Garment workers took the streets today in Bangladesh to demand a higher increase of the minimum wage. Wal-Mart and other Western brands have suppliers in this country. On the positive side, Walmart’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol Document and the greening of…
At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand and tangles of sea grass are dumped. Though workers in the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history wear protective gloves…
Bangladesh will almost double the minimum wage for its garment workers, a wage board official says, following months of violent protests over pay. It will rise from 1,662 taka ($25; £16) per month to 3,000 taka. The labour ministry is…
Facing pressure from universities and student groups, the apparel maker Nike announced on Monday that it would pay $1.54 million to help 1,800 workers in Honduras who lost their jobs when two subcontractors closed their factories. Nike agreed to the…
Global Witness dénonce les liens entre certaines entreprises et les groupes armés au Kivu. Dans un communiqué publié mercredi 21 juillet, cette ONG britannique cite des sociétés asiatiques, belges et britanniques qu’elle accuse d’entretenir les conflits dans l’Est de la…
WASHINGTON (AFP) - La réforme de Wall Street, bientôt promulguée par le président américain Barack Obama, contient une disposition visant à couper les vivres aux groupes armés qui s'enrichissent grà¢ce au commerce de métaux servant à fabriquer des produits de…
During the last quarter many criticisms have been registered in the Working Conditions criteria group, which registers the poorer positive / negative ratio (0.6) — the most active criteria in this group were Labour Standards and Wages. On the other…
The worker's environment in Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has been a sticky issue for Apple's PR department, but it's also highlighted one big fact: If Western firms stick with Chinese sources, gadgets will get more expensive. This is the thrust…
Dust-choked mine shafts, crowded working conditions and stifling hostels where up to 16 miners share a room – all conspire to make mining a more important contributor to tuberculosis in Africa than had been realized, a new study finds. Rates…
Independent Ranking Shows More Transparency, More Programs for Low-income Countries. European pharmaceutical companies outcompete their U.S. counterparts in making medicines available to people in developing countries, but their lead is shrinking, according to the second Access to Medicine Index, released…
