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Labor issues

Labor and related issues pertain to all aspects of the supply of and demand for labor in any given country. They also encompass labor disputes and strikes over wages, benefits and working hours.

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April 24, 2024

Germany tops list of non-English-speaking job destinations

April 16, 2024

Greek journalists launch 24-hour strike over low wages

April 11, 2024

Lufthansa reaches pay deal with cabin crew after strikes

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Reports & Analysis

Young scientists working at a laboratory in Germany

Germany targeting Indian students to address labor shortages

Germany targeting Indian students to address labor shortages

To keep its engineering and IT sectors afloat, Germany is looking to tap into international student talent.
BusinessApril 22, 2024
Crocheted colored bags hang next to a picture of a man wearing a white macrame hood

Ghana: Using age-old techniques to make striking fashion

Ghana: Using age-old techniques to make striking fashion

Henrietta Agyekumhene uses traditional Ghanaian crochet and macrame techniques to create unique fashion items.
LifestyleApril 19, 202405:22 min
Military personnel stand guard at a nuclear facility in the Zardanjan area of Isfahan, Iran, on April 19, 2024.

Suspected Israeli attack activates defenses in Iran

Suspected Israeli attack activates defenses in Iran

Israel has fired at least one missile in retaliation for an Iranian missile and drone attack, US media report.
ConflictsApril 19, 202402:28 min
Protesters in lab coats and scrubs

Kenya's doctors' strike: Is there an end in sight?

Kenya's doctors' strike: Is there an end in sight?

Kenyan doctors have been on strike for five weeks, but President William Ruto says his government is out of money.
HealthApril 18, 2024
Angola "Mototaxi driver and Journalist, how?"

Angola: Taking on two jobs to make ends meet

Angola: Taking on two jobs to make ends meet

Can you imagine working as both a journalist and motorcycle taxi driver? Meet Angolan Goncalves Trigo dos Santos.
SocietyApril 18, 202401:37 min
A nine-year-old boy smiles as he holds his hands over mounds of drying cocoa beans

One year of Germany's Supply Chain Act — some progress made

One year of Germany's Supply Chain Act — some progress made

The German Supply Chain Act came into effect to combat child labor and starvation wages. Has it worked?
BusinessApril 12, 2024
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In the spotlight

A man's head is just visible at the top of a mine shaft

DRC: Why it's hard to make cobalt mining more transparent

The push to improve the steep human cost of Congo's cobalt mines is met with resistance, bringing e-cars into disrepute.
BusinessMarch 19, 2024
Footbridge in Wale on the Thai-Myanmar border

Escaping to Thailand: Fleeing military service in Myanmar

Plans by the Myanmar junta to forcibly conscript young people have prompted thousands to flee the country.
MigrationMarch 17, 2024
Filipino nurses walking in a hospital in the Netherlands

Germany eyes Filipino nurses to ease labor shortage

Will Germany follow the United Kingdom and bring more Filipino nurses into its health care system?
BusinessMarch 14, 2024
Vietnamese workers assemble an electric car at the VinFast electric automobile plant in Haiphong

Vietnam likely to permit worker unions to appease EU critics

Labor reform was one of the main conditions Brussels attached when negotiating a free trade agreement with Vietnam.
BusinessMarch 12, 2024
Indian farmers holding protest flags

Why India's protesting farmers refuse to back down

DW's Manira Chaudhary and Sharique Ahmad went to one of the protest camps in the north of the country to gauge the mood.
PoliticsMarch 12, 202403:17 min
Olaf Scholz (m) chatting with young professionals in the Matti Café in Bengaluru

Changes to Germany's skilled immigration rules take effect

Rules for immigrants from non-EU countries are being introduced step by step — some coming into effect on March 1, 2024.
MigrationMarch 1, 2024