Trump plans to hike fees on H-1B visas that bring tech workers to USThe president on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visas - meant for high-skilled jobs that tec...
20 Sep, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
Microsoft, Amazon, TCS, Apple: Tech giants that could be hit hardest by Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa feeThe Trump administration has imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, effective September 21, 2025, calling it a crackdown on “sys...
20 Sep, 2025, 10.03 AM IST
Amazon sellers linked to Pakistan's exploitative garment factoriesA report by Labour Behind the Label exposes widespread labour abuses in Pakistan's garment factories supplying Amazon sellers. Workers face...
10 Aug, 2025, 02.21 PM IST
The McDonald’s boycott explained: Who’s leading it, what they’re demanding, and when it’s happeningMcDonald's faces a boycott led by The People's Union USA. The group cites tax loopholes and high prices as reasons. They also allege poor l...
24 Jun, 2025, 03.56 AM IST
Amazon workers plan big strike during Holiday season across many countries in the world; here are dates and countries that will be affectedThrough recent reports and claims it has been known that the workers of Amazon nearly all over the world are planning for a strike during t...
01 Dec, 2024, 01.13 AM IST
For Tesla and Musk, auto strike carries benefits and risksUnencumbered by an activist union, Tesla can take advantage of the work stoppages to add to its substantial lead in battery technology and ...
22 Sep, 2023, 12.05 AM IST
Amazon set to meet with US FTC ahead of potential antitrust lawsuitThe FTC began probing Amazon during former President Donald Trump's administration when the government decided to investigate Amazon, Googl...
08 Aug, 2023, 08.14 AM IST
H-1B applications at record high, US agency raises 'serious concerns' about visa lotteryLast year, the government began requiring workers who won the lottery to sign affidavits stating they didn't try to game the system by work...
28 Apr, 2023, 08.46 PM IST
Tech layoffs cause havoc for Indian workers in the United StatesThe wave of tech layoffs in the United States at companies including Meta Platforms Inc, Google and Amazon are upending the lives of foreig...
20 Feb, 2023, 10.14 PM IST
Twitter executive says moving fast on moderation, as harmful content surgesTwitter is also more aggressively restricting abuse-prone hashtags and search results in areas including child exploitation, regardless of ...
03 Dec, 2022, 07.42 AM IST
UN investigator: Contemporary slavery extensive and in ChinaHuman Rights Council Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokat adds that traditional enslavement, especially of minorities, is found in Mauritania, ...
18 Aug, 2022, 06.32 AM IST
American unions call for halt to Amazon buyout of Hollywood studio MGM"Amazon's influence on the health and diversity of the film-making industry is likely to be negative if the company is permitted to grow la...
23 Nov, 2021, 08.50 AM IST
Labour shortage: World’s supply-chain problem is also a human crisisThe world’s 1.89 million seafarers operate more than 74,000 merchant ships, providing transportation for roughly 90% of global trade.
08 Nov, 2021, 09.04 AM IST
California bill could alter Amazon labor practicesThe profits flowed from the millions of Americans who value the convenience of quick home delivery, but critics complain that the arrangeme...
07 Sep, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
Biden G7, NATO to-do list: unite allies, fight autocracy, attack COVID-19Biden, a Democrat, vowed to rebuild relations with allies after four rocky years under former President Donald Trump, who pulled Washington...
08 Jun, 2021, 11.40 AM IST
Will tariffs on India work? Here's a shiny clueSince general US tariffs are fairly low now, India can afford to ignore the threat to its $5.6 bn of exports.
07 Mar, 2019, 11.05 AM IST
Donald Trump spouse-visa shift may hurt workers, push 100,000 from jobTrump admin is tightening H-1B rules, which allow foreign workers to take jobs in the US, and plans to revoke the ability of spouses to wor...
02 Jul, 2018, 02.25 PM IST