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18 July 2022
Labour
There is no quick fix to the current aviation industry crisis
Eoin Coates: Social dialogue and collective bargaining are needed in every airport and with every airline to ensure working conditions improve across the industry and that cabin crew, pilots and ground handling workers are paid the wages they are [...]Read the full article
28 June 2022
Labour
We need a new social contract to rebuild workers’ trust and lives
Sharan Burrow: The 2022 ITUC Global Rights Index reveals a dire situation for working people across the world. We must reverse this trend.Read the full article
23 June 2022
Human rights
The Sri Lankan state is using violence to unleash fury on its citizens, as its political and economic crisis deepens
Niro Kandasamy: Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since independence, and the responses of the state indicate it is incapable of protecting its citizens.Read the full article
9 June 2022
Politics & economy
It’s time to rebuild the WTO and make international trade a lever for sustainable development
Arnaud Zacharie: The existential crisis facing the WTO, which is holding its 12th ministerial conference from 12 to 15 June, is an opportunity to reform it to make world trade more consistent with sustainable development [...]Read the full article
19 May 2022
Human rights
Our leaders need to stop repeating the myth that refugees are an economic burden
Sunit Bagree: The notion that refugees are an economic drain on countries that provide them with sanctuary is simply false.Read the full article
3 May 2022
Human rights
The media are our greatest allies, and we need to be theirs
Annie Game: We need to value and support the critical work of journalists countering the mis- and disinformation flooding our communications channels, especially during crises, conflicts, and elections. The good news is that when the media and civil society [...]Read the full article
8 April 2022
Human rights
The 2026 World Cup is our chance to show why democratic values are better
Cathy Feingold: As players from the US and around the world prepare for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA must improve its track record of turning a blind eye to authoritarians and ‘sportswashing’ human rights [...]Read the full article
7 April 2022
Labour
Long-term care is in crisis; building worker power is the solution
Christy Hoffman: The broken global long-term care system can be repaired, and worker power is a fundamental part of the solution. The pandemic has proven this.Read the full article
8 March 2022
Human rights
The women’s movement and informal vendors: “Nothing for us without us!”
Angélique Katani Kipulu: Every day we can see them in the markets and on the streets making a living without decent working conditions. These women are the backbone of our economy and our communities, but they remain invisible, marginalised and often [...]Read the full article
3 March 2022
Labour
Procuring decent work: changing the rules of public procurement can deliver lasting improvements for essential workers
a cross-party alliance of Members of the European Parliament: Collective bargaining is essential. It’s time we ensured essential workers benefitted from it. We join over 100 MEPs across party lines to call for companies to only be awarded public contracts if they have implemented collective agreements. [...]Read the full article
17 February 2022
Labour
Labour relations: from despotism to dialogue
Eduardo Magaldi González: Collective bargaining is once again at the centre of the settlement of industrial relations thanks to the labour reform recently passed by the Spanish parliament.Read the full article
3 February 2022
Politics & economy
This Beijing Olympics, ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’ also applies to Omicron
Annie Sparrow: “The substandard, get-by-on-the-cheap procedures that the Chinese government and the IOC have instituted for the Beijing Olympics risk lowering global standards for everyone. It is unlikely that only athletes will pay the [...]Read the full article
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