In Algeria, a dangerous crackdown on independent trade unions

For the past two decades, workers in Algeria have been fighting for the right to form trade unions independent of the government and the official trade union organization UGTA. And, …

Ringing the Alarm at the NLRB

Since the National Labor Relations Board’s takeover by Trump appointees, the NLRB, led by Chairman John Ring, has departed from its mission and historical practice, has issued decisions that fail …

BILL: H.R.2474 – Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and related labor laws to extend protections to union workers. Specifically, it revises the definition of “employee” and “supervisor” to prevent employers …

House Democrats Poised To Pass Major Labor Reforms Boosting Unions

The House is set to vote Thursday on a sweeping plan to overhaul U.S. workplace law in a way that could grow union membership and rejuvenate an ailing labor movement. …

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Negociación colectiva: Sindicato de EsSalud denuncia ante la OIT al Gobierno por decreto de urgencia

El 2018 fue el último año en que los trabajadores, incluido doctores y enfermeras, de EsSalud lograron un convenio de aumento salarial. Esperaban que lo mismo sucediera para el 2019, sin embargo, ahora …

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RESPECTING TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS

This joint publication of NGO Shift and the Netherlands’ Mondiaal FNV  highlights examples of practical approaches businesses have taken, and can take, to respect trade union rights throughout their value …

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CIDH: Informe Empresas y Derechos Humanos: Estándares Interamericanos

El análisis que se realiza en el presente informe parte de la base de las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados en materia de derechos humanos en supuestos en los que …

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Moves against labour rights reveal blind spot in Ukraine’s reform agenda

Ukraine is in the midst of a new round of reforms. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party, Servant of the People, swept to victory in 2019, as both a novelty (he is …

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Clean Slate for Worker Power: Building a Just Economy and Democracy

A year-long Harvard University project drawing on input from U.S. and global practitioners and academics issued a report offering a package of reforms that promise to help stop the self-reinforcing …

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EU will not force statutory minimum wage on Nordic countries

The EU will not force a statutory minimum wage on countries such as Denmark following an outcry by Nordic member states over a threat to their century-old systems of collective bargaining. A …

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