193 minutes tagged with  Work

Temp labor is one of the fastest growing industries in the US. Increasingly, temp workers are part of a business strategy to keep costs down and profits high.

In the suburbs of Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, young workers talk about their lives, existences built on a precarious balance between hope, struggles and wishes for the future.

There are at least 8.4 million child slaves in the world today. Nearly two million of these are forced to work as prostitutes, while almost half a million are child […]

China’s juggernaut economy is the envy of the world, but at what cost to the country’s people and environment?

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) warns that a high number of children are still caught in hazardous work. A new report says that some 115 million children do hazardous work.

In the Yungas region in Bolivia, jungle and steep cliffs, people do not walk – they fly. These bird men are known as ‘cocaleros’, coca harvesters. They use ropes to […]

Renee Thompson is trying to make it as a top fashion model in New York. She’s got the looks, the walk and the drive. But she’s a black model in […]


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