Cobalt fallout: Tesla and Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo
Five of the world's largest tech companies have been accused of being complicit in the death of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo forced to mine cobalt, a metal used to make telephones and computers, in a landmark lawsuit. The legal complaint on behalf ...
Advocates fighting child labor come together in Tokyo ahead of Osaka G20 summit
Empowering workers, installing social protection programs and monitoring organizations to implement those programs are key points to reducing 152 million children engaged in child labor worldwide — more than half of whom work in hazardous conditions that put their health and development at risk. That ...
ILO explores rules on workplace harassment as Me Too movement rages
The International Labor Organization kicks off its annual meeting with discussions aimed at setting the first international rules to end sexual and other types of harassment at work.
800 out of 80,000 so far sign up as Jordan opens first job center inside Syrian refugee camp
Jordan has opened its first job center inside a refugee camp, unlocking work opportunities across the country for thousands living in the world's largest Syrian refugee camp, the United Nations labor agency said on Tuesday. So far, more than 800 refugees in Zaatari camp in ...
Sustaining momentum key to achieving work-style reform: ILO chief
The work-style reform promoted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is an important step in reining in excessive overtime, but the real challenge is to sustain long-term momentum, the chief of the International Labor Organization said. Guy Ryder, director-general of the ILO, lauded the government's push ...
Japanese to study unions at U.N. body
A 34-year-old Japanese woman has been tasked with studying cooperative unions' medical care and welfare businesses in Asian countries, through a position at the International Labor Organization. "I think connections with people can produce some great power," said Satoko Horiuch, an official with the Japanese ...
More than three-quarters of university students graduating this March have a job lined up for April, up for the third straight year, according to a government survey released Tuesday. The percentage as of Dec. 1 was 76.6 percent, up 1.6 percentage points from a year ...
Democratic Party of Japan secretary general Ichiro Ozawa's comments about Christianity are based on a common impression of those who neither know nor understand the essence of Christianity. The West is "stuck in a dead end" precisely because it does not live according to ...
Regarding the Jan. 27 Hotline to Nagatacho article " 'Marathon' ritual must change": While I understand the author's intent in asking for change, I must respectfully disagree with him on the "need" for things like his son's "marathon" to be discontinued. I myself was ...
