In search of better-paid employment, a growing number of workers from Uzbekistan in Central Asia are arriving in Serbia and other Balkan states. Many are vulnerable to exploitation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Patty Murray (D-WA) and 10 ...

The economy has continued to perform strongly. Real GDP growth was robust at 6.5 percent in 2024, supported by strong domestic demand. The external current account deficit narrowed by 2.6 percentage ...

Ukraine is in urgent need of help from the U.S. to prioritize the return of the approximately 20,000 Ukrainian children ...

Thanks to an Education International project on child labour, working with union members and their local communities, 1,880 ...

Farmers in Uzbekistan allege they are being forced to cede fertile land to Chinese businesses under pressure from local ...

Between what labor groups say is the Uzbek government's continued interference and the loss of critical funding to fight ...

Uzbekistan's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the government enforced a system of forced labor in the cotton industry. Both adults and children were mobilized to meet state-imposed quotas, ...

The Fair Labor Association (FLA) says ending US grants for international labour will damage efforts to combat child labour ...

New reporting show Governor Ron DeSantis is behind proposals advancing in the Florida legislature this session that would reduce child labor protections in the state. The proposals would remove the 30 ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office proposed major rollbacks to the state’s child labor laws earlier this year, saying changes made last year to loosen working restrictions for minors “did not go far ...

One grant went toward helping end a practice in Uzbekistan that put farmers and children to work picking cotton against their will. Another grantee trained agriculture workers in Mexico on labour ...