Migrant workers

A construction site sits empty in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 25, 2021. As Thailand has struggled unsuccessfully to lower the number of new COVID-19 cases and related deaths during its third and worst wave of coronavirus infections, the government on Friday ordered the camps where construction workers are housed in Bangkok and other hard-hit areas to be shut for a month and the workers kept inside to help stop the spread of the disease. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Bangkok, 9 provinces restrict movements to curb rising cases

Jun. 26, 2021 11:07 PM EDT

A lone worker stands on a construction site at dusk in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, June 25, 2021. As Thailand has struggled unsuccessfully to lower the number of new COVID-19 cases and related deaths during its third and worst wave of coronavirus infections, the government on Friday ordered the camps where construction workers are housed in Bangkok and other hard-hit areas to be shut for a month and the workers kept inside to help stop the spread of the disease. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand isolates construction workers to curb virus spread

By Chalida Ekvittayavechnukul Jun. 25, 2021 12:08 PM EDT

Pope Francis champions workers' right to organize in unions

Jun. 17, 2021 09:29 AM EDT
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is championing the right of all workers to unionize, as economic activity is poised to increase when the pandemic threat eases. ...

FILE - In this May 18, 2021, file photo, a health worker administers a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to Buddhist monk at Priest Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand on Friday said it had detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus variant first found in India, even as it announced the formal rollout of its national vaccination plan from next month. (AP Photo/Anuthep Cheysakron,File)

Thailand reports 1st cases of Indian coronavirus variant

May. 21, 2021 06:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 18, 2021. filer, rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip to Israel. The deaths of two Thai migrant farm workers in Israel in a rocket attack from Gaza cast fresh light on the difficult lives thousands of their countrymen face far from their homes. It is not unusual for Thais from their country’s economically disadvantaged rural areas to seek work abroad at wages considerably better than they could earn at home. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Thais killed by rocket in Israel part of large workforce

By Grant Peck May. 19, 2021 11:10 AM EDT

Spanish Army soldiers clash with migrants near the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Ceuta, a Spanish city of 85,000 in northern Africa, faces a humanitarian crisis after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border control in their country to swim or paddle in inflatable boats into European soil. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea

By Renata Brito And Aritz Parra May. 18, 2021 11:46 AM EDT

In this image for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a blackboard at Lindy's Seafood Inc. in Woolford, Md., displays prices for crabs, April 21, 2021. The company relies on temporary workers from Mexico hired through the U.S. Department of Labor's H-2B visa program to help process crabs during high season. The government authorized more than 12,000 H-2B workers nationwide in 2019-20 for jobs at seafood plants. (Carmen Molina Acosta/University of Maryland via AP)

COVID-19 protections not offered to migrant seafood workers

By Vanessa Sánchez Pulla, Trisha Ahmed, Brittany Nicole Gaddy, Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Carmen Molina Acosta, Sophia Sorensen And Aadit Tambe/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:36 PM EDT

A body of a COVID 19 victim waits to be cremated in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 19, 2021. New Delhi has imposed a weeklong lockdown to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital's health system amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases. Authorities said Monday that hospitals have been pushed to their limit. India now has reported more than 15 million coronavirus infections, a total second only to the United States. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's capital to lock down amid explosive virus surge

By Aijaz Hussain And Aniruddha Ghosal Apr. 19, 2021 04:02 AM EDT

People wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus stand in queues to board trains at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, April 14, 2021.Migrant workers are swarming rail stations in India's financial capital Mumbai to go to their home villages as virus-control measures dry up work in the hard-hit region. The government of Maharashtra state imposed lockdown-like curbs on Wednesday for 15 days to check the spread of the virus. It closed most industries, businesses and public places and limited the movement of people, but didn’t stop the bus, train and air services. An exodus ensued, with panicked day laborers hauling backpacks onto overcrowded trains leaving Mumbai, travel that raises fears of infections spreading in rural areas. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Day workers leaving India's cities as virus dries up jobs

