The United Steelworkers union (USW) is “disappointed” by the ruling announced at the end of April by the labor panel of the rapid response mechanism (RRM) of the USMCA trade …
ATUMA & former employees v. Unilever (OECD Guidelines)
Allegations On 12 April 2018, a group of former workers of Unilever-Marsavco in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) filed a complaint with the Dutch NCP and UK NCP. On 26 April …
UAW files charges against Mercedes-Benz while employees look to unionize
The United Auto Workers union filed charges in Germany against Mercedes-Benz. This comes after employees at the plant in Vance are working to unionize to protect their rights. “In the …
Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’
Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations in the US are seeking to cripple the country’s top labor watchdog, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), …
Starbucks agrees to US union organizing ‘framework’
Starbucks (SBUX.O), opens new tab and a union seeking to organize the coffee chain’s U.S. workforce said on Tuesday they have agreed to create a “framework” to guide organizing and collective bargaining …
Home Depot Worker Illegally Fired for BLM Sign, NLRB Rules
The Home Depot Inc. must reinstate a worker who was effectively fired for refusing to take the “Black Lives Matter” insignia off their work apron after the National Labor Relations …
NCP Switzerland Final Statement: Specific Instance regarding Lombard Odier submitted by the international trade union IUF
“On 5 April 2023, the Swiss NCP received a written submission by the International Trade Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (hereafter “IUF” or …
Centrales sindicales y ILAW Network piden a la Corte Constitucional en Colombia acabar con la negociación colectiva con NO sindicalizados
En Colombia la Corte Constitucional ha admitido una demanda contra la figura de los “Pactos Colectivos”, por medio de los cuales las empresas negocian directamente con trabajadores no sindicalizados, incluso …
Artículo de Supiot sobre el derecho de huelga en la OIT [Supiot’s article on Right to Strike at ILO]
El gran jurista Alain Supiot ha escrito un artículo en el que comenta la cuestión del Derecho de Huelga en el Comité de Libertad Sindical de la OIT y la …
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Bringing the Right to Strike Home: Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer – Part 1
Individual strikers are protected from dismissal where they are dismissed for participating in ‘protected’ (i.e lawful and official) industrial action, under s. 238A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations …