labour conditions

Obama Suspends Bangladesh’s Trade Benefits Over Labour Rights

By Jim Lobe
Citing Bangladesh's alleged failure to respect international labour rights, U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday suspended trade benefits for the South Asian country's exports under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).

Conditions for Construction Workers Improving in Brazil

By Mario Osava
A year after workers' riots that brought work on the Jirau hydroelectric dam to a halt for months and forced the government and companies to engage in national negotiations to improve labour conditions in the construction industry, another strike has caused tension again in the dam construction project in northwest Brazil.


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