In Cambodia, Chinese workers earn more, but pay the price with diminished labour rights
When dusk falls over the city, the diggers roars to life. The small team of workers laying the base of the 46-storey Morgan Tower in […]
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Two decades of labour flexibilisation in Mexico has left workers facing “drastic” precarity
Artemis is now 60 years old and started working when she was a teenager. She has been in formal employment for 38 years, with a […]
From the fields of San Quintin to the supermarkets of North America: Mexican farmworkers call for solidarity
They produce nearly half the fruit and vegetables eaten every year in the United States, according to the US Department of Agriculture. Mexican farm workers, […]
Transition is a given, but what can trade unions in the Global South do to ensure that it’s just?
The 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) begins in Katowice, Poland in a […]
Arrest of ZCTU leaders highlights continued repression of trade unions in Zimbabwe
On 16 November 2018, seven members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – including ZCTU Secretary General Japhet Moyo and ZCTU President Peter […]
Behind the scenes at Disneyland: exploited workers “deserve a share of the magic”
Every night, after the last visitors leave, Artemis Bell rolls up her sleeves and cleans the streets of Disneyland with a pressure washer. “My team […]
In Denmark, a historic collective agreement is turning the “bogus self-employed” into “workers with rights”
In a world first, as of this August, hundreds of workers for a Danish online platform for cleaning in private homes will benefit from significant […]
“If you don’t take them on globally, you won’t win” – how Fight for $15 in the US inspired the UK’s McStrike
“Most of us are on zero hours contracts, so we don’t know how many hours we will be getting each week. The managers cut one […]
The precarious status of domestic workers in Brazil
With almost 7.2 million domestic workers, Brazil has ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 189, covering decent work for those carrying out domestic tasks in the home.
Zimbabwe to introduce Special Economic Zones despite workplace dangers
With the imminent implementation of the pilot of the Special Economic Zones in Zimbabwe, the trade unions in the country are concerned about the high number of occupational health and safety cases. Special Economic Zones the world over are notorious for disregarding workers’ rights, including health and safety.
The Chronicle Herald: the chronicle of a long industrial dispute in defence of the press
“The only thing workers have left to fight with to defend the right to put bread on the table for their children, when all other […]
Kenya’s private guards gain security through union organising
Private security guard John Wafula spends his 12-hour work day on the look out for anything that could harm visitors to the Nation Centre building […]
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