Bangladesh: Nearly 150,000 workers at 200+ tea plantations strike for pay rise

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 17, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  Nearly 150,000 workers at more than 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations went on strike Saturday to demand a 150 percent rise to their dollar-a-day wages, which researchers say are among the lowest in the world. The minimum wage for a tea plantation worker in the...

Ukraine: the EU has coordinated the delivery of more than 60,000 tonnes of life-saving assistance

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 12, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU has coordinated the delivery of 66,224 tonnes of in-kind assistance to Ukraine from 30 countries via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The assistance delivered includes 180 ambulances, 125 fire-fighting vehicles, 300 power generators, 35 heavy machinery...

UAE: New resolution requires employers to set up measures to protect employees’ gratuity payments, travels to home country & repatriation in case of death

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 12, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  A new resolution has been passed regarding bank guarantees and employees’ protection insurance scheme for the private sector, by the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. A second option entails a 30-month insurance policy, at a value of AED137.50...

EU to end Greece’s ‘enhanced surveillance’ on 20 August

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 11, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU is set to end the ’enhanced surveillance’ of Greece, the European Commission announced Wednesday, judging the country to have delivered on reforms and the policy commitments it made. The decision follows exchanges with the Greek authorities,...

Palestine: EU announces €261 million in support of UNRWA’s operations

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 10, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Union confirmed today its role as a long-standing, predictable and reliable partner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and one of its largest donors. The European Commission adopted €261 million...

Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 10, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Amidst extreme heat, drought and wildfires, many parts of the world had just experienced one of three warmest Julys on record, the UN weather agency said on Tuesday. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), temperatures were close to 0.4℃ above the...