By Samantha Page NONGKHAI PROVINCE, Thailand and XAYABURI PROVINCE, Laos — Although his family has lived for generations...
Jul 25, 2012
Mexico City: A union dismantled, with gruesome results
By Simeon Tegel MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Daniel Vazquez will never forget his last night at Luz y...
Jul 20, 2012
Informal economy swallows Latin American workers
By John Otis GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Suleima Ojer has worked full time since she was 11. To...
Jul 03, 2012
Tile by tile, Palestinians build Israeli settlements
By Rebecca Collard NILI SETTLEMENT, West Bank — In the hilltop Israeli settlement of Nili, a 44-year-old Palestinian...
Jun 26, 2012
Groups fighting HIV/AIDS in DC find lessons in Africa
By Juliana Schatz and John Donnelly WASHINGTON – If the nation’s capital were a nation in Africa, it would...
Jun 11, 2012
In Nicaragua, Sandinista membership a prerequisite for government work
By Tim Rogers MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Tens of thousands of Nicaraguan civil servants who claim they’ve been wrongfully...
Jun 07, 2012
Walker’s victory: Fair or not, for unions, hard times bring hard lines
By Michael Moran LONDON — After Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s victory in a recall vote Tuesday, most of...
Jun 06, 2012
Locked Out: Canadian workers pay heavy price in foreign acquisitions
By Bilbo Poynter LONDON, Ontario — Each day since the Employment Action Center opened in the basement of...
May 31, 2012
Slave labor on the rise in Russia
By Khristina Narizhnaya VOLGOGRAD, Russia — As night settled over the southern Russian city of Volgograd, three weary...
May 27, 2012
Christians in Egypt: A storm within the storm
By Lauren Bohn and Omnia Al Desoukie CAIRO – With fluffy beige pillows propped behind her still recovering back,...
May 23, 2012
Technically legal, Brazil’s sex workers left out of unionization push
By Elizabeth Tuttle RIO DE JANEIRO — It's a Saturday night under Rio’s historic Lapa Arches and, despite...
May 20, 2012
