The ILAW Network, together with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and the Workers Rights Consortium, has issued a new policy paper which examines how brands have used …
Smithfield Foods has been fined $13,494 for its failure to mitigate worker exposure to the coronavirus, the first such meatpacking company sanction imposed by OSHA during the pandemic. Nearly 1,300 …
Compartimos con nuestros afiliados y afiliadas una presentación de #ILAWNetwork resúmen de los mecanismos de control de aplicación de Normas Internacionales en la OIT, con especial énfasis en el envío …
A group of Thai airport workers are suing a security company hired by state-owned Airports of Thailand (AOT), saying they were tricked into accepting worse terms with the threat of …
Nizar Kochery has been fighting for migrant workers’ rights in the courts for decades, but he has never felt so overwhelmed. As the coronavirus pandemic forced tens of thousands of South …
“The COVID-19 crisis and its economic and social impacts are particularly harsh for workers in the informal economy and their families. Almost 1.6 billion informal workers are affected by the …
These are tough times for workers, with COVID-related risks layered atop a grossly distorted power disparity that has long enabled businesses to degrade working conditions and violate labor laws. Workers …
“Fueled in no small part by catastrophic leadership failures in the White House, more than 186,000 lives have been lost so far from COVID-19, and the tally increases each day. It …
The View from the Ground: How the Sudden Lockdown in Delhi Continues to Affect Informal Workers
“On March 24, 2020, India was put into complete lockdown with just 4 hours’ notice. The draconian lockdown, both in its design and implementation, showed no regard for the urban poor who …