The truth about fast fashion: can you tell how ethical your clothing is by its price?

“What is the true cost of a Zara hoodie? In April 2019, David Hachfeld of the Swiss NGO Public Eye, along with a team of researchers and the Clean Clothes …

Agility Over Stability: China’s Great Reversal in Regulating the Platform Economy

This paper develops a new theoretical framework to analyze Chinese regulatory governance by considering the strategic interaction between four key players involved in the regulatory process: the top leadership, the …

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RETALIATION FUNDS: A NEW TOOL TO TACKLE WAGE THEFT

This paper proposes a practical new tool to make it easier for workers to report wage theft: a retaliation fund that would allow workers to quickly access meaningful financial support when they have …

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100 Years of Advancing Freedom of Association: ILO Convention 11’s role in promoting rights for agricultural workers

“In 1921, the International Labour Conference (ILC) adopted the Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention (No. 11). Convention 11 advanced the principle that all those engaged in agriculture are entitled to …

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India: Covid-19, the Executive, and the Judiciary

“From the declaration of India’s first national lockdown, on 23 March 2020, India’s executive has taken a range of actions, purportedly to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many …

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Transnational Legal Activism in Global Value Chains – The Ali Enterprises Factory Fire and the Struggle for Justice

This book records and analyzes the thinking, strategies and work around the struggle for justice for the survivors and victims of the Ali Enterprises Factory Fire in Pakistan.

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Protection for striking workers: is there an end to the UK anomaly because of Mercer v Alternative Futures Group Protection?

In an important trade union law case, Mercer v Alternative Future Group Limited, the President of the EAT has found that s.146 Trade Union Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (‘TULRCA 1992’) …

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Transatlantic trade co-operation: a lever for environmental and labour protection?

“After the second world war, the United States became the architect and staunchest supporter of a rules-based system of world trade, embodied in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade …

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OECD Complaint: FNV v. Just Eat Takeaway

OECD Complaint filed by FNV against Just Eat accepted by the Dutch National Contact point over violations of workers’ and trade union rights.      

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How to Protect Workers While Protecting the Climate

“Much of the resistance to climate protection lies in a deep fear that, whatever promises may be made, workers who lose their jobs will just be thrown on the economic …