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Video | Georgian women march against sexual violence and labour exploitation

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Georgian women marched against sexual violence and labour exploita­tion. (Tamuna Chkareuli / OC Media)

On 8 March, Inter­na­tion­al Women's Day, dozens of Georgian women took to the streets of Tbilisi to protest against sexual violence and to demand proper labour con­di­tions for women.

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Opinion | A narrow definition of safety harms workers in Georgia

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Georgia’s newly adopted law on labour safety is lacking statutes on workers’ rights due a narrow def­i­n­i­tion of safety — working hours, overtime payment, and required breaks are still not suf­fi­cient­ly regulated. Due to such weak edicts, worker fatal­i­ties are still on the rise.

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EU criticises elite corruption, lack of skilled staff and more in Georgia AA report

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The European Par­lia­ment (Dato Parulava /OC Media)

The European Par­lia­ment has expressed concerns over high-level cor­rup­tion, human rights pro­tec­tion, labour safety, judicial inde­pen­dence, and more in Georgia in a report on the imple­men­ta­tion of the country’s EU Asso­ci­a­tion Agreement. Despite crit­i­cisms, the report’s summary said overall assess­ment of the imple­men­ta­tion process was positive. [Read more…]

Camera operators at Kabardino-Balkaria state TV complain of ‘illegal conditions’

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Office space for camera operators (Magomed Teppeyev)

Employees from the state media holding of the Russian republic Kabardino-Balkaria have appealed to the author­i­ties over vio­la­tions of their labour rights. Camera operators from KBR-Media com­plained of unfair working con­di­tions, including being forced to work weekends for little remu­ner­a­tion. [Read more…]

Voices of Georgian emigrants — ‘They treated us like dogs’

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Since the 1990s, thousands of Georgians have left home in search of oppor­tu­ni­ties abroad, pushed out by food poverty, debts, unem­ploy­ment, or to escape violence in the family. Below are stories from three women who braved landmines, hidden con­tain­ers, and frozen seas in search for a better future in Greece. [Read more…]

For workers in Nagorno-Karabakh — labour rights are not always attainable

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(Anahit Danielyan / OC Media)

When con­front­ed with unfair dismissal or other vio­la­tions of their labour rights, people in Nagorno-Karabakh face an uphill battle through the courts to gain resti­tu­tion. But for some, the judicial hoops or fears of being left unem­ployed are simply too much, and justice remains out of reach.

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Cleaners protest in Makhachkala over non-payment of wages

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Municipal cleaners from Makhachkala on the city’s central square demanding that three months of unpaid wages be paid to them. (Saida Vagabova /OC Media)

More than 50 municipal cleaners from Daghestan’s capital, Makhachkala, gathered on the city’s central square on Tuesday demanding that three months of unpaid wages be paid to them. Officials met with the pro­test­ers and promised they would receive their back-pay by 3 August. [Read more…]

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