Spanish companies spent an estimated €27 billion in 2025 replacing employees aged over 45 who had been dismissed the previous year, according to a study by human resources consultancy Talengo. The findings
Spanish companies spent an estimated €27 billion in 2025 replacing employees aged over 45 who had been dismissed the previous year, according to a study by human resources consultancy Talengo. The findings
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Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port City Economic Commission (CPCEC) has facilitated 14,300 foreign worker visas while operating with only 16 staff and does not actively follow up after workers enter the country on
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In Ganzhou, China, local communities are integrating food delivery workers into neighbourhood governance while providing rest stations, social services and institutional support. The initiative seeks to counter the isolation of algorithm-driven gig
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Governments and seafood companies have promoted fish farming as a more sustainable way to feed a growing global population, arguing that raising fish reduces pressure on wild stocks. But a five-year investigation
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China has strongly criticised the United States after Washington expanded restrictions on imports from dozens of additional Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, rejecting the allegations as
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt has been sued in a United States federal court over allegations that it relies on child labour in its cocoa supply chain while presenting itself as a company
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The United States has imposed a 10% tariff on goods imported from Sri Lanka under a sweeping new trade regime targeting 60 economies over what Washington says is the failure of trading
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The United States has imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including several South Asian economies, in the latest overhaul of its trade policy under President
More Sri Lanka has introduced new restrictions banning the importation of goods mined, produced, or manufactured using forced labour, following a decision by the United States to impose a 12.5 per cent import
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The battle for socialist liberation in the twenty-first century cannot be fought with the weapons of the last century. In an era in which algorithms hold sway, in which the influence of
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South Africa witnessed a historic Conference of the Left convened by the South African Communist Party (SACP) from 29–31 May 2026. The gathering brought together communist parties, socialist organisations, trade unions, community
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Most countries of the Middle East and the Global South operating under authoritarian regimes share a single structural crisis, one whose substance is the acute and chronic fragmentation and weakness that afflicts
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A growing labor dispute at Samsung Electronics has escalated into a high-stakes confrontation over how the spoils of the global AI boom should be distributed, with workers threatening an extended strike if
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Italy’s leading trade union and top business association have issued a stark warning about the future of the country’s industrial system, calling for urgent intervention at both national and European levels. The
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On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum published a landmark constitutional decree officially reducing the standard workweek from 48 to 40 hours, marking a historic moment for labor rights in the country. The
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