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Articles tagged with "Workers' rights"

09.05.25

Big Tech

My two years reporting on Big Tech’s hidden scandal

Exhausted, traumatised and underpaid, content moderators are the invisible victims of a labour system in need of overhaul

27.04.25

Big Tech

Social media moderators’ lives are getting worse. Big Tech needs to take responsibility

These workers are vital to tech giants’ success. They deserve to be supported

27.04.25

Big Tech

Suicide attempts, sackings and a vow of silence: Meta’s new moderators face worst conditions yet

Hit by workers’ rights lawsuits in Kenya, the tech giant has moved its outsourcing to a top-secret new site – where life is grimmer still

25.03.25

Employment tribunals: can you help us with a major new project?

If you have tried to take your employer to tribunal, or helped someone who has, we want to hear from you

15.03.25

Big Tech

TikTok workers sue employer over ‘union-busting’ firings

Cases filed in Turkish court against outsourcing giant Telus Digital by moderators who claim they were fired after trying to unionise

15.11.24

Trapped in work

Seasonal workers find no hope in employment tribunals

Exploited farmworkers face huge barriers to justice – including rules effectively preventing oral evidence

18.10.24

Trapped in work

Employment Rights Bill: will new unfair dismissal rules help seasonal workers?

Proposals may improve the outlook for vulnerable migrant workers – but do not address the root of the problem

An illustration of a person sitting at a glowing blue screen that cast light that fades from blue to red. A clock is barely visible above them

11.10.24

Big Tech

TikTok plans mass job cuts on UK moderation and safety teams

The video platform has cut hundreds of jobs across the world as it shifts to rely on AI and outsourced workers

24.08.24

Trapped in work

‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers left without jobs after Home Office decision

Workers were promised UK jobs before recruiter had licence revoked

29.05.24

Trapped in work

Government expanded visa scheme weeks after UN raised alarm over people trafficking

Special rapporteurs raised alarm to David Cameron before government’s decision to extend visa scheme

17.05.24

Big Tech

What is content moderation?

Not everything on social media is appropriate, safe or legal. That’s where moderators come in

11.05.24

Trapped in work

‘One hell to another’: Thousands of care workers risk deportation after employers breach rules

Migrant workers left scrambling for a new sponsor due to nature of government visa scheme

15.03.24

Trapped in work

Migrant care workers: how to stand up to exploitation

An FAQ guide from the Work Rights Centre

13.03.24

Trapped in work

Know your rights: the group pushing back against migrant exploitation

The Pan African Workers Association is a migrant-led organisation that provides online resources for care workers

12.03.24

Trapped in work

Why Citizens Advice teamed up with TBIJ to investigate migrant care work

We help people find a way forward and, when we can’t, it’s usually due to a failure of policy. This is one of the most serious failures I’ve seen

11.03.24

Trapped in work

Why the UK needs migrant care workers

Overseas workers – who TBIJ reveals are trapped by broken visa system – have been a vital part of the care sector for decades

11.03.24

Trapped in work

Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse

As migrant carers are banned from bringing family members to the UK, TBIJ reveals how broken visa system traps workers in harrowing situations

Seasonal workers harvest salad on a UK farm ready for delivery to supermarket chains

12.01.24

Trapped in work

UK government ‘breaching international law’ with seasonal worker scheme, says UN envoy

The Home Office has been found to be failing to investigate ‘clear indicators of forced labour’

13.12.23

Big Tech

Toxicity and trauma: a day in the life of a dating app moderator

‘It's messed up … they don't think about the safety for their agents’

07.12.23

Trapped in work

Ban on family members ‘will force migrant care workers into poverty’

Care is the only industry which will be covered by the ban on family members, leading to criticism that the move is discriminatory

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