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Stella Wong

@stellastw.bsky.social
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workers' rights. human rights. environmental justice. mostly news sharing. I write casual newsletters on workers x climate change (irregularly): labourclimatejustice.substack.com

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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Colonial structures didn’t just shape land and labour in Kenya. They created patterns of power that thrive today globally." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
‘They raped our country’: documentary follows Kenyans’ fight for restitution over stolen land
Multinational tea companies still occupy ancestral highlands of communities displaced during British colonial era
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Currently, the vulnerability assessment does not record the disability, which means there are no accurate records for how many Ukrainians in State accommodation are disabled, or what their impairments are, or what their support needs might be to access accommodation and employment."
irishexaminer.com
Rights of disabled people in international protection must not be forgotten by the State
People with disabilities within the system face isolation as they struggle without supports to connect to their new communities
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
theworld.org/segments/202...
theworld.org
In Nepal, people with disabilities were more vulnerable to floods - The World from PRX
After a natural disaster, people with disabilities are more vulnerable to death, injury, and an inability to access help. In Nepal, people with disabilities who have survived the floods are facing a l...
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Budhathoki said people with disabilities must be included at every stage of disaster management, but in practice they remain largely overlooked."
kathmandupost.com
For people with disabilities, surviving Nepal’s floods was only the beginning
From finding a safe route out to getting a wheelchair or a place in a shelter, survivors face barriers long after the waters recede.
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“When warming destabilises the roof of the world, no amount of local adaptation can fully shield vulnerable people downstream from this scale of destruction. Without much faster action to transition to zero fossil fuel emissions we will inevitably see more disasters of this scale occurring...”
theguardian.com
Climate crisis likely behind devastating Nepal-Tibet floods that killed more than 1,300, first study finds
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/09/2026
‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
theguardian.com
‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribes
A new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives
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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New Oxfam analysis finds that emissions from 5 major fossil fuel corporations were enough to cause 1 in 4 heatwaves between 2000 and 2023. Heatwaves that would have been virtually impossible without climate change. It’s time to #MakeRichPollutersPay More: bit.ly/BigOilQ2prof...
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
CAMBODIA: NagaWorld Strikers After 4 Years: ‘Justice Still Eludes Us as Labor Dispute Drags On’ cambojanews.com/nagaworld-st...
cambojanews.com
NagaWorld Strikers: ‘Justice Still Eludes Us as Labor Dispute Drags On’ | CamboJA News
Dozens of NagaWorld casino union members gathered outside the establishment on Friday despite a legal action, urging the company and the government to end a ...
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
....while @ybuckley.bsky.social explained the timely study that models how the 1976 heatwave would look against today's elevated background temperatures.... www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
irishtimes.com
A summer heatwave topping 38 degrees could be in our future
As climate change takes hold we need to prepare for the impact on roads, railways, animal welfare, our own health and wildfires
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"...we know what to do when a person dies. We gather, tell stories and hold sacred space. We make room for sadness. But what do we do when a species disappears from a landscape? What do we do when a coastline changes beyond recognition, when a forest is felled for wood pellets and lumber...?"
theguardian.com
We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?
In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these rituals
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Andrew Jackson @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“The disapplication of section 15 [of Ireland’s Climate Act] means much more than ignoring an “inconvenient” rule – it means setting aside our commitment to a liveable future for our children and those already suffering the worst effects of climate change.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
irishtimes.com
Opinion: The Government is trying to undermine climate laws. President Connolly could stop it
The potentially irreversible impacts of climate change will be experienced by our children and grandchildren
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Enrico Somaglia, the general secretary of the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (Effat), said: “Climate change is no longer a distant environmental challenge, it is a daily occupational health and safety risk, as well as a threat to job stability...”
theguardian.com
Unions in Europe press for new worker protections to counter heat stress
Climate crisis prompts calls for workplace temperature limits and rights to heat breaks and adjusted working hours
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"As France experiences its third heatwave since May, with temperatures rising up to 40ºC in some areas, Uber Eats and Deliveroo said they would impose breaks for food delivery cyclists, yet did not say whether they would be compensated." #climatechange #workers
lemonde.fr
Uber Eats, Deliveroo say French delivery workers will get breaks at severe heat levels
As France experiences its third heatwave since May, with temperatures rising up to 40ºC in some areas, Uber Eats and Deliveroo said they would impose breaks for food delivery cyclists, yet did not say...
