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May 5
9 min

COVID-19 has ignited new struggles over workers’ health and safety

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted how governments’ approaches to workers’ health and safety have fallen short in preventing the spread...

Apr 29
10 min

Belarus: Authorities target independent trade unions

The Belarusian authorities are ruthlessly targeting independent trade unions which received this year's Arthur Svensson Prize. The...

Apr 22
4 min

A Call for Urgent Action on Myanmar

Trade unions can only fully and freely function in democracies. It is also true that democracy cannot be complete without trade unions....

Apr 9
2 min

The independent trade unions in Belarus is awarded the Arthur Svensson Prize

The «Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights» for 2021 is awarded to the independent trade union movement in Belarus,...

Mar 19
2 min

Racism is a trade union issue

Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the need to urgently uproot and dismantle systemic inequalities...

Feb 24
3 min

Workers' rights under threat as online work surges

Digital labour platforms have increased five-fold worldwide in the last decade according to the ILO’s latest World Employment and Social...

Feb 12
4 min

Trade Unions and the Struggle for Democracy

Unless assuming power and relinquishing it are based on the will of the people, government cannot be legitimate. Although they have...

Feb 3
2 min

Increased repression in Belarus - prison sentences for strikes

Tens of thousands of people have taken part in strikes and demonstrations in the country since Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in...

Feb 1
2 min

Thousands of slaves in Brazil

Forced labour, an exhausting working routine, degrading conditions, and debt servitude are some of the characteristics of what is termed...

Jan 13
3 min

Pandemic wage theft

As employment sectors became impacted by COVID-19, many migrant workers were forced to accept poorer terms and conditions of employment,...

Jan 4
9 min

The unions kept us strong through 2020

Amid the devastation and misery brought by the pandemic, workers across the world was the core of the resistance, calling to account...

Dec 8, 2020
3 min

New digital platform shines light on labour rights issues in fashion supply chains

Based on cheap prices, speed, and maximising profits, the fashion industry has long been built on poverty wages, exploitation and...

Nov 30, 2020
3 min

Solidarity with Filipino workers' fight

In the darkest time since the end of the dictatorship of President Marcos in 1986, the trade union movement in the Philippines has come...

Nov 17, 2020
3 min

India: Brutal attack on workers’ ability to safeguard their rights

BJP-led Central government has actively excluded trade unions from pre-legislative consultations on drafting the new labour codes,...

Nov 11, 2020
2 min

We need a binding treaty to to end corporate impunity

Negotiations on a legally binding instrument were recently held in Geneva. If adopted, the instrument will make companies legally liable...

Nov 5, 2020
2 min

The situation of trade unions in Myanmar

Trade unions in garment factories in Myanmar are systematically hampered in their work. New trade unions at garment factories in Myanmar...

Oct 29, 2020
2 min

Nominations are open for the Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights 2021

We hereby invite unions all over the world to nominate candidates for next year's award of the Arthur Svensson international prize for...

Oct 20, 2020
2 min

Child labor on the rise in the cocoa industry

The world’s chocolate companies depend on cocoa produced with the aid of more than 1 million West African child workers, according to a...

Oct 13, 2020
2 min

Farmworkers in South Africa take to the streets

The Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural & Allied Workers (CSAAWU) took to the streets of Robertson winery 7th of October. The winner of...

Oct 8, 2020
3 min

New global index shows catastrophic failure to tackle inequality

Very low spending on public healthcare, weak social safety nets and poor labour rights meant the majority of the world’s countries were...

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