“We are using the ILO ruling to tell the world that this is where the rights have been won, and we have secured the victory that we needed.”

Many Commonwealth countries are currently dependent on Britain to facilitate trade across Europe, so the whole Brexit move leaves us very vulnerable. But I don’t even think that Britain knows what Brexit means for them right now. Or for the [...]

“Adequate and quality childcare is not just a critical need for the children involved. It also determines women’s participation in the labour force and the type of work they can take on.”

“Iran likes to portray itself as a theocratic democracy, run according to Islamic principles. In reality, it is a kleptocracy, where the people in power use their authority to steal from working people.”

Digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence are changing the way we produce and work. Work via on-line platforms, ever more widespread, brings flexibility and independence, but also uncertainty and a lack of labour [...]

In the state of Amazonas, extractivists work to pay off debts to their ‘bosses’. For three generations the cycle has bound families to a life of cutting piassava, the palm fibers used to make brooms.