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The annual CSO figures on electricity use by data centres in Ireland. It has become normalised at this stage but worth noting that Singapore is the closest country comparison at 6-8% of electricity on the grid. Ireland is now at 23%. A complete outlier. www.rte.ie/news/busines...
rte.ie
Data centres account for 23% of electricity usage - CSO
The percentage share of total metered electricity consumption used by data centres rose to 23% in 2025 up from 22% in 2024 and just 5% in 2015.
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Ireland's land use model isn't working - for the majority of landowners (farmers), for climate, for nature, for energy production, for water protection...... some fast takes from the long-awaited Land Use Review www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
irishtimes.com
Ireland’s land use fails to safeguard water or support climate action, report finds
Two-thirds of all land is used for farming that is subject to recurring income volatility
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
As Europe continues to burn, the EU is watering down climate regulations to enable the build out of fossil-fuelled cloud infrastructure owned by US tech companies. All in the name of 'competitiveness' while locking EU AI development into deeper dependence on the US. www.ft.com/content/2135...
ft.com
EU weighs weaker data centre climate rules in win for Big Tech
Past proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
“This heat is not only a climate emergency, but it is also a class war.” “The rich burn the planet, then buy air conditioning, private pools and second homes while workers are left in overheated flats, unsafe jobs, failed public services and burning cities.” - Democracy in Europe Movement 2025
theguardian.com
How extreme heat is exposing extreme inequality
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I often hear the refrain that data centres in Ireland don't use that much water. But if that's the case, why then is it impossible to find the figures? If it's not a problem, show us the figures to prove it. The lack of transparency breeds mistrust. www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
dublininquirer.com
Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?
Much of the debate around data centres has focused on electricity, but the gap in figures for their water use has started to draw more attention – and breed mistrust.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
GLOBAL: New UNI report: Injured, unpaid and unable to say no — how extreme weather is punishing cleaners and security officers uniglobalunion.org/news/weather...
uniglobalunion.org
New UNI report: Injured, unpaid and unable to say no — how extreme weather is punishing cleaners and security officers
More than six in ten cleaning and security workers worldwide say extreme weather has made their work harder or more dangerous in the past three years, according to a major new survey published today b...
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
'Vorn Pov, president of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association, said informal workers remain highly vulnerable because the current system mainly provides healthcare coverage and little else. “When they face accidents or unexpected incidents, they are at serious risk,” he said.'
cambodianess.com
Extreme Heat Leaves Cambodia’s Informal Workers Exposed Without Financial Protection
PHNOM PENH — By mid-morning, the concrete beneath Keo Yityan’s feet is already radiating heat. The 44-year-old construction worker spends long da...
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
✊Absolutely thrilled that the ICJ recognises that the right to strike is protected under ILO Convention No. 87. It also makes reference to international and regional human rights instruments, and the practice of the relevant treaty bodies and courts. #workersrights Full text of the Adv. Opinion(en):
icj-cij.org
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the right to strike today. Live now: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19... #workersrights
webtv.un.org
THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87 on 21 May 2026.
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GRAIN @grain.org · 08/05/2026
Asia's farmlands are becoming a major target for carbon credit projects. Some displace communities for tree plantations while others lock them into decades-long contracts that dictate farming practices -pushing farmers to give up control of their land for uncertain profits grain.org/e/7378
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“That changing what consumers buy will make the fashion industry green is a common assumption." “The reality is that the trajectory of the industry to grow production volumes year on year completely outstrips any benefits gained from more informed consumer choices.”
irishexaminer.com
I went behind the scenes at Vision Ireland to see the impact of our fast fashion addiction
From next-day delivery to resale apps like Vinted and Depop, clothing is moving through Ireland faster than ever. Inside the Vision Ireland warehouse, the scale of the country’s textile waste problem ...
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Fishers among the Indigenous Brao communities that live along the banks of the O’Ta Bouk told Mongabay in March there were no fish in the water, which they attributed to persistent problems linked to pollution. 'People haven’t dared to use the water...' said another Ta Veng district resident..."
news.mongabay.com
Cambodia tested waters amid pollution claims; months later, still no public results
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Authorities from Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment were dispatched to Mondul Yorn, a small village in the remote northeastern province of Ratanakiri, on Feb. 13 to conduct wate...
