After 2011, Myanmar engaged in a semi-controlled path to democracy and many Burmese migrant workers returned home to set up businesses, thanks to the skills and capital they acquired while working abroad. But the recent coup has disrupted this [...]

“There was a turning point around 2015 when the general public started becoming aware of problems in the industry. We began to realise that if we wanted our industry to work well we needed unions.”

The earthquake was the final blow for an already overstretched health system in Idlib province, exhausted by ten years of war, bombing, and the recent outbreaks of coronavirus and cholera.

Mass layoffs have hit large tech companies since the end of last year. Previously well-paid workers suddenly became the target of brutal firings. It is a move that might have been taken to silence workers, but it might just have the opposite [...]

“Under incredibly difficult circumstances, and frequently at great personal risk, trade unionists have been delivering humanitarian assistance and working to keep the economy, especially vital services, going.”

Since the controversial elections in August 2020 and the subsequent protest movement, and even more so since the beginning of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the whole of civil society in Belarus has come under threat from the government of Alexander [...]

Cameroon is one of Africa’s most successful footballing nations. But away from the spotlight of the country’s celebrated national team, local players face exploitation and precarious conditions. They are underpaid and lack social security while the clubs they play for act with [...]

The world is reeling from recent tech job losses and the global recession. But Ireland is well positioned to respond to these challenges if it can address its labour market inequality.

It is clear that the popular narrative about worker shortages and layoffs is aimed at building a cultural consensus against workers and the labour movement, and is based on biased, partial, and even contradictory definitions.

Recognition is lacking when it comes to the ailments and diseases associated with agricultural work, such as those caused by exposure to potentially toxic substances. And the workers affected are often faced with barriers to health [...]