New rules for migration

As the Syrian refugee crisis (and the crisis surrounded refugees from so many other countries) deepens, Md. Shahidul Haque, Bangladesh’s foreign secretary, has some suggestions: Stop looking at migration as a temporary, manageable thing. Think about global governance. Stop thinking of migrants as “workers,” and start thinking of them as people. Make bold migration policies.

Where equality died…

Leftover sends this, which is long but totally worth it. Stan Sorscher, of Economic Opportunity Institute, writes: …workers’ wages – accounting for inflation and all the lower prices from cheap imported goods – would be double what they are now, if workers still took their share of gains in productivity. I’m not doing this article …

Promises, promises…

This New York Times article says that retailers like H&M and Walmart haven’t lived up to their promises to treat fairly workers overseas. Several reports from the Asia Floor Wage Alliance says the retailers are falling far, far short. Check out this latest report. Puts a whole new meaning to the phrase “clean clothes,” yes?

Read how U.S. poultry factories treat their workers

Long story short? Among other egregious acts, Big Poultry denies They its workers bathroom breaks, so the workers wear diapers. There are no breaks, no time to stretch, nothing. A new Oxfam America report, “Lives On the Lines: The High Human Cost of Cheap Chicken,”  says: The industry squeezes profits and productivity out of these workers. For …