Democratic forces in Myanmar have been fighting for more than three years against a brutal military junta. Trade unions are a crucial...

A strong and broad alliance has taken up the fight against the military junta in Myanmar. At the forefront are female textile workers...

According to a new report by the International  Labour Organization ( ILO) and UNICEF,  the number of children in child labour in the...

Since Myanmar’s military seized power in a brutal coup d’état against the civilian government in February 2021, plunging the nation into...

"Arthur Svensson's International Prize for Trade Union Rights" 2024 is awarded to the courageous trade union leader Khaing Zar Aung from...

In most countries domestic workers are totally or partially excluded from general labour laws, including those concerning working...

Starbucks Workers United announced last week that it has reached a “significant” agreement with the company to take steps toward...

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...

Thousands of informal workers from various unorganized sectors in India rallied outside the Parliament demanding legal protections and...

International labour standards give expression to human rights at work, including the right to work; the right to social security; the...

The military junta regime in Myanmar has arrested over 26,000 dissidents and killed around 400 trade unionists. It has one of the worst...

56 brands have so far signed the new International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry, taking...

Sometimes strikes appear where very fundamental principles are at stake. The Tesla strike in Sweden is one such strike. In our...

The right to strike is fundamental for workers to get a fair deal and for democracy. For nearly 10 years, there has been an impasse on...

The recent developments in Imo State, Nigeria, have sparked a major showdown between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union...

The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights has called on the CEOs of Amazon, Walmart and DoorDash and the US...

Last year the Belarusian independent trade unions that received the Arthur Svensson prize two years ago, were banned and the leaders were...

The killing by Philippine police of a trade union leader Jude Thaddeus Fernandez and death threats against the Arthur Svensson award...

Unsettling scenes unfolded at an iPhone manufacturing factory in southern India when workers, upset about their unpaid wages and working...

Life goes on for the Ukrainian trade unions. But these are very difficult times for working people. Unemployment is rising and there are...