In our globalised economy, as consumers and citizens, we are increasingly confronted with the impact of our purchases on the lives and health of those who produce and make our food and day-to-day objects.Read the full article
The International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) latest annual survey on workers’ rights around the world is published on 7 June.Read the full article
Ninety-eight per cent of the workers who lost their lives in 2017 were non-union or temporary workers.Read the full article
“Social media works, but the Lebanese government should bring these women under the protection of the labour law.”Read the full article
Afghanistan is currently the most dangerous place in the world to be a journalist.Read the full article
The death of a Senegalese street vendor has reopened the debate on the decriminalisation of street vending in Spain.Read the full article
Despite the roadmap to eradicate child labour by 2022, published by the Indonesian government in 2015, the presence of minors in the country’s factories and plantations continues to be an everyday reality. Pending concrete measures, the development and the lives of thousands of children remain under [...]Read the full article
Today, 445 factories with more than 216,000 workers have unions to represent their interests and protect their rights.Read the full article
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s hold on power is shored up in a large way by his divvying up of the country’s natural and economic resources amongst his political allies; to make a meaningful effort to put an end to deforestation would be to destroy one of the pillars of his [...]Read the full article
Bilateral agreements cannot offer concrete solutions unless Gulf countries take a lead in reforming their own labour laws.Read the full article
One in every five overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is a domestic worker and every year many of them suffer from terrible, even fatal, abuse.Read the full article
“The state is still encouraging the use of asbestos today, through its programmes to build social housing.”Read the full article
