U.S. allies South Korea and Japan move closer to resolve forced labor feud : NPR
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, center, leaves after a briefing announcing a plan Monday to resolve a…
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Biden taps Julie Su for Secretary of Labor amid push by Asian Americans : NPR
President Joe Biden is nominating Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su to lead the Department of Labor, the White…
Child labor violations on the rise as some states look to loosen their rules : NPR
Child labor violations have been on the rise since 2015 after years of decline, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The total number of violations is much less than it was twenty years ago,…
Reuters wins George Polk Award for uncovering child labor in Hyundai supply chain
The series of stories, "Undocumented and Under Age," prompted at least 10 probes by US and Alabama authorities into suppliers to Hyundai and sister brand Kia. The reporting was done over more than a year by journalists Joshua Schneyer,…
Welsh road inspection ignored citizens, says former Labor Secretary for Transport
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A former Labor Transport Secretary has criticized the Welsh Government after it scrapped all major road projects.
Ken Skates said the road review stopped most road investment without setting out plans to improve public…
Gold miners may see margins shine as energy, labor costs edge lower
All sustaining costs (AISC), an industry metric that reflects total costs, jumped by a third in the last four quarters at top miners Barrick Gold Corp and Newmont Corp, but are now forecast to fall.
"Costs on the gold side…
Exclusive-U.S. lawmakers press Labor Department to probe child labor
In a letter addressed to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, the group of Democratic lawmakers, led by Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee, pressed the department "to take immediate action to free the supply chain of Hyundai from child labour."…
Disney is editing Simpson’s “Forced Labor” episode in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) - Walt Disney Co. has removed an episode of the animated series The Simpsons that contained a reference to "forced labor camps" in China from its Hong Kong streaming service.
The company did not immediately respond…
Nissan to face union vote at Tennessee plant after labor ruling
The Democrat-controlled National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a decision on Thursday said that tool and die workers have special skills and separate supervision, which makes them distinct from employees of -production, which support the…
Spanish court: Amazon violated labor law with its delivery app
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has ruled that Amazon violated labor laws by forcing more than 2,000 delivery drivers to use a company-controlled app to schedule work and payments, requiring them to use the their cars and mobile…