Tag #Labor Practices

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EU Parliament Demands New Hearing with Amazon After Executive Absence

The European Parliament's EMPL committee demanded a new hearing with Amazon this fall after Amazon's top executives skipped a hearing last month, rejecting Amazon's proposed representatives and revoking their access passes to the Parliament building due to previous non-participation in hearings and ...

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Amazon Defies EU Parliament Demand for Senior Official to Testify on Worker Rights

The European Parliament is demanding that Amazon Senior Vice President Russell Grandinetti appear before its Employment and Social Affairs Committee on June 26th to address concerns about worker rights in Amazon's EU facilities; Amazon offered less senior officials, leading to a standoff.

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Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia": The Human Cost of China's Industrial Boom

Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia" (2006) depicts the daily lives of Foshan, China factory workers, contrasting their repetitive labor producing lamps with their individual dreams, questioning the human cost of China's industrial expansion and capitalist production models.

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Tesla Faces Backlash for Withholding Wages from Sick Employees in Germany

Tesla is withholding wages from sick employees in its Grünheide factory, demanding access to medical records, and facing legal action from the IG Metall union, which has already recovered almost half a million euros in withheld wages for Tesla workers.

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2034 World Cup Awarded to Saudi Arabia Amid Human Rights Concerns

The 2034 World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia in January, using 15 stadiums (11 new, 4 renovated) across five cities, raising human rights concerns similar to Qatar 2022, despite the KNVB's decision not to boycott.

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EU Parliament Considers Broad Lobbying Ban on Amazon Over Labor Practices

The European Parliament is considering extending its lobbying ban on Amazon to include all third-party lobbying groups representing Amazon, escalating a dispute over warehouse working conditions; this follows Amazon's refusal to send high-ranking officials to a hearing and multiple documented meetin...

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Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia": A Portrait of Labor in Foshan

Cao Fei's "Whose Utopia" (2006) is a 20-minute film documenting the daily lives of workers in a Foshan, China lamp factory, revealing the human cost of China's industrial production and questioning the benefits of this economic model for its workers.

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Amazon to Face EU Parliament Questioning Over Worker Rights

Amazon faces questioning by the European Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee in late June, a condition for regaining access to Parliament premises after repeatedly declining invitations to discuss worker rights in its EU facilities since 2021.

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Concerns over Exploitation Halt Indonesian Nurse Program in Netherlands

Four Dutch ministries voiced concerns about a program bringing 1200 Indonesian nurses to the Netherlands annually for a work-study program with a €950 monthly stipend, citing potential exploitation and insufficient study time; the program has since been suspended after legal action by students.

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Spain to Veto Hungary's Traineeship Directive

Spain will veto Hungary's proposed EU directive on traineeships, deeming it detrimental to worker rights, and will seek a blocking minority to prevent its adoption; the proposal lacks specifics on training quality, hours, and type compared to Spain's national regulations.

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