Economic impact of COVID-19
Silent pandemic: Mental health issues among informal transport workers in the Philippines
Workers in the informal transportation sector in the Philippines faced an upsurge in mental health issues due to increased economic precarity during the COVID-19 lockdown
The largest hotel workers’ strike in modern US history could be around the corner
Hotel workers make Los Angeles rich. But they can no longer afford to live in the city where they work
British workers protest rising costs, Tesla faces lawsuit and other stories
Today we look at a protest against rising costs in the UK, a racial discrimination lawsuit filed against Tesla in the US, and more
Thousands protest in Buenos Aires amid government-IMF debt talks and other stories
Today we look at a debt restructuring talks between Argentina and the IMF, a workers’ protest against rising costs and poverty in Turkey, and more
COVID-19-related health care expenditure pushed over half billion people into poverty in 2020, say WHO, World Bank
The numbers are still rising as governments across the world have failed to create vibrant public health care systems and have left the poor and vulnerable to fend for themselves
- Trump’s mass deportation operation escalates with workplace raids
- Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood, confiscates its assets after alleged security plot
- Medics on hunger strike against Gaza genocide reach European Parliament
- Samidoun Europe coordinator targeted again by Belgian police
- Syria’s interim government arrests senior Palestinian resistance leaders