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"62% of 74 respondents reported feeling unsafe, while 11% (8 respondents) reported feeling very unsafe when covering environmental issues." "In 2025, CamboJA documented 61 human rights violations affecting 57 journalists, including five women journalists." #Cambodia
camboja.net
Environmental Journalism in Cambodia: Mapping the Landscape, Challenges, and Support Needs - CamboJA
Environmental Journalism in Cambodia: Mapping the Landscape, Challenges, and Support Needs -
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/05/2026
Modern slavery at record levels in UK and expected to worsen, report warns
theguardian.com
Modern slavery at record levels in UK and expected to worsen, report warns
Government’s anti-slavery commissioner says traffickers are exploiting a growing pipeline of vulnerability Slavery in the UK is at record levels and is expected to worsen over the next decade, the government’s independent anti-slavery commissioner has warned. According to the number of referrals to the national referral mechanism, which assesses potential victims of slavery and provides support to victims, numbers have almost doubled in the last five years from 12,691 referrals in 2021 to 23,411 in 2025, the highest ever number. Continue reading...
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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Let’s talk numbers this #WorkersDay. Top CEO pay increased 20X more than workers' wages. While workers struggle with rising costs, executive pay keeps skyrocketing.    #FairPay #CostofLiving More: oxf.am/WorkersDay26
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Dep't of Enterprise, Tourism & Employment has initiated a consultation on the proposed ratification of 2 ILO Conventions re. occupational health & safety. The call was published on April 16 and closes today. I know H&S might not be considered a very contentious topic by some. But just 2 weeks?!
gov.ie
Stakeholder consultation on the proposed ratification by Ireland of two ILO Conventions related to occupational safety and health
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"In the agricultural sector, the risk of dying from occupational heat exposure is 35 times higher than in other sectors... the number of days when it will be impossible to work outdoors due to excessive heat could rise to 250 per year by the end of the century in certain regions..."
lemonde.fr
Agriculture systems increasingly threatened by extreme heat
A United Nations report warns of the urgent need to adapt farming and livestock practices in the face of increasingly frequent and intense episodes of extreme heat.
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
#workersrights
france24.com
NGOs file ‘human trafficking’ complaint against Deliveroo, Uber Eats
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Sherpa @asso-sherpa.org · 14/04/2026
Former employees said: “Lafarge was aware of what was happening to us – the checkpoints, the threats, the daily fear – but chose to risk the lives of its employees for profit.” The former employees said they would continue to ask for compensation. 👇
theguardian.com
French cement maker convicted of financing terror groups to keep its Syria plant working
Lafarge fined more than €1m and its former boss jailed for paying nearly €5.6m to groups including Islamic State
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ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights @ecchr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🚨 #Lafarge and four former senior executives were found guilty of financing terrorism and violating international sanctions by the Paris Criminal Court! This ruling marks a major turning point in the fight for corporate accountability. www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...
Picture of the Paris Criminal Court, above the following text: "Historic ruling in the fight for corporate accountability: Lafarge convicted of financing terrorism in Syria"
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"In March, research published in the international science journal Nature found that ocean levels had been underestimated due to inaccurate modelling. In some areas of the global south, including south-east Asia and the Indo-Pacific, they may be 100cm to 150cm higher than previously thought."
theguardian.com
World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’
Former UN climate chief to co-chair Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequality
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European Trade Unions @etuc-ces.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Letter of support to French trade unions calling for the protection of the right to strike & trade union rights: www.etuc.org/en/document/... As a defender of human rights,France has a duty to maintain & promote these achievements,which contribute to preservation of democracy, equality & solidarity
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
//Overall, the study found that 71% of general employment permit holders had experienced some form [of] exploitation in employment, while 61% experienced severe exploitation, meaning repeated or multiple serious employment rights breaches.//
rte.ie
Migrant workers treated less favourably, survey finds
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) has warned that there are "systemic and widespread" breaches of employment rights being experienced by migrant workers across Ireland.
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
//“Then the hours were extremely difficult – 50 to 60 a hours week at least. I started at 6am every day and every day I did not finish on time. Sometimes not until 10pm.” “I would say to him about pay for the extra hours but he would threaten. He knew I had to stay, that I had nowhere to go.//
irishtimes.com
‘My body was worn out’: Migrant worker in Ireland got two weeks’ holidays over two years
Cases of ‘severe exploitation’ are ‘routine’ under general employment permit system, Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland says
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
//Wilfried Hagg, a geologist at the Munich University of Applied Sciences who worked on the study alongside Mr Mayer, told AFP that climate change is entirely to blame. Mr Hagg told AFP that there's "absolutely no" chance of saving any of Germany's remaining glaciers.// Absolutely heartbreaking.
rte.ie
Ski lift demolished as German glacier melts away
Vanishing glaciers atop Germany's highest mountain prompted the start of demolition operations of a ski lift yesterday, as global warming reshapes the Alps.
