EU Commission Proposal Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

“Today, the European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. The proposal aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour throughout global value chains. …

The platform economy in Europe

“Results from the second ETUI Internet and Platform Work Survey (IPWS) This paper presents some of the key insights from the second wave of the ETUI Internet and Platform Work …

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The Future of Unions and Worker Representation: The Digital Picket Line

“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 …

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ILO Committee of Experts of the Application of Conventions and recommendations (CEACR) 2022

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

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ILO Technical Brief: Healthy and Safe Telework

” The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have called for measures to be put in place to protect workers’ health while teleworking. A new technical brief …

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DISPATCH NO. 40 – EUROPEAN UNION THE EU PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE ON IMPROVING WORKING CONDITIONS IN PLATFORM WORK

“On December 9, 2021, the European Commission put forward a Proposal for a Directive on improving working conditions in platform work.2 The Proposal is a part of the European Union’s …

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Draft Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Improving Working Conditions in Platform Work

Here is the full text of the Draft EU Directive on Platform Work “One of the objectives of the Union is the promotion of the well-being of its peoples and …

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Sectoral Bargaining Reforms: Proceed with Caution

“After decades of decline, strike activity grew dramatically in 2018 and 2019.1 Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that these two years marked a thirty-five-year high for the number …

ETUI Policy Brief: Does it Pay to work? Unpaid labour in the platform economy

“Policy recommendations Unpaid labour should be recognised as a systemic feature of platform work, inherent in its current model of work organisation. Its prevalence and magnitude render it a pressing …

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Libro: Trabajo y relaciones laborales en el capitalismo de plataforma global

Este libro proporciona un análisis en profundidad del trabajo y las relaciones laborales dentro del capitalismo de plataforma global con un enfoque específico en las plataformas digitales que organizan los …