“The current organising drive at Starbucks stores across the USA illustrates both the difficulty for unions in countering the power of multinational companies – and, more importantly, the momentum that can be …
The ILO CEACR has published its 2022 annual report. The CEACR has ‘double footnoted’ the most concerning cases: Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, China, Malawi, and Myanmar
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said on Monday it was selling its stake in budget airline Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) over alleged “human and labour rights abuses” towards its workers. The $23 billion fund …
The vote came after the United States, Mexico and Canada revised a trade agreement that sought to strengthen the hand of workers. Workers at one of the largest General Motors …
Mexican salaries are low, partly because of unions that collude with employers. Workers at a G.M. factory are challenging that system, testing the labor reforms in the reworked North American …
Here is the full decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a case against Guatemala regarding the right to strike, where the Court ruled in the favor of …
Just before the turn of the year, on the 28th December, Spain passed significant labour reforms, described as the “beginning of the end of labour market anomalies involving temporary and precarious …
Garment worker unions in Sri Lanka have signed a ground-breaking agreement with employer association Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) on Monday, in which both parties reached an understanding about how …
Garment workers making clothes for international brands in Karnataka, a major clothing production hub in India, say their children are going hungry as factories refuse to pay the legal minimum …
Digital Transition: An Opportunity to Advance Labour Rights
“With the digital transition, the precise definition of the future of work (its social and human dimensions) requires urgent attention. Recent policymaking developments tell us a little more about whether …