Decent Work has been produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

30.08.2006 It is nearly two decades since the Indian government banned child labour in Firozabad's bangle and glassware industry and created a law to rehabilitate thousands of children who had now been plucked out of factories. The reality is that the schools are shabby with no furniture and no teaching materials and many children continue to work in the factories.

18.08.2006 Millions of tonnes of iron ore from scores of small mines that have sprung up in the onion fields around this small town in southern Karnataka state are going into building China's gleaming, steel and glass office towers and stadiums for the 2008 Olympic Games.

08.08.2006 United Nations mission sent by Secretary General Kofi Annan has been huddled in the Nepalese capital trying to hammer out an agreement between the government and Maoists rebels on how to manage weapons for a durable peace. But the task is turning out to be tricky

07.08.2006

07.08.2006 CRY – Child Rights and You welcomes the Ministry of Labour's recent notification that bans children below 14 from working in residences and the hospitality sector but feels it's an insufficient response. Gaps exist. CRY CEO Ingrid Srinath writes in this article that this notification cannot be effective without proper enforcement and rehabilitation provisions. For real change root causes have to be addressed.

04.08.2006 Civil society activists, who early on foretold the inevitable collapse of the Doha Round, are now predicting the beginning of the end for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) itself, which sponsored the failed negotiations.

02.08.2006 NEW YORK, Aug 1 (OneWorld) - While millions of low-wage workers across the United States keep hoping against hope for a raise in their salaries, it is no longer just a dream for some who live and work in the Midwestern city of Chicago.