The ILO Committee on the Application of Standards call on the Belarusian government to “immediately restore full respect for the rights...

On June 7, an online meeting of the ILO Committee on Standards took place, which considered the issue of violation of the norms of the...

The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with school closures and inadequate government assistance, is...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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