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Oct 7, 20193 min read
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, 20194 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20199 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20194 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20194 min read
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, 20193 min read
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...
Jul 26, 20192 min read
Arthur Svensson prize receiver sentenced to 7 years prison
Erlan Baltabay, the leader of the Oil and Energy workers’ union based in the southern city of Shymkent, has been sentenced to 7 years in...
Jul 17, 20192 min read
Shoppers are cancelling Amazon Prime to support worker protests
Many Amazon workers, globally, have become increasingly discontent with their pay and conditions and they are beginning to take action....
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