Iran’s Gender Justice Uprising Joined by Teachers, Unionists
As part of the nationwide protests in Iran, women union members are taking to the streets, saying: “we have nothing to lose but our lives.”
Foreign Workers
Foreign Farm Workers Already Face Abusive Conditions. Now Trump Wants to Cut Their Wages.
Pedro, a laborer from Chiapas, Mexico, worked 13 hours a day picking blueberries on a farm in Clinton, North Carolina. He had no time off, except when it rained. “We had no Sundays,” Pedro (a pseudonym to protect his identity after he breached his visa agreement) says in Spanish. Working from May to June under …
Trump expected to extend limits on foreign workers
The executive order, blocking most people from getting permanent residency, will stretch restrictions through the end of the year. President Donald Trump is expected to extend through the end of the year foreign-worker restrictions that were initially enacted in April because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Trump will expand on …
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Trump expected to broaden foreign worker bans
The president has already barred many foreign workers during the coronavirus pandemic, but he is facing pressure from conservatives to go further. President Donald Trump is expected to extend and expand restrictions on foreign workers coming into the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, aiming to appease a frustrated political base as Americans try to …
Layoffs have high stakes for foreign nationals and their employers
As society reacts to the spread of COVID-19, businesses are making difficult decisions. Despite the government’s interventions to encourage continuity in the workforce, unemployment is at historic rates and still rising. This creates high stakes for employers of foreign nationals. The inflexible regulatory scheme governing such employment did not anticipate COVID-19. It’s important to approach layoffs, …
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Workers Hold Key to Reigniting Egypt’s Revolution
To commemorate the first anniversary of the overthrow of the dictatorship, activists in Egypt called for a general strike earlier this month. But compared to the massive uprising of 2011, the response on the ground was muted. The military regime that has succeeded Hosni Mubarak was predictably dismissive of the anti-government “plotters,” and even activists acknowledged what …
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‘There Is Not Enough Work’: Nearly Half of Mexicans Now Officially Poor
OAXACA, MEXICO—The night is long and lonely and taxi driver Fernando has no choice but to endlessly troll the streets. It is the only way he can earn a living, driving from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. seven nights a week, and even then it’s barely enough to get by. “It is difficult. The salaries …
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