Labor
Indonesian domestic worker is beheaded in Saudi Arabia
June 29, 2011Jakarta stopped workers from traveling to Saudi Arabia after the beheading there of a 54-year-old Indonesian migrant worker June 17.
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Wisconsin elections board disqualifies Republican candidate
June 28, 2011Republicans in Wisconsin were dealt a major blow June 27 in their effort to unseat state Democrats and retain their anti-union majority.
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Panel pushes end to secrecy on women’s pay
June 21, 2011Rampant secrecy about pay, often written into employers' rules and "employee handbooks," helps fuel pay discrimination against women on the job, a panel of equal pay advocates says.
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High Court to women Wal-Mart workers: You’re on your own!
June 20, 2011The lawsuit, had it been allowed to proceed as a class action, could have involved up to 1.6 million women, with Wal-Mart facing billions of dollars in damages.
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World’s domestic workers win historic victory
June 20, 2011The new rules, which must be ratified by at least two countries to come into effect, calls for national governments to ensure that discrimination is ended and that child and forced labor be abolished outright.
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