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50 million people live in modern slavery
Modern slavery is hidden in plain sight and is deeply intertwined with life in every corner of the world. Each day, 50 million people are...
Sep 5, 20234 min read


The Luxury Brands Exploiting Garment Workers
Exploitative labour practices are pervasive within the fashion industry, and luxury brands are no exception. Contrary to popular belief,...
Aug 30, 20232 min read


Azerbaijan: Labour activists targeted as new unions emerge
The existing trade unions in the oil-rich former Soviet republic are strongly tied to the regime and the labour rights are weak....
Aug 24, 20232 min read


Indonesian domestic workers go on hunger strike
Last Monday activists started a hunger strike to protest against the parliament's delay in passing a bill to protect domestic workers....
Aug 16, 20233 min read

#WeStandBYyou #StandWithBelarus
After the falsified elections on August 9, 2020, Belarus experienced a large-scale wave of protests, which became the largest in the last...
Aug 9, 20232 min read


The award ceremony in Oslo
The "Arthur Svensson Prize" 2023 was awarded to the International Domestic Workers Federation. The award ceremony was in Oslo 14th of...
Jun 20, 20231 min read

Cambodia: Union leader jailed - shocking abuse of human rights
Six months ago, a woman trade union leader from Cambodia was on her way home from Melbourne, where she attended the world congress of the...
May 31, 20233 min read


A new bill to protect Indonesia’s domestic workers this month
Indonesia is the largest democracy in the world without a law to protect its domestic workers. That may be about to change, with a bill...
May 9, 20232 min read


IDWF and Elizabeth Tang receives The Arthur Svensson Prize 2023
The "Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights" 2023 is awarded to the "International Domestic Workers Federation"...
Apr 30, 20232 min read


Myanmar: trade unionists in the firing line
Martial law, amendments to the penal code and anti-terrorism laws allow trade unionists to be tried as if traitors. Many have been...
Apr 26, 20235 min read


Belarus: ILO tightens pressure over workers’ rights violations
The Lukashenko regime has continued the persecution of trade unionists, imprisoning several union leaders and staff in recent months and...
Mar 29, 20233 min read


Belarus authorities continue to crack down on union activists
Authorities in Belarus continue to crack down on what is left of the independent union movement in the country. Since the raids against...
Mar 8, 20232 min read


The dark side of IKEA
As a company based in Sweden, which is home to some of the world’s most powerful unions, you would think that IKEA would be an employer...
Mar 1, 20233 min read


Full-scale attack on Ukraine’s labour rights
Along with Russia's full-scale invasion which is unforgivable, Ukrainians are facing another threat: Since March 2022 workers have also...
Feb 16, 20233 min read


ILO mission after wave of killings of trade unionists
A team from the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded last week a probe into labour rights in the Philippines after three...
Feb 9, 20234 min read


Release Belarusian trade unionists!
Since April 2022 the Belarusian government has been carrying out systematic repression against independent trade unions in Belarus. Till...
Jan 24, 20234 min read

Qatargate: What the scandal reveals about the global trade union movement
In early December, the newly-elected leader of the International Trade Union Confederation, Luca Visentini, was arrested in Brussels as...
Jan 11, 20233 min read

A new generation of union leaders could transform Armenia’s labour relations
The legacy of Soviet labour relations and legal obstructions to striking have left Armenian trade unions with a poor reputation and...
Jan 4, 20233 min read


The leaders of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions on trial today
In April and May 2022, a wave of searches and detentions of activists of the independent trade union movement swept through Belarus, and...
Dec 20, 20222 min read


The trial of the leaders of the BKDP starts soon
In April and May 2022, a wave of searches and detentions of activists of the independent trade union movement swept through Belarus, and...
Dec 6, 20222 min read
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