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The Gilded Cage of Slavery
One of my favorite themes has been the extent to which the world the Internet has made has become a world that is steadily reducing workers to a new generation of slaves. The general concept is not a new one. Last April I had quoted Karl Marx on the...
Unemployment Fuels Youth Exodus From Somaliland
A high unemployment rate in the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland, especially among school-leavers and university graduates, has fueled an increase in migration, with hundreds of young people embarking every month on a perilous journey...
USA Donates Over $3m for Ivorian Legislative Elections
The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Daniel Baer, has said that his country will donate 3 million dollars (equivalent to over 1 billion CFA francs) to support the Ivorian legislative elections scheduled...
Ivory Coast’s Private Sector Retirement Age Raised to 60
The retirement age for workers in Ivory Coast’s private sector has been lifted from 55 to 60 years, a trade union source disclosed to APA Friday in the country’s economic capital. How People Arrived Here: labor unions côte divoire—ugtci, minimumwage...
Mauritius’ Unemployment Rate Expected to Remain Steady At 7.8 % in 2011
Mauritius’ unemployment rate is expected to remain at around 7.8 % in 2011 as last year with the employment of Mauritians expected to increase by 4,500 i.e. from 536,100 in 2010 to 540,600 in 2011, the Central Statistical Office said in an email...
Gauteng Delays Curriculum And Assessment Policy Statement Orientation
The Gauteng Department of Education has delayed the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) orientation scheduled for the October holidays to the fourth term. How People Arrived Here: south african ministry of education delays payment to publishers
What Employers Look for of Those Re-entering the Workforce
Finding a job in today’s economy is difficult in the best of circumstances, but many women are facing an even bigger challenge: returning to the workforce after a long absence. Researchers recently looked at the characteristics on older women’s...
Efforts to Reduce Child Labor on Cocoa Plantations in Ghana Beginning to Pay Off
Tens of thousands of children work on Ghana’s cocoa plantations – often doing hazardous tasks when they should be at school – but change is coming.
