Migrant workers living in dorms thrilled to return to Little India for first time in 1½ years
SINGAPORE – Wearing a neatly ironed grey shirt and a gleaming pair of dress shoes, construction worker Veerasamy Murugan, 28, could barely hide [...]
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All 62 Covid-19 cases in North Coast Lodge fully vaccinated; first 3 cases identified through wastewater surveillance
SINGAPORE – All 62 Covid-19 cases detected among migrant workers from the North Coast Lodge dormitory in Woodlands on Monday (Aug 23) were [...]
Opinion | Who Has the Cure for America’s Declining Population? Canada.
By Shikha Dalmia Ms. Dalmia, a visiting fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, has written extensively about immigration, politics and [...]
Lack of Foreign Workers Has Seasonal Businesses Scrambling
SALT LAKE CITY — Tyler Holt summed up the problem his Utah landscaping business faces every year. “People who want to be in [...]
After Pandemic and Brexit, U.K. Begins to See Gaps Left by European Workers
LONDON — Agnieszka Bleka has had to work hard in past years to find companies that need workers, spending much of her day [...]
After Pandemic and Brexit, U.K. Begins to See Gaps Left by European Workers
LONDON — Agnieszka Bleka has had to work hard in past years to find companies that need workers, spending much of her day [...]
Smaller crowds at migrant worker hangouts on first day of tightened Covid-19 measures
SINGAPORE – Public spaces usually abuzz with the chatter of migrant workers enjoying their off days were quiet on Sunday afternoon (May 16), [...]
NTUC working with partners to push for other ways to transport workers
SINGAPORE – Two accidents last month have shown that trucks and lorries should not be used to transport migrant workers, and the labour [...]
Do Restrictions on H-1B Visas Create American Jobs?
Demand for the visas has increased despite Trump administration policies that made them less likely to be approved. By Youyou Zhou The DealBook [...]
MOM takes collaborative tack with dorm operators, residents
SINGAPORE – Inspectors from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) used to visit the dormitories for foreign workers managed by Mr Eugene Aw only [...]