working conditions

From picket lines to policy: the legacy of Canada’s longest hotel strike
April 11, 2025
In the annals of Canadian labour history, few events have left as indelible a mark as the long-running hotel strike at the historic Hôtel des Gouverneurs in Trois-Rivières, Quebec....
Chinese automaker BYD slams reports of poor conditions at a factory site in Brazil
December 26, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) — A spokesperson for Chinese automaker BYD has objected to reports about poor conditions at a construction site in Brazil where it is building a factory, saying...
Italian tax police free 33 Indian workers from ‘slave-like’ conditions on farms
July 14, 2024
ROME (AP) — Italy’s tax police said Saturday they had freed 33 Indian farm workers from “slave-like working conditions” in the northern province of Verona, while seizing almost half...