By Rajanish Kakade Apr. 16, 2021 03:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 6, 2021, file photo, boxes stand next vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in the pharmacy of National Jewish Hospital for distribution in east Denver. The drug maker decided Tuesday, April 13, to delay deliveries to Europe after the American regulator recommended a pause in the vaccine's use in the United States while very rare blood clot cases are examined. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Europe scrambles as J&J vaccine delay deals another blow

By Joseph Wilson Apr. 14, 2021 09:55 AM EDT

Mumbai imposes strict virus restrictions as infections surge

By Rafiq Maqbool And Aniruddha Ghosal Apr. 14, 2021 04:28 AM EDT

A woman receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Human Rights Watch, a leading rights group, said that Lebanon's vaccination campaign has been slow and risks leaving behind some of the country's most vulnerable people, including Palestinian and Syrian refugees, as well as migrant workers. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Watchdog: Lebanon's vaccination of refugees, migrants lags

By Sarah El Deeb Apr. 06, 2021 09:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Hispanic farm workers wait in line to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Mecca, Calif. Volunteers in California are working to ensure that the thousands of farmworkers who toil in the fields every day are receiving coronavirus vaccinations. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California targets critical farmworkers for vaccinations

By Olga R. Rodriguez And Daisy Nguyen Apr. 03, 2021 11:14 AM EDT

In this March 24, 2021 photo, a farmworker poses for the camera holding a bucket of harvested tomatoes at a farm in Delray Beach, Fla. Many U.S. health centers that serve agricultural workers across the nation are receiving COVID-19 vaccine directly from the federal government in a program created by the Biden administration. But in some states, farmworkers are not yet in the priority groups authorized to receive the shots. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)

Groups rush to get Florida farmworkers vaccinated

By Adriana Gomez Licon Apr. 01, 2021 10:09 AM EDT

In this photo provided by ItsRainingRaincoats, volunteers of the ItsRainingRaincoats, from left; Ruchi Trivedi, Kanaka Sirpal, Usha Subramanian, Dipa Swaminathan and Jocelyn Lim pose for a photo at the Singapore Flyer Ferris Wheel attraction in Singapore on Jan. 31, 2021. At least 20,000 migrant workers will be treated to rides by members of the public and businesses initiated by the help group ItsRainingRaincoats. (ItsRainingRaincoats via AP)

One Good Thing: A Singapore skyline view for migrant workers

By Annabelle Liang Mar. 30, 2021 12:10 AM EDT

Ganesh Chaurasia, 42, a roadside juice vendor, is seen through a passing rickshaw as he waits for customers in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Chaurasia says the lockdown plummeted his income and pushed his family, that is still struggling to make their ends meet, into economic despair. Street vendors like Chaurasia represent 4% of the urban workforce across India. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Many lives were changed by India's lockdown a year ago

By Sheikh Saaliq Mar. 24, 2021 01:59 AM EDT

FILE - This Thursday, Dec. 18, 2020 file photo shows a general view of the Al Rayyan stadium during the opening ceremony in Al Rayyan, Qatar. A look at the state of play in Qatar's preparations for the 2022 World Cup amid ongoing criticism of the host nation as qualifying in Europe begins. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, file)

EXPLAINER: Qatar prepares for World Cup amid rights concerns

By Rob Harris Mar. 23, 2021 06:30 PM EDT

13 Oregon counties can start broadening vaccine access

Mar. 23, 2021 12:46 PM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority says 13 counties can start giving COVID-19 vaccines to agricultural workers, people experiencing homelessness...

Governor accelerates Oregon's vaccine eligibility timeline

By Sara Cline Mar. 19, 2021 02:08 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday she is accelerating Oregon's COVID-19 vaccine eligibility timeline in order for vulnerable populations...

FILE - Mary Jenkins, left, received the COVID-19 vaccine in Paterson, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. New Jersey has reached 1 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Just over 3 million people have had at least one of the two-shot vaccines, according to the state Health Department site. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NJ hits 1M full vaccinations, with more people eligible

Mar. 15, 2021 02:57 PM EDT