Rights activists: SG fails to recognise rioters’ rights
Firemen douse a charred ambulance and a car after a riot broke out among foreign workers in Singapore's Little India district (Credit: AFP) (19 Dec) - Human rights activists say Singapore's impending deportation of rioters breaches human rights. Activists are criticising Singapore for planning to deport dozens of South...
The Economist: The logical floor
Moderate minimum wages do more good than harm. They should be set by technocrats not politicians. (14 Dec) - ON BOTH sides of the Atlantic politicians are warming to the idea that the lowest-paid can be helped by mandating higher wages. Barack Obama wants to raise America’s federal minimum wage by 40% from $7.25 to $10.10...
Qatar migrant workers ‘treated like animals’
Qatar World Cup workers' hell - builders treated like slaves, stripped of rights. (18 Oct) - Qatar's construction sector is rife with abuse, Amnesty International (AI) has said in a report published as work begins on Fifa World Cup 2022 stadiums. Amnesty says migrant workers are often subjected to non-payment of wages,...
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