Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections

The Trump administration has moved forward with a plan to end collective bargaining with federal unions across a swath of government agencies, even after arguing in federal court that it would …

Tinubu’s NIRP 2025: Not Reform, But A Brazen Assault On Labour Rights And Democratic Freedoms

THE MINISTER of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, announced last week – Thursday, July 31, 2025 – that the Federal Government had approved a new National Industrial Relations Policy …

ILO Working Paper: The role of collective bargaining in promoting just transitions

This working paper explores the role of collective bargaining in achieving a just transition, drawing on recent literature and a sample of 512 collective agreements. An in-depth study of six …

Court allows Trump to end union bargaining for federal workers

 A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge’s order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to engage in union …

Jury awards KY firefighters $1M for unlawful firing after unionization

A federal jury recently awarded two former Kentucky firefighters $1 million after they were fired for forming a union. Jamie Bottom and Derrick Steele received the award July 18 after …

Negotiating Tech: An Inventory of U.S. Union Contract Provisions for the Digital Age

This searchable inventory documents how unions have addressed workplace technologies through collective bargaining. It includes provisions from more than 175 agreements, drawn from a review of over 500 contracts, and …

Por financiar el paramilitarismo en Colombia, siete exdirectivos de la multinacional bananera Chiquita Brands fueron condenados a más de 11 años de cárcel

En una decisión histórica para la verdad, la justicia y la reparación en el marco del conflicto armado, el Juzgado Sexto Penal del Circuito Especializado de Antioquia condenó a siete …

Gig Drivers Unionize Without Employee Status Under State Plans

Lawmakers in California and Illinois are proposing to let ride-hail drivers unionize and bargain for better wages and benefits, without changing their status as independent contractors. Both state legislatures are …

Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada

On July 2, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1518 in British Columbia announced that more than 500 Uber drivers in Greater Victoria have unionized.  This historic decision follows months of organizing …

Weaponising the Labour Codes

In early 2024, the provincial governments of Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan unveiled the draft Labour Codes that seek to repeal 25 existing labour laws and replace them with unified, …