Australian Sex Workers Urge Government to Grant ’457′ Skilled Work Visas to Foreign Prostitutes
Australia’s leading sex worker advocacy group is urging the federal government to expand coverage of skilled work visas to include..
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Walmart Accepted Clothing from Banned Bangladesh Factories
Michael Grabell, ProPublica Since the Rana Plaza building collapse killed more than 1,100 people in April, retailers have faced mounting..
Bangladesh Factory Collapse Survivor Reshma Begum Pulled From Rubble after 17 Days
A young woman was found alive and rescued from the rubble of the Bangladeshi garment factory collapse that killed more than 1,000 workers..
Amazon Accused of Employing ‘Neo-Nazi’ Guards to Intimidate Foreign Workers in Germany
Online retailing giant Amazon has been accused of employing security guards with links to neo-Nazis to intimidate foreign workers at..
McDonald’s Worker Tyree Johnson Earning Minimum Wage After 20 Years with Company
A McDonald’s employee who has been working for the fast-food giant for 20 years still earns minimum wage, even as corporate profits..
Walmart CEO Mike Duke Defends Paying Workers Poverty Wages
Walmart CEO Mike Duke has defended paying poverty wages to company employees, claiming that associate compensation is..
Video: Police Horse Tramples Michigan Right-To-Work Protester
Riot police in Lansing, Michigan used chemical agents and horses to control thousands of protesters demonstrating for and against the state..
Mitt Romney-Led SLOC Outsourced ’02 Olympic Uniform Production to Brutal Myanmar
One voice has been notably silent in the recent explosion of outrage over the Chinese manufacture of Team USA Olympic uniforms: Mitt..
Cambodian Workers Paid $15/Week to Make Adidas Olympic Apparel
Sporting apparel giant Adidas is under fire for paying workers in Cambodia sweatshop-like wages to manufacture official merchandise for the..
‘The Moral High Ground’: House Democrats Propose $10/Hour Minimum Wage
A group of Democrats in the House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour, up..
