Mexico City, May 3 (Prensa Latina) The 14th World Social Forum (WSF) on Tuesday enters third day of debates, mainly focused on economic and labor issues, the continuity of gender violence and current affairs.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a series of anticipated regulatory actions it said are designed to ensure the well-being of workers and employers as they concern economic relief, wages, climate change and racial equity.
FIFA and Qatar invite Member Associations to discuss human rights with international experts ahead of FIFA World Cup 2022 05/12/21
On Monday 10 May, FIFA held a virtual meeting with several member associations and confederations to discuss workers’ welfare reforms and broader human rights in Qatar in connection to the country’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2022™.
The virtual event was organised in collaboration with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), FIFA’s local partner in Qatar. Member associations that had expressed an interest in the matter heard from the SC’s Secretary General, H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi, as well as presentations from industry experts from independent international organisations, human rights organisations and workers unions (Amnesty International, BWI, ILO, ITUC[1]) with direct knowledge of the situation on the ground.
countries and better roads and low cost airlines make it easier to get around. some of the other global business stories making headlines today russia africa summit egypt and ethiopia agreed to restart technical talks on ethiopia s nile river dam project the 2 parties have been at loggerheads egypt is downstream from the dam and relies almost completely on the free flowing water russia s president vladimir putin has also spoken with the 2 sides but it s not clear if they accepted his mediation. garbage is piling up in greece after collectors went on strike against plans to outsource public services fearing job losses they ve protested outside parliament raft of labor labor reforms for debate greece s exited its 3rd bailout program a year ago but is still supervised by foreign lenders who want more labor market facilities. after 8 years at the helm of the european central bank
international labor organization. well you know for us it s it s been long overdue 88 still exists in many other countries and we re hoping that other countries will also follow suit and fully of all the stuff follow because it s not in line with international standards qatar is in need of an image boost before they host the 2022 world cup it s unclear how far these labor reforms will actually go what is certain actions will speak louder than words. or dutch dreams of victory in the world solar challenge of going up in flames within sight of the finish line in australia team new x. had only just hit the lead when the car called fire was completely engulfed by flames. the driver escaped unharmed from the vehicle but the incident so what but it was the end of the race for the team from holland belgium s of oriya took the lead and would go on to take the checkered flag in adelaide in a time of just under 35 hours that s an average speed of 86 kilometers an hour over