Legal Change and Legal Mobilisation: What Does Strategic Litigation Mean for Workers and Trade Unions?

This article addresses the question of what strategic litigation means for workers and trade unions. Drawing on the existing literature and on a series of semi-structured interviews with union officials, …

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DHAN KUMAR LIMBU & 23 OTHERS and DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

The High Court agreed to stay the proceedings against two U.K. Dyson subsidies and to set aside an order serving Dyson Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd., the manufacturer’s Malaysian arm, into the English claim. …

UNHRC Resolution: Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

In a resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age, the UN Human Rights Council called upon all States to respect and protect the right to privacy, including in …

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Exercising workers rights in algorithmic management systems

“Lessons learned from the Glovo-Foodinho digital labour platform case With the Platform Work Directive still under negotiation and the ETUC calling for an EU Directive on Algorithmic Systems at Work, groundbreaking research …

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ILO Working Paper: A Global Fund for Social Protection

Lessons from the diverse experiences of global health, agriculture and climate funds  “The recent social, ecological and economic crises have not only revealed the gaps in social protection systems across …

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UNHRC Resloution: Centrality of care and support from a human rights perspective

In a resolution on the centrality of care and support from a human rights perspective, the UN Human Rights Council decided to request the High Commissioner for Human Rights to …

What Happens When Nurses Are Hired Like Ubers

“Shawnika Howell has been a nurse for 13 years, primarily in long-term care, but around the time of the winter 2021 COVID-19 surge, she decided to find some extra work …

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Special Issue – COVID-19: Labour, Migration, and Exploitation

“This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of low-wage, migrant, and informal workers. With contributions from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Europe, Nigeria, …

THE LATEST US EXPORT TO BRAZIL? LEGALIZED LABOR EXPLOITATION

“On September 14, 2023, a Brazilian labor judge found that Uber drivers in Brazil are employees and ordered the company to pay two hundred million dollars in punitive damages for their long-term …

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Building Worker Power in Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Apparel, Cocoa, and Seafood

“This working paper is about the campaigners and worker organizers in the global South and North who have challenged the persistent lack of government and corporate accountability for workers’ rights …