EU Directive on Transparent & Predictable Working Conditions in the European Union

With the Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions, workers in the EU will have the right to: more complete information on the essential aspects of their work, to be received …

Morrison’s union-busting laws will further repress right to strike

It is well-established that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization’s 1948 Freedom of Association Convention and 1949 Convention on the Right to Organise. However, this is another internationally …

Collective bargaining in Europe: towards an endgame

This collection of four volumes charts the development of collective bargaining since the year 2000 in the 28 EU Member States. These four volumes document how the institutions of collective …

Draft Law on Right to Strike in Morocco Stirs Controversy

The draft law 15-97 on the right to strike, submitted to Parliament for approval, created tensions between work unions and the government. The draft law establishes the basic rules and principles …

Indian unions hold nationwide protest against anti-worker labour law ‘reforms’

A massive wave of protest across the country on 2 August against the Modi government’s corporate friendly labour law reforms highlights the crisis of social dialogue in India. Workers across …

One Year Since the Jasic Incident. Arrests and Detention System with Chinese Characteristics

In July 2018, the labour action at Jasic Technology Co., Ltd in Shenzhen was succeeded by a series of crackdowns towards the strike workers and their fellow supporters as well …

‘Extraordinary act of vandalism’: Burrow calls on Senate to block union-busting bill

The world’s top union leader says the Morrison government’s union-busting legislation has sent “shockwaves around the world”, calling on the Senate crossbench to block it to protect workers’ rights. Sharan …

Secretaría del Trabajo impugna las suspensiones contra la reforma laboral que promueve CTM

La Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) impugnó las dos suspensiones definitivas en contra de la reforma a la Ley Federal del Trabajo que le fueron otorgadas al Sindicato Samuel Chávez Ayala de …

Centrales obreras hacen frente común contra la legitimación de CCT

Representantes de las confederaciones de Trabajadores de México (CTM), la Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos (CROC) y las demás centrales afiliadas al Congreso del Trabajo (CT) han comenzado a organizarse …

Alberta’s Newly Elected Government Looks to the U.S. for Inspiration on Labor Law Reform

“In April, Alberta elected the right-wing United Conservative Party (UCP)to a majority government, ending the one term reign of the left-of-centre New Democratic Party (NDP). The UCP ran on a platform …

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