World leaders unite in support of workers rights. Not really.
Leaders of the G20 countries met last week in Brazil. Among other things, they expressed their full support for workers' rights,...
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Nov 213 min read
ILO step-ups action against Myanmar government
The International Labor Organization (ILO) is to begin action against the Myanmar military government amid concerns that has failed to...
Nov 202 min read
Women delivery workers in Mexico unionize and demand rights
In Mexico City, growing numbers of female delivery workers have taken to gig work to make a living. As women bear the burden of care...
Nov 62 min read
Temu and SHEIN fall short in addressing labour issues
Tearfund, in collaboration with Baptist World Aid, reviewed the latest 2024 Ethical Fashion Report to see how companies like Temu and...
Oct 303 min read
Shocking Worker Deaths at Saudi Arabia's Neom Project
Saudi Arabia is embarking on the "Neom City project", which aims to create an innovative urban area in the country. Workers are forced to...
Oct 153 min read
AI underpinned by an invisible and exploited workforce
The AI industry employs large numbers of data labellers in countries in the Global South such as the Philippines, Venezuela, Kenya and...
Oct 83 min read
Deepening Crisis for Cambodia’s Trade Unions
Recent years have seen authorities increasingly clamp down on unions and their leaders who are defending workers’ rights, with jail...
Oct 13 min read
Dangerous ‘Red Tagging’ of Trade Union Leaders in the Philippines
The government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines has harassed and threatened union leaders and their members by...
Sep 252 min read
Corporate underminers of democracy
Corporate underminers of democracy is the ITUC’s list of companies that benefit financially by continuing to violate trade union and...
Aug 283 min read
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...
Aug 142 min read
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 192 min read
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 137 min read
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 43 min read
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 164 min read
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 85 min read
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 112 min read
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 133 min read
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 53 min read
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 282 min read
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...
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