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Oct 11, 2019
4 min

Ecuador: What led to the uprising?

Mass anti-government protests have paralysed Ecuadoran transportation and other services for more than a week. Protesters are angry over...

Oct 9, 2019
3 min

Brutal repression of trade union demonstrations in Eswatini

More than 30 people have been injured as police opened fire on demonstrators during a public sector strike action in former Swaziland. ...

Oct 7, 2019
3 min

Poultry Workers and Allies Organize after Anti-Immigrant Raids

On August 7 the poultry towns of central Mississippi suffered the largest workplace raid in the U.S. since 2006. Some 680...

Oct 3, 2019
4 min

The US is taking action on forced labour in Malaysia's rubber glove industry. Will the EU follow?

Guest blog by Andy Hall Rampant forced labour and exploitation of Asian migrant workers making gloves for medical use in factories in...

Oct 1, 2019
3 min

Victory for Foodora riders strike - collective agreement in place

Foodora workers, known for cycling around Norwegian cities in shocking pink outfits as they deliver food from restaurants, have emerged...

Sep 30, 2019
2 min

Is your phone tainted by the misery of the 35,000 children in Congo's mines?

Demand for minerals like lithium, cobalt, copper, and nickel is expanding as companies race to produce the technology needed to support...

Sep 25, 2019
3 min

European Wine Monopolies: Where Are Your Ethical Standards?

Farm workers in Western Cape, South Africa marched to the embassies of Norway and Sweden to demand the redressal of the inhumane...

Sep 23, 2019
2 min

Abductions targeting workers' rights defenders in Zimbabwe

More than 50 trade union leaders and opposition activists have been abducted in the middle of the night, many of them tortured, in...

Sep 20, 2019
2 min

Confined, beaten and denied leave - but not seen as a slave in India

Bonded labour is India's most prevalent form of slavery, with about 18 million people working without pay in fields, brick kilns, rice...

Sep 18, 2019
3 min

World Cup Has Been Built on the Violation of Human Rights

A report by German broadcaster WDR recently pushed FIFA to admit for the first time that the governing soccer organization did, in fact,...

Sep 16, 2019
2 min

U.S.: The 10 Worst States For Workers Are ‘Right To Work’, While The 10 Best Are Not

If you are looking for the best states for workers, steer clear of “right to work” states, says a new study. The Oxfam America report...

Sep 13, 2019
3 min

Mass Sentencing of Labour Activists and Journalists in Iran

Less than a year after workers’ rights activists in southwestern Iran publicized evidence that Intelligence Ministry agents had tortured...

Sep 12, 2019
3 min

New harassments and threats against Philippine teacher unionists

The number of violations and open hostility to some trade unions have increased under the Duterte administration. The ‘war on drugs’,...

Sep 10, 2019
9 min

Farm workers paying the prize for cheap South African wine

Systembolaget, the Swedish government-owned alcohol monopoly, promises fair conditions – but it also uses its purchasing power to put a...

Sep 6, 2019
2 min

Delivery riders on strike - repairing bicycles for free

142 delivery riders is Oslo, Norway, for the company Foodora are on strike as they demand that the company agrees to a collective...

Aug 28, 2019
1 min

ILO video on workers’ rights in Bangladesh goes viral

An ILO video featuring three young women trade union leaders has gone viral on YouTube. The 3.45 minute advocacy film tells the inspiring...

Aug 27, 2019
4 min

NutriAsia Workers Illegally Arrested, Falsely Charged and Jailed for Exercising Right to Strike

Few hours after the strike commenced on July 6, at about 9:30am, while they were cooking breakfast, combined forces of Philippine ...

Aug 19, 2019
2 min

Unions save all jobs at Harland and Wolff after 3 weeks strike

More than 100 workers have occupied the Belfast site 24-hours a day for almost three weeks as part of a joint GMB / Unite campaign to...

Aug 9, 2019
4 min

Migrant Workers in Qatar Strike Over Work Conditions

Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar went on strike this week to protest what they say are poor working conditions, unpaid and delayed...

Aug 5, 2019
3 min

Don’t bulldoze workers’ rights in India

Trade unions in India protested Friday 2 August against the Modi 2.0 government’s plans to worsen workers’ rights. In the name of...

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