January 29, 2014

FILIPINO WORKERS DEPORTED IN ‘SAUDISATION’ FALL-OUT By Estrella Torres   The Saudi government’s nitaqat or ‘Saudisation’ policy may have created jobs for Saudi citizens, but its implementation continues to bring great misery to undocumented foreign workers.   A woman calls on the Filipino government to help her sister Maria, a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia, get repatriated to the Philippines during a demonstration in Manila on 19 April, 2013 (AP

Pressure on Cambodia’s government to respect workers’ rights is mounting, with the ITUC, Global Union Federations UNI and IndustriALL and 30 major retail and garment companies calling on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to launch an investigation into the killing and wounding of striking workers on 2 and 3 January, and to respect fundamental workers’ rights, including freedom of association, and set up a proper process for setting the minimum