Full Coverage: Labour

31.05.2007 NEW YORK, May 31 (OneWorld) - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law Congress' plan for continued war funding last Friday -- and with it, an attached proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from its current level of $5.15 to $7.25 per hour in 2009.

30.05.2007 The bangle industry of southern Pakistan employs almost a million people including many children. They work in appalling conditions, are exposed to toxic chemicals and yet earn meager wages.

29.05.2007 India's 93% workforce comprises the unorganised sector and drives one of the fastest growing economy in the world. A first ever study on the working conditions of this sector reveals 44% of its urban migrant workers are in construction and in desperate need for social security.

18.05.2007

17.05.2007 NEW YORK, May 17 (OneWorld) - A Congressional plan to give the United States' lowest-paid workers their first raise in nearly 10 years was put on hold earlier this month when U.S. President George W. Bush vetoed the Iraq War spending bill.

06.05.2007

03.05.2007 The Narodna Skupstina (PeopleÂ’s Parliament) of the Republic of Srpska adopted, on October 24, 2000, the Law on Labour (Official Journal of RS, No. 38, November 8, 2000). What attracted attention were the provisions on workersÂ’ council in Articles 109-111. The Law provides that all employees with more than 15 full-time employees, the workers can establish their own council to represent themselves and protect their rights.

03.05.2007 Narodna skupština Republike Srpske je 24. oktobra 2000. godine donijela Zakon o radu (objavljen u Službenom glasniku RS br. 38 od 8. novembra 2000. godine). Ono što je naročito privuklo pažnju jesu odredbe o savjetu radnika (čl. 109-111). Zakon predviđa da kod poslodavca koji redovno zapošljava najmanje 15 radnika, radnici mogu uspostaviti savjet radnika, koji ih predstavlja i štiti njihove interese.

01.05.2007 NEW YORK, May 1 (OneWorld) - Worldwide, more people than ever think that global trade is threatening their jobs and causing damage to the environment, though there is still strong support overall for economic globalization, which many see as benefiting national economies, companies, and consumers.