International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network (ILAW Network) is a membership organization for union and worker rights’ lawyers. The core mission of the ILAW Network is to bring together legal practitioners and scholars in an exchange of ideas and information in order to best represent the rights and interests of workers and their organizations wherever they may be.
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How Temp Agencies Keep Their Workers’ Wages Low
The Biden administration has targeted noncompete agreements. But other tactics depress worker wages. When Fredy Amador worked as a quality technical specialist for a temp agency in Chicago, he and …
Peru: Congress approved law that establishes labor rights for delivery drivers
This bill, which still has a second vote pending, would provide labor rights to delivery men , including the payment of utilities and health insurance. The Congress of the Republic approved last Friday an opinion that …
Final settlement for Brazil’s Samarco dam disaster could reach $19 bln, governor says
A definitive settlement with miner Samarco and owners, BHP Group (BHP.AX) and Vale SA (VALE3.SA), for the damage caused by a burst tailings dam in 2015 could reach 100 billion reais ($19.06 billion), …
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Webinar: Using ILO Recommendation 204 to secure the rights to collective bargaining and to participate in social dialogue
The ILAW Network and WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) invite you to attend the third webinar in our series on strategies to extend labor rights to informal …
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Taiwan’s foreign factory workers face rights violations amid latest Covid outbreak
“Taiwan may be at the tail-end of its worst Covid outbreak since the pandemic began, but migrant workers are still facing draconian lockdown measures that rights advocates describe as “discriminatory”. …