VADODARA: In India, where labour is cheap and industrial workers aplenty, it should not come as a surprise to know that occupational health is a neglected field in which no comprehensive data or...
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Hundreds of employees of a Bangladesh garment factory near the capital fell sick on Wednesday after drinking suspected contaminated water in their workplace, police and factory officials said."Primarily we suspect the water supply of the Starlight... Delete the scoop?
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A search for new locations has taken on greater urgency for Western retailers, whose complex manufacturing needs already shrink the pool of potential locations. Delete the scoop?
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The Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims (ANROEV) is deeply saddened and outraged at the recent industrial disasters in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Within a spate of ... Delete the scoop?
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A cabinet minister made the announcement Sunday, after the fatal collapse of a factory building focused international attention on the industry’s dismal pay and hazardous working conditions. Delete the scoop?
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See on Scoop.it – Asian Labour Update Interview with Abhinav Finah, from the workers newspaper “Biggul” in Delhi about organising workers into “neighbourhood unions”, and how India's biggest union BMS is dividing ... Delete the scoop?
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BANGALORE: More than a few concerns are arising over the mental health of India's 3-million strong IT workforce, even as the industry slashes fresh hiring, demands better and more diverse skills...
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When will the industry body take the warning signs seriously and undertake measures to ensure that the workforce that is driving this fast growth remains healthy. It is likely that the country with such a large young popultaion will witness large scale nurnouts of such young professionals Delete the scoop?
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ANROEV Members are undertaking several activities across the globe to commemorate the International Workers Memorial Day on April 28, 2013 Bangladesh - focusing on Prevention of Occupational Diseas... Delete the scoop?
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Every day in America, 12 people go to work and never come home. (That's the "now" part.) Delete the scoop?
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REGINA - The Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board says 2012 was the worst year in the province f... - Your Health - Winnipeg Free Press. Delete the scoop?
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OSAKA -- A local labor bureau has raided a printing company here where 17 workers suffered from bile... Delete the scoop?
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The first ever estimation of death and disease due to coal-fired power plants in India estimates between 85,000 to 115,000 people killed in 2011-12. Delete the scoop?
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Nine people died everyday in work-related accidents in 2012 — a figure higher than deaths from traffic accidents — state-owned worker insurance company Jamsostek said. Delete the scoop?
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KARACHI: Trade union leaders and representatives of labour rights organisations have expressed their concern over absence and lack of occupational health and safety facilities at factories and other work places and demanded the government to ensure availability of these facilities which are mandatory under Factories Act 1934. Delete the scoop?
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In This Issue ANROEV Conference 2013 Enough is Enough – Stop these Murders at Workplaces in Asia Rotterdam Convention in crisis, say civil society groups Workers Memorial Day Update from Partners A... Delete the scoop?
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Los activistas señalaron que la desgracia causada por las negligencias de las empresas en Dacca no es un caso aislado en Asia, donde la corrupción contribuye a que no se implementen adecuadamente las medidas de seguridad y salubridad en las fábricas. Delete the scoop?
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See on Scoop.it – Asian Labour Update Avoid labour unrests and untoward incidents in Garment sector before Eid, pay Eid bonus and wages before 20 Ramadan and hold “owner-workers direct talks in all RMG factories”. Delete the scoop?
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Full Text: National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-2015)CRIENGLISH.comImplementing the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases. Delete the scoop?
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More than a day after a Bangladesh building collapsed, rescuers searched for survivors as thousands took to the streets to protest lax safety conditions. Delete the scoop?
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Many feared dead in garment building collapse in Savar, 32 bodies retrieved Wednesday, 24 April 2013 Author / Source: independent online report SAVAR: Scores of garment factory workers and others f... Delete the scoop?
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The Health Authority Abu Dhabi's (Haad) heat awareness campaign has been helping labourers cope with the blistering summer heat for the last five years. Delete the scoop?
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Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) organised a two-day national workshop on ‘Occupational Health of Women Workers in the Informal Economy’ in New Delhi to highlight the critical issue of the hazardous health conditions that India's women... Delete the scoop?
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Andrea Cornwall: As the alternative Aids summit in Kolkata has shown, society should start treating women who work in the industry with respect instead of disgust (Indian sex workers are a shining example of women's empowerment Delete the scoop?
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“If leaving, remitting, and returning are the three key words that define the old generation, then leaving, searching, and becoming are the main themes for the new generation.” Jennifer Cheung talks to the new generation of factory girls in China. Delete the scoop?
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Five workers died with two others left in critical condition following an accident in an under-construction septic pit at the Manhattan Square construction site in South Jakarta on Tuesday. The tragedy was the latest in a series of fatal workplace accidents in the city. The police’s preliminary inquiry suggests that the victims appeared to have died after inhaling poisonous fumes inside the pit. Police said that six of the men were trying to help a colleague who had fallen into the pit, which is located in the building’s basement. Via AMRC Hong Kong Delete the scoop?
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