Labour exploitation in the Western Balkans
After a brief decline, labour exploitation in the Western Balkans is on the rise again, threatening the already fragile economic and...
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- Aug 14
- 2 min
Companies fail to ensure human rights and decent work
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has today published its first Social Benchmark , assessing the world’s 2,000 most influential...
- Jun 19
- 2 min
Democratic workers’ rights crumbling: 2024 ITUC Global Rights Index
The ITUC Global Rights Index is a comprehensive review of workers’ rights in law ranking 151 countries against a list of 97 indicators...
- Jun 13
- 7 min
Myanmar’s trade unions are facing brutal retaliation
Democratic forces in Myanmar have been fighting for more than three years against a brutal military junta. Trade unions are a crucial...
- Jun 4
- 3 min
Trade unions fight the military junta in Myanmar
A strong and broad alliance has taken up the fight against the military junta in Myanmar. At the forefront are female textile workers...
- May 16
- 4 min
Child labour is increasing
According to a new report by the International Labour Organization ( ILO) and UNICEF, the number of children in child labour in the...
- May 8
- 5 min
Brands must divest from Myanmar
Since Myanmar’s military seized power in a brutal coup d’état against the civilian government in February 2021, plunging the nation into...
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Khaing Zar Aung from Myanmar is awarded the Arthur Svensson Prize
"Arthur Svensson's International Prize for Trade Union Rights" 2024 is awarded to the courageous trade union leader Khaing Zar Aung from...
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Standing up for domestic workers matters
In most countries domestic workers are totally or partially excluded from general labour laws, including those concerning working...
- Mar 5
- 3 min
Starbucks and workers’ union agree to talks
Starbucks Workers United announced last week that it has reached a “significant” agreement with the company to take steps toward...
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Oil workers prevailed in a historic strike in Norway
9 British oil workers went on strike for almost a year. Now they get a collective agreement and pay rises. The LO union IE&FLT has now...
- Feb 8
- 6 min
Informal Workers in India Rally for Labour Rights
Thousands of informal workers from various unorganized sectors in India rallied outside the Parliament demanding legal protections and...
- Jan 25
- 3 min
Workers' rights is an essential part of human rights
International labour standards give expression to human rights at work, including the right to work; the right to social security; the...
- Jan 11
- 4 min
Myanmar: A challenge for the world’s unions
The military junta regime in Myanmar has arrested over 26,000 dissidents and killed around 400 trade unionists. It has one of the worst...
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Signing on for workers' rights in the Textile and Garment Industry
56 brands have so far signed the new International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry, taking...
- Nov 30, 2023
- 6 min
The Tesla strike is a battle we cannot lose
Sometimes strikes appear where very fundamental principles are at stake. The Tesla strike in Sweden is one such strike. In our...
- Nov 14, 2023
- 3 min
Landmark decision on right to strike
The right to strike is fundamental for workers to get a fair deal and for democracy. For nearly 10 years, there has been an impasse on...
- Nov 8, 2023
- 2 min
Trade unions declare total strike in Imo State, Nigeria
The recent developments in Imo State, Nigeria, have sparked a major showdown between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union...
- Nov 2, 2023
- 4 min
UN blasts Amazon, Walmart, DoorDash for ‘shameful’ wages and union-busting
The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights has called on the CEOs of Amazon, Walmart and DoorDash and the US...
- Oct 24, 2023
- 3 min
Solidarity conference with banned Belarusian trade unions
Last year the Belarusian independent trade unions that received the Arthur Svensson prize two years ago, were banned and the leaders were...
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