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Case taken by @foeireland.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social & Friends of the Irish Environment against energy regulator over new data centre policy www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
irishtimes.com
Environmental groups seek High Court review of fossil-fuel allowances for data centres
Case is being taken against the energy regulator which gave go-ahead to new data centres last December
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
//The world’s largest pension fund has revealed that it sold its shares in the Bolloré group, a powerful French conglomerate, due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at a plantation company partly owned by the group.// #BizHumanRights
grain.org
Norwegian pension fund dumps Bolloré for human rights violations at plantations
The world’s largest pension fund has revealed that it sold its shares in the Bolloré group, a powerful French conglomerate, due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at a plan...
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
"Climate breakdown is shrinking the amount of time that people can safely go about their lives, according to a study that shows a third of the world’s population now resides in areas where heat severely limits activity."
theguardian.com
‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
//Meas Haoen, another Tampuan elder and spiritual leader, said the lake brings the community together as a gathering place and spiritual site they believe protects residents. "Tampuan Indigenous people will always manage this lake," he said, adding that they do not seek large-scale development.//
cambojanews.com
Northeast Investment Plans Revive Land Grab Fears for Indigenous Community | CamboJA News
Local communities fear that new investment projects in the northeast, including tourism and agro-industry, could revive land grabs. | Read more
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Laura Bambrick @drbambrick.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
11,000 reasons for new pay transparency rules: * Know what a job pays before applying. * No interview questions about earnings history. * No pay secrecy clauses/ company policy. * Know the average your boss pays your peers.
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Lim Li Ching, co-chair of IPES-Food, said “farming by algorithm” is not something farmers want and there should be more focus on a bottom-up approach that prioritises the knowledge and needs of farmers. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
theguardian.com
Tech firms and AI farming tools ‘playing with the food system’, warns thinktank
Google, Microsoft and Amazon among companies using algorithms and AI to influence what crops are grown and how, say critics
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
IRELAND: Women will ‘carry the cost’ of any delay to pay transparency rules, union warns Equality Minister Norma Foley www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...
independent.ie
Women will ‘carry the cost’ of any delay to pay transparency rules, union warns Equality Minister Norma Foley
Female workers “will carry the cost” if the Government bends to “11th-hour” lobbying to delay new pay transparency rules, it has been warned.
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
www.esgtoday.com/eu-states-gi...
esgtoday.com
EU States Give Final Approval to Omnibus Package to Cut Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Requirements - ESG Today
EU member states in the European Council voted on Tuesday to approve an agreement to significantly scale back sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies under the “Omnibus I...
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand is having a personal impact on workers: social hostility, verbal abuse, discrimination, administrative uncertainties regarding work permit renewals...
mekongindependent.com
Long-term Cambodian workers debate leaving as Thailand reviews work permits for ‘security’
The Cambodian workers who stayed in Thailand express concerns of discrimination as Thailand's Labor Ministry reviews whether to renew work permits after last year's border conflict.
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Thanks @somoamsterdam.bsky.social for shedding light on it. It reminds me that, a few months before the Rana Plaza collapsed in 2013, which killed over 1000 workers, a social audit carried out at a factory there described the construction quality of the building as good. www.ecchr.eu/en/case/more...
ecchr.eu
ECCHR: Rana Plaza: Certificates in the textile industry
A few months before the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, TÜV Rheinland audited the production facilities at textile producer Phantom Apparel Ltd as part of a social audit.
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"A striking seven out of ten (68%) workers polled feel they do not have the same level of power as their employer when negotiating terms of employment." "Younger workers aged 18-34 are least likely to feel they have equal negotiating power with employers (17%), compared to 37% of those aged 65+."
ictu.ie
More than half of workers in Ireland say they aren’t paid fairly – poll
A majority of Irish workers believe their pay does not fairly reflect the skills and effort they bring to their jobs, according to new polling published today by the Irish Congress of Trade Union.
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Stella Wong @stellastw.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"You just can't come in and stomp on people and trample them and push them into the ground. We have rights too and we're going to stand up for them." - Mr. Ó Curraoin, whose family has harvested seaweed for over 100 years
rte.ie
Communities fight 'corporate' bid for seaweed rights
Communities on Ireland's west coast say they will fight to safeguard their traditional seaweed rights against what they describe as a "corporate takeover "of their livelihoods.
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