At least three workers were killed and four others injured on Monday as a cliffside collapsed and buried a quarry in Thailand
For decades, millions of Chinese migrant workers from the poorer center and west of China have flooded to the coastal regions of the south and east to seek better pay. But the trend is increasingly reversing thanks to the country's shifting manufacturing footprints.
Hong Kong dockers ended their 40-day long strike on Monday, with the acceptance of 9.8 percent pay rise by their employers, as local medias report.
The fourth round of negotiation between the Union of Kong Kong Dockers and the contractor is set to begin Thursday afternoon in a bid to end the strike that is in its 34th day, local media reported.
About 3,000 Los Angeles County government employees staged a rally Tuesday asking for an end to a five-year salary freeze.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) must take all responsibilities for the consequences from the closure of the joint industrial park at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, the unification ministry said Monday.
South Korean unification minister said Friday that the Seoul government is not mulling the withdrawal of all workers from the joint industrial complex at Kaesong, the border town of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) banned South Korean workers' entrance to the joint industrial complex at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, only allowing the workers to leave Kaesong to Seoul, the unification ministry said Wednesday.
36 people have now been confirmed dead in Tibet landslide. Rescue work at the site has been suspended, for fear of further disasters.
The Malaysian government has approved the delayed implementation by SMEs of new minimum wage standard for their foreign workers, local media reported Wednesday.
Migrant workers who used to demand unpaid wages from their bosses before traveling home for a family reunion may find their positions reversed after the Spring Festival.
Greek workers are launching on Wednesday the first general strike of 2013 to renew their protest over the government-prescribed austerity measures.
The head of the city’s engineering corps has sounded an alarm over a looming shortage of qualified staff, as the city prepares to take up work on HK$10 billion worth of infrastructure projects.
Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) on Monday agreed to increase salaries for the workers in the kingdom's garment and footwear industries, according to a press release after a closed door meeting.
China's Beijing and Shanghai cities and Guangdong Province on Sunday published plans to gradually allow migrant workers' children to enter senior high schools and sit college entrance exams locally.
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