Blogs about: Migrant Worker

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Sending Money Home

lookingbeyondborders wrote 1 day ago: In Asia’s developing countries, the power and potential of remittances – the money that migrant work … more →

Tags: Global economy, India, Pakistan, China, middle east, Economy, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam

Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older

johnib wrote 2 days ago: By Li Hui and Maxim Duncan | Reuters  An elderly couple feed their great-grandson with a piece of ca … more →

Tags: Culture, China 2, Chinese, elderly, ageing, World Bank, WANG, Elder Care, Ageing Population

What is the impact of Taiwan’s sanctions to the Philippines? It is probably almost nothing.

Frederick Mau wrote 3 days ago: The outbreak of the furious sentiment against the Philippines is triggered by the killing of a local … more →

Tags: Economics, Taiwan, Vietnam, philippine coast guard, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Council Of Labor Affairs, Remittance, Sanction against the Philippines, The Philippines

* Right thing to do comes with a price tag

keeper @ chindia-alert wrote 6 days ago: Now we know why the Chinese government has been hesitant about correcting the rights of it vast immi … more →

Tags: China alert, Economics, Labour, Migrant workers, Employment, Temporary Workers, China, Beijing, CLSA

Exposure Trip to Northern Thailand

cedarfund wrote 1 week ago: In North Thailand, along the Golden Triangle neighborhood of Laos and Myanmar, it is ethnic minoriti … more →

Tags: New Activities, ||EDUCATION & PROMOTION||, Experiential Activities/ Workshop, Myanmar, HIV/AIDS, Ethnic Groups, Lisu, Laos, Exposure trip

Myanmar centers in Thailand to issue migrant children with passports

thaiintelligentnews wrote 1 week ago: With increase economic progress and modernization of Myanmar, the once back-ward country is fast cat … more →

Tags: Thailand, Asia, Bangkok, Burma, Burmese language, Passport, Thursday

* China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers

keeper @ chindia-alert wrote 2 weeks ago: WSJ: Third in a Series: China’s Changing Work Force “After years of offering production … more →

Tags: China alert, Economics, Manufacturing Economics, Affluence, Labour, Migrant workers, Low-Income, Employment, Labour Reform

Error404 on Democracy :Greece's modern slavery: lessons from Manolada 1 comment

irmedeaca wrote 2 weeks ago: Blood strawberries from Nea Manolada, Greece April 24, 2013 By Enrique Tessieri As Europe’s far righ … more →

Tags: Balkans, Europe, Government, Greece, History, Human Manipulation, mental imprisonment, Neonazism, Refugees

Bishops' May Day message stresses workers' social security4 comments

Silent Voice wrote 2 weeks ago: The message stressed on to organize the unorganized workers in some format in order to secure justic … more →

Tags: Silent Voice, Catholic Church, Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, New Delhi, Bishop, church, May Day, wage

Can Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program Be Fixed?

polspectator wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday the Harper government responded to increasing public pressure and announced significant ch … more →

Tags: canadian, Employment, China, Canada, British Columbia, Jason Kenney, alberta federation of labour, Foreign worker, tim hortons

7 Reasons Why Sweatshops Still Persist

nonprofithive wrote 3 weeks ago: Poor working conditions at a factory in Southern China Talk to any conscious consumer about sweatsho … more →

Tags: social enterprise, Principle #1: Be Relevant, Apple, Auditing, ChildLabor, China, CSR, Florida, forcedlabor

The ‘Them’ And ‘Us’ Of Crime Capital1 comment

missionsharingknowledge wrote 3 weeks ago: The gang rape of the five-year-old has sprouted claims that migrant labour has affected Delhi’s crim … more →

Tags: India, Crime and Punishment, Workforce, Real Issues, Social Values and Norms, delhi/ncr, Delhi, facebook, mumbai

Your Blood and My Teardrops

memoirpoet wrote 4 weeks ago: I was thinking about the way you left this place I was remembering the anguish slowly growing on you … more →

Tags: health, Medicine, Medical Specialties, Blood+, 12 hour clock, Blood Donation, Hematology

Migrants Shot in Greece

The Human Tsunami wrote 4 weeks ago: “Migrant workers shot at by foreman in Greece” by Aljazeera: At least 20 migrant strawbe … more →

Tags: Migrants, Greece, Discirmination, racism, Bangladesh

Remittance and Poverty Reduction: Fact or Myth?

shreeyaneupane wrote 1 month ago: The recent increase in migration from Nepal, mainly for employment, has incited numerous discussions … more →

Tags: nepal, migration, Remittance, poverty reduction, Remittance, economic growth

Blood: It's Not Just for Diamonds Anymore

Makini Brice wrote 1 month ago: Microsoft Office I am ashamed to admit this, but I never quite realized the scale of the sheer injus … more →

Tags: Business, Environment, Food, Law, Immigration, Commentary, California, Europe, Bangladesh

Nearly 30 migrant workers shot in Greece1 comment

talesfromthelou wrote 1 month ago:  ”In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppress … more →

Tags: poverty, alternate economy, Sociology, activism, criminology 2, Violence, Greece, Manolada, Bangladesh

At least 28 immigrants shot at Greece strawberry plantation after not being paid for six months — RT News

couleewind wrote 1 month ago: At least 28 immigrants shot at Greece strawberry plantation after not being paid for six months — RT … more →

Tags: News of the World, Bangladesh, Foreign worker, Greece, RT News

Farm supervisor gunned down1 comment

cbcburke9 wrote 1 month ago: Flickrites II, Holland Bay, Jamaica (Photo credit: τoo swεετ ™) Holland, St Thomas (Photo credit: τo … more →

Tags: Used, Detention (imprisonment), Monday, Princess Margaret Hospital, shanty town, monday night football, Peloponnese, Bangladesh


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