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Oxfam: Corporate Lobbying for Lower Taxes Fuels Poverty
May 24, 2018
The activist organization Oxfam has warned that the lobbying US companies perform at the federal level in favor of lowering corporate tax rates undercuts the rhetoric of these businesses on such social and environmental issues as climate change, diversity, and immigration and "fuels the scourge of poverty and inequality in the US and abroad."
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OECD-ILO Report Calls for Stronger Labor Movement
May 23, 2018
As part of their partnership promoting "decent work" across the globe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have produced a report calling for better labor relations to make economic growth "more inclusive" and pressure employers to provide for fair working conditions.
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Foundation Pushes Mining Companies on Rights Impacts
May 23, 2018
The Responsible Mining Foundation has published its first index of global human rights and environmental impacts in the mining sector, finding the 30 companies it reviewed could improve practices particularly in the area of worker safety and labor rights.
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Study Calls for Taxation to Achieve UN Health Targets
May 23, 2018
IP Watch reports that a recent study published in The Lancet Journal pushes for increased taxes on sugary drinks, alcohol, and tobacco around the world to help combat non-communicable diseases and achieve health targets contained in the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.
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NGO Seeks More Stringent US Data Restrictions
May 23, 2018
Sarah St. Vincent of Human Rights Watch asserts that the US Congress must pass legislation requiring social-media firms to provide increased protection for user data to prevent broadly defined "abuses" of such data by a wide variety of governmental and international actors.
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