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13 May 2014 4 minute read

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No-boss Britain: entrepreneurs or out of options?

A quarter of the self-employed began working for themselves because they had no alternative, says Mischa Wilmers...

13 May 2014 4 minute read

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‘The beach is for tourists’: why Vietnamese workers can’t enjoy the sun

The insecurity of a ‘middle-class’ status in the Global South traps young people into poor working conditions. Didem...

30 Apr 2014 4 minute read

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Britain’s draft Modern Slavery Bill does not go far enough

When will the government take action to protect migrant domestic workers? asks Tony Mckenna.

2 Apr 2014 3 minute read

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Beneath the tide, a different sort of harvest

Filmmaker Kat Zoula visits the seaweed farmers of Zanzibar.

31 Mar 2014 4 minute read

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Cambodia’s garment workers fight poor working conditions

Alice Cuddy reports on the government crackdown against protesters and trade unions.

25 Mar 2014 3 minute read

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The true cost of your cup of tea

Sri Lankan tea pickers remain in a caste system that binds them to extreme poverty, says Marco Picardi.

21 Mar 2014 3 minute read

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SOAS cleaners strike for equal rights

Steve Rushton interviews workers fighting for better working conditions in a university that teaches global...

20 Mar 2014 3 minute read

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$500,000 a week? For kicking a football around?

Money has turned the beautiful game ugly, says Alan Hughes.

4 Mar 2014 4 minute read

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The 5% own more and more; the 95% owe more and more

Colin Cook relates a modern-day parable to explain the failures of our economic system.

25 Feb 2014 3 minute read

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Globalize struggle! Globalize hope!

Sarah Reader on the calls for agrarian reform at the Landless Workers Movement’s national congress in Brazil...

3 Feb 2014 4 minute read

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SodaStream, Scarlett and the bridge of peace that isn’t

Noreen Sadik is unimpressed by the whole sorry debacle and reveals some hard-to-hear truths.

19 Nov 2013 3 minute read

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‘The blood of Ethiopians cries out for justice’

The recent Saudi clampdown on migrant workers has brought campaigners onto the streets. Chris Matthews was...

Challenge to Walmart

1 Nov 2013 2 minute read

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Challenge to Walmart

Alex Wood on the protests planned by the company's beleaguered workers for 29 November - Black Friday, the...

24 Oct 2013 3 minute read

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Why the problem of Bangladesh isn't solved yet

The people who make our clothes are economic prisoners, says Anna McMullen of Labour Behind the Label....

16 Sep 2013 3 minute read

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Zero-hour contracts shame British universities

Short term targets are being pursued by senior managers leaving staff insecure and overworked, says Roger Seifert...

12 Aug 2013 3 minute read

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Value us! Fair pay for domestic work in Nicaragua

Women’s contribution to their communities’ livelihoods is finally being recognized, as Felicity Butler and...

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