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Sri Lanka's tea industry faces crisis amid wage hike and tough conditions for workers
3 months, 1 week ago

Sri Lanka's tea industry faces crisis amid wage hike and tough conditions for workers

ABC  

It's 8am and there is sleeting rain — miserable conditions to be outside, let alone work in Sri Lanka's tea fields. Sagunthla is one of many Tamil women who make up the backbone of Sri Lanka's tea industry. He is advocating for a more measured 35 per cent wage increase, because Sri Lanka's tea industry is struggling with lower productivity …

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Workers being forced to turn to sex work as big clothing brands leave Myanmar, advocates say
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Workers being forced to turn to sex work as big clothing brands leave Myanmar, advocates say

ABC  

When Ma Ei first started work in a garment factory, she felt relieved she didn't have to work in the sun. Now, three years after Myanmar's military coup on February 1, 2021, many big fashion brands are pulling out of the country — leaving Ma Ei and workers like her in an even more precarious situation. "We have to work …

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EPA moves to end asbestos cleanup along Montana railroad
2 years, 9 months ago

EPA moves to end asbestos cleanup along Montana railroad

Associated Press  

— Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of railroad in two northwestern Montana communities where lung-damaging asbestos from mining has been blamed in hundreds of deaths. After two decades of site investigations and cleanup efforts, the Environmental Protection Agency and Montana Department of Environmental Quality are proposing to end their work at railyards …

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Jury awards $36.5M to former Libby miner with lung disease
2 years, 10 months ago

Jury awards $36.5M to former Libby miner with lung disease

Associated Press  

— A Montana jury has awarded $36.5 million in damages to an Oregon man who suffers from lung disease because of exposure to asbestos while working at a vermiculite mine in Libby, a bellwether case that could affect hundreds of additional claims filed against the company that once provided the mine’s workers’ compensation coverage. Hutt was one of more than …

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