Wage Protests News Today

The tragic reality is that we've utterly failed to incorporate young workers into our economic and political discourse.

If this is the situation with labour rights in the country, we should fear not only the repercussions of the US memorandum, but also potential actions of the European Union.

M Touhid Hossain, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh, discusses the implications and significance of the recent US labour rights policy with The Daily Star.

Unless a holistic approach is taken, the sector will continue to fall short of international standards.

On November 16, US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken, at the rollout of the Presidential Memorandum on "Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally,” stated that the United States would work to hold accountable those who threaten, intimidate and attack union leaders, labour rights defenders and labour organisations.

Police use tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protests by hundreds of workers who rejected pay rise

Indian food delivery firm Zomato Ltd said todaymost stores of its grocery unit Blinkit had resumed operations after being shut due to wage protests, sending its shares up as much as 5%.

Public and some private sector workers walked off the job for 24 hours on Wednesday to protest against rising inflation rates.

After a break in late March, small protests have broken out all over Iran over wages and pensions. A higher cost of living caused by the war in Ukraine may be the final straw for exasperated Iranians.

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