Equal Times

4 March 2019

Human rights

Child athletes lose big on lagging rights in sport

Gigi Alford: Sport governing bodies must put children and athletes above profits and medals.Read the full article

28 February 2019

Labour

We’ll tell you what we want, what we really, really want: freedom, safety and a living wage for garment workers

Clean Clothes Campaign: “Taking decisive action would demand that brands reach deeper into their profit margins and cut a bigger slice of the pie for those whose hard labour is behind the clothes that fills their glossy shops.”Read the full article

25 January 2019

Politics & economy

India – a test case for democracy, rights and freedom in 2019

Sharan Burrow: What is at stake is finding leaders who will govern in the interests of working people, leaders who will stand up to corporate greed and influence, leaders who will listen and keep their promises.Read the full article

18 January 2019

Politics & economy

We need to reimagine democracy to create a better life for all

Mandeep Tiwana: Through meaningful democratic participation, better decisions can be taken, and decision-makers can be made more accountable.Read the full article

10 January 2019

Human rights

The right to food has been violated in Greece. Now what?

Sylvia Kay: The consequences of eight years of savage cuts will be felt for decades to come: food insecurity and rural unemployment are just two examples.Read the full article

20 December 2018

Labour

Steering seafarers’ pay to a new high-water mark

Mark Dickinson: “We are determined to keep up pressure on the shipowners – not just because we believe that workers should be paid more, but because high skills and higher wages offer our industry a better future than the [...]Read the full article

13 December 2018

Labour

More robots, fewer rights: labour trends in electronics manufacturing

Kan Matsuzaki: The question, ultimately, is who pays for, and who benefits from, a transition to Industry 4.0?Read the full article

6 December 2018

Labour

North Korean worker demands accountability for slave labour in supply chain

Imke van Gardingen: “This is an interesting case to follow, and it could open the door of justice for other labourers who are being exploited for the benefit of end-users at the top of the supply chain.”Read the full article

29 November 2018

Politics & economy

The 2018 midterms and the emerging class consciousness in the US

Karen Nussbaum: “In the long run, building strong unions will do more for democracy in the US than any wave election.”Read the full article

21 November 2018

Politics & economy

The 2019 Nigerian general elections: what’s at stake for the working poor?

Akhator Joel Odigie: With an estimated 75 per cent of all working Nigerians in the informal economy, the need to improve the lives of working people is more urgent than ever in the run-up to the February 2019 [...]Read the full article

12 November 2018

Environment

Atlantic bigeye tuna is approaching collapse: fishery managers must act now

Grantly Galland: “If fishery managers allow business as usual to continue, the population is 60 times more likely to totally collapse within the next 15 years than to recover to sustainable levels.”Read the full article

8 November 2018

Human rights

Ageism: the most acceptable form of human rights violation?

Nena Georgantzi : “There is something fundamentally flawed with those assumptions that consider the discrimination and exclusion of older people as more acceptable than the discrimination and exclusion of people on the ground of their gender, race or [...]Read the full article

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