Foreign direct investment, primarily from China and South Korea, has flooded Myanmar since the country began to open up and enact broad reforms two years ago. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports that this is largely due to low labor costs and has...

As the largest shopping season of the year kicks off across the United States, Walmart employees walked off the job in protest against poor working conditions. Will the retail giant's low prices cause consumers to act blind to workers' demands for...

Thousands of Spanish civil servants took to the streets Friday in angry protest as the government approved sweeping austerity measures that include wage cuts and tax increases. In July, Spain will become the fourth country in the eurozone to recei...

Asia is marking International Workers' day with rallies in major cities across the region. In Manila, labor groups demanded higher wages and better protection for workers both in the Philippines and abroad. In Jakarta, unions demanded that working...