The recent spate of garment-factory disasters in Bangladesh spotlights the poor working conditions in that country.
Poor working conditions, rudimentary surveillance and communications equipment, inadequate forensic science laboratories and outdated weaponry are making matters worse.
Two mid-sized dams are being built there now, constantly under legal pressure and labor disputes over unfair pay and poor working conditions.
He added that incidents involving structural building issues such as the last two factory accidents were "not common" in Cambodia, despite worries about poor working conditions in the country.
Over the past three decades, they came in waves, working long hours in sweatshops, construction sites and assembly plants, enduring poor working conditions in order to save a little cash to remit home.
There have been 24 suicides at France Telecom, Europe's third-largest telecoms company, since the beginning of 2008 and 13 attempted suicides, according to labor unions, who blame restructuring and poor working conditions for creating a climate of stress.
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However, the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of these programmes has been undermined by a lack of adequate resources, an acute shortage of trained manpower, a severe lack of educational and other instructional materials, a shortage of learning spaces and insufficient motivation for teachers and literacy facilitators due to poor working conditions.
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During those years a raft of legislation governing everything from child labour, working conditions in factories, the treatment of the poor, to public health and sanitation was passed.
She said they were currently working in "extreme conditions", with recent flooding worsening already poor sanitation, an outbreak of cholera and hepatitis and a rise in malnutrition in children.
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