Fuyao Beats Labor Case Based on Obama-Backed Netflix Film

“Fuyao Glass America Inc. won’t be prosecuted for alleged labor violations depicted in a recent Academy Award-winning documentary film because the accusations were made too late, a federal labor board …

ETUC Briefing Note: COVID-19 & Trade Union Rights

“Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a wide range of exceptional measures both at EU level and at national level have been taken and/or were/are in preparation and which touch upon …

India’s Liberalisation Project and the Future of Trade Union

This research discusses in detail the failings of the “labor market reform” project in India or the liberalization project of the 1990s. Surveys conducted with the garment workers in the …

Covid-19 and Labour Law. A Global Review

“This special issue of the Italian Labour Law e-Journal intends to provide a systematic and informative overview on the measures set out by lawmakers and/or social partners in a number …

“States responses to Covid 19 threat should not halt freedoms of assembly and association” – UN expert on the rights to freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association, Mr. Clément Voule

“Laws limiting public gatherings, as well as freedom of movement, have been passed in many States. Restrictions based on public health concerns are justified, where they are necessary and proportionate …

Metal unions, police and the Ministry of Labor accused of ‘Samsung union destruction’

The Korean Metal Workers’ Union(KMWU) filed a compensation suit against Korean government, the police officers, The Korea Enterprises Federation(KEF) and consultants who cooperated with Samsung and Samsung for damages caused …

ETUC Briefing Note: Human Rights & COVID-19

This briefing note by the ETUC focuses on the human rights and workers’ rights impacts from the laws, policies, and measures that countries are taking, in particular by ‘declaring states …

Cambodia: State of Emergency bill violates the rule of law

The ICJ today warned that Cambodia’s draft Law on National Administration in the State of Emergency (“State of Emergency bill”) violates basic rule of law principles and human rights, and …

Now Is the Best and Worst Time for Workers to Go on Strike

“On March 28, Chris Smalls felt like giving up. He’d spent days talking with co-workers at the Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in New York City’s Staten Island about how to temporarily …

Under Trump the NLRB Has Gone Completely Rogue

An agency founded to defend workers’ rights is dismantling them just when workers need them most. “Last week, while the country was riveted on the skyrocketing number of Covid-19 cases …

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