by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Dec 26th, 2023LAHORE: The PML-N leadership’s decision to nominate women, either from influential families or the upper echelons of society, on reserved seats has sparked disquiet among the ranks of the party’s loyal women workers, who are questioning the criteria of the selection process. The party’s old guard has also expressed dissatisfaction, particularly over the preference given to PTI turncoats, leading to a broader debate on the party’s values and…
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report in Dhaka Tribune, Dec 18, 2023The Maldives government has lifted the ban on the recruitment of unskilled workers from Bangladesh. Now, unskilled workers from Bangladesh would have job opportunities in the country, said Maldives’ Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology in a statement on Sunday. In this regard, Counsellor (Labour) and Head of the Embassy of Bangladesh High Commission in Maldives Md Sohel Parvez said the decision to reopen the labour market for Bangladeshis…
By Apsara Rodrigo in The Island, Dec 17, 2023There are indications of a growing mismatch between recruitment of Sri Lankan workers (supply) and global job vacancies (demand) in foreign employment, with increasing supply shortages – especially for skilled jobs, a World Bank report shows. “You have overseas workers that are sending remittances to Sri Lanka; however there is a difference in their skills,” Shobana Sosale co-author of the World Bank report, ‘Enhancing Skills in Sri…
By Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Dec 06, 2023The decision on Awami League’s seat-sharing with the 14-party alliance partners seems to be stalled over the demands from Bangladesh Workers Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD). According to sources, the AL wants to share two seats with each of the parties, but Workers Party and the JSD seek to have the same number of seats they were given in the 2018 national election. Currently,…
by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 4, 2023Chatte Bohara, a local of Rupatola in ward 3 of Talkot Rural Municipality, has been working as a construction worker at the 40-kilometre Rupatola-Dhuli road section under the 117-kilometre Chainpur-Taklakot road for five years. He says he has not received his daily wages for the last four years. More than 150 other workers have not received their wages for over a year while some have…
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, Nov 26th, 2023KHYBER: Cross-border movement of scores of daily wagers and porters has been badly affected after Afghan security officials confiscated passports from a large number of Pakistani and Afghan workers without citing any valid reason. Sources at Torkham told Dawn that the Afghan border security officials had started a crackdown on Pakistani daily wagers and porters some three weeks ago and forcibly took their passports, and then refused to…
by Krishna Prasad Gautam in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 25, 2023Bhakta Bahadur BK, a migrant worker, leaves for India for work around this time of the year after celebrating Dashain with his family. This year he returned from India before Dashain and had planned to go back to work after the festivities. But the November 3 earthquake prevented him from making good on his plans. Since the earthquake destroyed his house in Chyuridar inward 4…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 21, 2023The United States has condemned recent violence against garment workers in Bangladesh protesting over the minimum wage and criminalisation of legitimate worker and trade union activities. “We are also concerned about the ongoing repression of workers and trade unions. Our principle, as we have stated before, is that government must ensure that workers are able to exercise their rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining without fear of…
AFP Report, Oct 13th, 2023RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as “unacceptable”. The human resources and social development ministry said in a statement that the investigation began before Amnesty International this week reported that Nepalese Amazon workers in Saudi Arabia had suffered “appalling” living conditions, on-the-job safety risks and wage theft. “Any form…