News updates as of March 21, 2018

On the menu : Can blockchain technology help combat forced labor? , In Spain, Las Kellys, the female hotel cleaning staff group is seeking to be recognized as the sector's interlocutor, TIM (formerly Telecom Italia) restructuring to hit jobs hard, according to the ETUC, workers in nine countries are still worse off than before the crisis, fixed term employment contracts can now apply across all industry sectors in India, until any future contrary legal rulings, drivers with Uber partners are to be considered as employees of these partners and could ultimately become direct Uber employees.
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Can blockchain technology help combat forced labor? Coca-Cola Co. and the US State Department are collaborating on a project to use blockchain digital validation technology to create a secure registry for workers and employment contracts that will help companies identify ambiguous situations. Three other organizations are also participating in the project namely, Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA), a non-profit organization that uses blockchain technology in CSR context, and two tech companies Bitfury Group, and Emercoin.

Spain/Las Kellys, the female hotel cleaning staff group is seeking to be recognized as the sector’s interlocutor and as such participate in discussions with the government, employers, and trade unions.

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