#labor abuses

[tearsofrefugees]

Rampant Labor Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia

United Nations human rights experts have highlighted “widespread and systematic” exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage of Bang

[orchidvioletindigo]

Hey everyone considering buying Mortal Kombat 11 because of the female character design improvements and the prevent-the trans-Atlantic-slave-trade character ending and/or to spite all the greasy straight white gamer bros who are mad about it, please read this new article about the appalling working conditions at the game's studio. As per usual, a company putting up a social justice front is guilty of massive labor abuses that undercut whatever humanitarian image they're trying to project and profit from.

Please don't buy this game to reward the company behind it for being "woke." Your money would be going to the people responsible for downright inhumane treatment of the employees who actually made the game.

EDIT: If you're like me and absorb information better in video form, Jim Sterling put out a video today about the article and you can check it out here.

[tearsofrefugees]

Saudi Arabia: ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses

Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are facing widespread abuses across employment sectors and geographic regions, including at high profile gig

[naonicblog2]

The Evil Company Buying Subway (And the Rest of Your Favorite Chains)

Roark Capital has made billions exploiting 1.4 million workers, fighting minimum wage laws, and stealing workers' pay.

[saywhat-politics]

Undocumented Restaurant Worker Released By ICE After Arrest While Suing his Former Employer

"Immigrant and labor advocates worry undocumented workers will be even more afraid now to complain about workplace conditions."

Undocumented Restaurant Worker Is Arrested by ICE During Deposition Against His Employer

[macdailynews]

Apple COO: We take the heat on child labor because we work to rout it out

Apple COO: We take the heat on child labor because we work to rout it out

“In a radio interview on the syndicated show Conversations on Health Care, Apple COO Jeff Williams said that the reason Apple has come under attack for the use of child labor in its supply chain is that the company actively goes out looking for it,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac. “Other companies, he said, simply keep their heads down.”

No company wants to talk about child labor.…

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[infoterrorism]

This is How Hillary Does Business – An Oil Company, Human Rights Abuses in Colombia and the Clinton Foundation

http://dlvr.it/9KMSgF

[macdailynews]

Petition urges Samsung to stop child labor, end smartphone sweatshops, worker abuse in Chinese cellphone factories

Petition urges Samsung to stop child labor, end smartphone sweatshops, worker abuse in Chinese cellphone factories

[cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]Global electronics chaebol Samsung should immediately cease child labor abuses at its cell phone supplier factory in China, according to the nonprofit Green America, which urged concerned consumers to take action by signing a petition at http://www.greenamerica.org/samsung/.

The Green America petition comes in reaction to a report released late yesterday by the…

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