Mexico’s minimum wage will rise by 20% next year, to about $14.25 per day

Mexico’s president says its minimum wage will rise by 20% in 2024, to the equivalent of about $14.25 per day ByThe Associated Press December 1, 2023, 10:20 AM FILE – Construction workers sit on a beam hanging from a crane at a construction site of a residential high rise building, in Mexico City, June 17, … Read more

Thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factory workers take to the streets demanding better wages

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of garment factory workers took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and the industrial district of Gazipur on Tuesday to demand better wages. Bangladesh is the second largest garment-producing country in the world after China with its nearly 3,500 factories where some 4 million workers are employed — most are … Read more

Venezuelan girls are more and more taking over the grueling work of fishing within the Caribbean

CHUAO, Venezuela — Lengthy earlier than dawn, dozens of individuals collect round greater than 50 boats alongside this portion of Venezuela’s huge Caribbean coast, their tanned our bodies displaying scars and maimed palms from years of fishing. Most of them are males, however girls are more and more amongst them. The ladies could also be … Read more