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labor rights
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Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobs
Read more: Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobsOn November 26, 2012, about ten college students “flash mobbed” the front of the human resources and social welfare department of Hubei Province in central China. “Refuse to take off pants for inspection,” “Ask about menstrual history, what does it…
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Hong Kong Apple Store met with protest over supply chain violations on iPhone 6 launch day
Read more: Hong Kong Apple Store met with protest over supply chain violations on iPhone 6 launch dayApple implemented improved reservation procedures and policies for employees dealing with the iPhone 6 launch at retail stores on September 19th, 2014, but the launch at the company’s Hong Kong store hadn’t gone quite as smooth as elsewhere. The store…
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Chinese Artist Xu Bing’s Phoenix takes flight at New York
Read more: Chinese Artist Xu Bing’s Phoenix takes flight at New YorkXu Bing, the internationally acclaimed Chinese artist, has brought his “Phoenix” installation to the majestic nave of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The two phoenixes, both Feng, the male, and Huang, the…
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Illuminating Rana Plaza: NYFW Protest and Projection
Read more: Illuminating Rana Plaza: NYFW Protest and ProjectionTo protest unethical labor practices in Bangladesh, specifically unsafe working conditions, 99 Pickets, The Illuminator, and Ismail Ferdous took action during New York Fashion Week. 99 Pickets members protested, drawing attention to the question, “How are my clothes really made?”…
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Read more:On a freezing Friday in January, Khmer-American artist Kat Eng sits in front of retail giant H&M’s Time Square store working on a manual sewing machine. For eight hours, Eng stitches together U.S. dollar bills while wearing a surgical mask…
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Gangnam Style Used in Protests in China
Read more: Gangnam Style Used in Protests in ChinaIn early January, constructions workers in Wuhan, China staged a Gangnam Style protest in front of their employer’s building. Using the Gangnam Style dance, the men sought to bring media attention to their mounting unpaid wages. Several men are owed…
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Women on Waves Creates Hoax Website under the Diesel brand to Stand for Worker’s Rights
Read more: Women on Waves Creates Hoax Website under the Diesel brand to Stand for Worker’s RightsA press release from the non-profit organization – Women on Waves – regarding the intention of the creation of the Diesel for Women hoax website, pointing out the mistreatment of women workers in the fashion industry. This blurb and included…
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Support Breasts, Not Dictators
Read more: Support Breasts, Not DictatorsBarbed-wire bra protest over Burma investment BBC News Monday, 10 December, 2001 Triumph International, a leading European luxury lingerie firm, is facing a fierce boycott campaign because of its operations in Burma. Under the slogan “Support Breasts – not Dictators”,…