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Voice | ‘I have a child, a house, and a business, why on earth would I wash your socks?’

Keti Tomeishvili, 48, from Vani, spent 14 years working abroad to support her family, before coming home and starting a successful business.

Voice | ‘I have a child, a house, and a business, why on earth would I wash your socks?’

Keti Tomeishvili, 48, from Vani, spent 14 years working abroad to support her family, before coming home and starting a successful business.

Video | Chiatura: the town of miners

Around 3,000 mine workers went on strike in the industrial City of Chiatura, in western Georgia, earlier in May.

Video | Chiatura: the town of miners

Around 3,000 mine workers went on strike in the industrial City of Chiatura, in western Georgia, earlier in May.

Speaking up through sewn lips: a wildcat strike in Chiatura

After starting an unsanctioned strike, miners in Chiatura stitched their lips together to demonstrate the cost of their hazardous occupations.

Speaking up through sewn lips: a wildcat strike in Chiatura

By Dato Parulava

After starting an unsanctioned strike, miners in Chiatura stitched their lips together to demonstrate the cost of their hazardous occupations.

Video | International Labour Day marked in Tbilisi

On the first of May, International Workers’ Day, dozens protested in Tbilisi demanding dignified and safe working conditions.

Video | International Labour Day marked in Tbilisi

On the first of May, International Workers’ Day, dozens protested in Tbilisi demanding dignified and safe working conditions.

Nurses protest low wages in Daghestan

Around 200 nurses from the state central city hospital in Buynaksk went on strike.

Nurses protest low wages in Daghestan

Around 200 nurses from the state central city hospital in Buynaksk went on strike.

Workers injured due to safety violations at Panorama Tbilisi construction site

Video footage from immediately after the accident showed that safety rules were not being followed on the site.

Workers injured due to safety violations at Panorama Tbilisi construction site

Video footage from immediately after the accident showed that safety rules were not being followed on the site.

Armenia’s blind struggle to find a livelihood

Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person is a difficult task.

Armenia’s blind struggle to find a livelihood

By Manya Israyelyan

Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person is a difficult task.

Hundreds of taxi drivers honk horns outside Bidzina Ivanishvili’s house against new regulations

The drivers took to the streets against new regulations from the City Hall, which among other things, requires drivers to paint their cars white.

Hundreds of taxi drivers honk horns outside Bidzina Ivanishvili’s house against new regulations

The drivers took to the streets against new regulations from the City Hall, which among other things, requires drivers to paint their cars white.

Georgian social workers end strike after government ‘partially’ meets their demands

The ministry promised to provide vehicles to the agency and to hire additional staff, but have not yet reached an agreement on a pay rise.

Georgian social workers end strike after government ‘partially’ meets their demands

The ministry promised to provide vehicles to the agency and to hire additional staff, but have not yet reached an agreement on a pay rise.

Hundreds protest in Tbilisi after 2 workers die on construction site

Several hundred people took to the streets to protest poor labour safety measures.

Hundreds protest in Tbilisi after 2 workers die on construction site

Several hundred people took to the streets to protest poor labour safety measures.