The boom in teleworking triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of mental health in the workplace and initial steps are being taken to change a work culture characterised by long hours in the office and low [...]

A key task for those elected is to rethink the development model that has been pursued for over 30 years, with appalling results. If we succeed in turning trade union proposals into public policy, the principles of ever more decent work will become a [...]

The country is currently discussing a reform of its labour code, which has been in force for 30 years.

Saleemul Huq, the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development, and Swedish business minister Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson both believe that the transition to a low-carbon company should not leave fossil fuel workers [...]

The same gig economy that promises flexibility to women workers also compels them to work beyond their capacity to break even. Despite the veneer of modernity, the gig economy is no better than the traditional labour market for India’s working [...]

“During Covid, the government provided support for the formal sector, but the informal sector had nothing: construction, brick kilns, nothing. This is inhumane.”

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.

Despite facing racism and discrimination, close to 500,000 Haitian migrants try to survive in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican government has made the fight against undocumented migration one of its priorities.

Domestic work in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the main source of employment for thousands of people, mainly women living in extreme poverty.

Home healthcare is a fast-growing sector in the United States, with a large percentage of women, minority and immigrant workers. However, the appreciation for such essential labour during the Covid-19 pandemic has not translated into acceptable pay and conditions, with many workers unable to [...]