Data from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization reveals this July is set to be the hottest month ever recorded. Heatwaves not only threaten the environment but create additional obstacles for countries attempting to achieve sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all, the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 8, according to the ILO’s…
The Department of Energy has now revealed the number of miners who died in a gas explosion at the Virginia gold mine in Wellcome, South Africa on May 18. Global media cited Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reports that all the miners belonged to South Africa’s indigenous Bisotho nation and had been operating…
German Parliament The German parliament today approved a new immigration law to attract foreign talent to Germany. 388 lawmakers voted in favor of the new law while 234 voted against it. The law establishes a points-based system that will evaluate candidates coming to Germany based on their educational qualifications, age and language proficiency. At the…
Maryam Nawaz, the chief organizer of Muslim League (N), says that the idol of fear is broken by fearing God, not by breaking the statues of martyrs. Maryam Nawaz while presiding over a review meeting on the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) in Lahore said that the society has to be cleansed from the effects of…
Screen grab Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Shireen Mazari has said that international human rights organizations should take notice of violence and desecration of women workers of PTI in Islamabad. While holding a press conference in Islamabad, he said that the laws of war are going on in the country, the rule of law is nowhere…
1,400 security workers at UK’s Heathrow Airport went on a three-day strike demanding a pay rise. According to the news agency from London, about 1400 security workers at Heathrow Airport went on a three-day strike after their demand for salary increase was not accepted. Heathrow Airport last month offered security staff a 10 per cent…
“In a number of countries, key sectors are facing labour shortages, because people are increasingly reluctant to engage in work which is not properly, adequately, fairly valued by society and rewarded in terms of better pay and improved working conditions,” said Manuela Tomei, Assistant Director-General for Governance, Rights and Dialogue at the International Labour Organization (ILO). According to a new…
