In Turkey, the right to freedom of association and unionisation remains under threat
With their faces wrapped in traditional white scarves, they spend hours in silence at the gates of the country’s prisons: more than 45 days outside […]
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Is it time for a four-day work week?
This March, the UK Labour Party commissioned an inquiry into a shorter working week following calls from campaigners and trade unions to reduce the number […]
Australian unions seek to “balance the power of the powerful” in historic election
On 18 May, Australians will cast their votes in an election that has workers’ rights at centre-stage. In what has been declared by the main […]
Meet the women succeeding in the fishing industry
In the port of General Santos, the centre of the Filipino tuna industry, Mercy Ong is one of the few women who gives orders. When […]
Workers in Tanzania’s noisy factories are at risk of hearing damage
Excessive exposure to noise can cause permanent hearing loss. It’s estimated that a third of disabling hearing problems in the world are caused by excessive exposure to […]
The silent death of workers in India
Every morning, groups of men squat on the pavement in the streets of Delhi and wait for a truck to pick them up and bring […]
‘Made in Tunisia’: the worker-casualties of the globalisation of the textile industry
The manager “threw the keys down and left, passport in hand,” says one of the former employees of the small garment factory in Ksar Hellal […]
Women farm workers achieve justice on the job in Morocco
Wrapped in a warm pink headscarf and thick layers of sweaters and shirts, Nezha Chafik, a farm worker in Morocco, bends as she walks between […]
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 […]
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, […]
France’s mental health professionals are on the verge of a breakdown
With a megaphone in one hand and leaflets in the other, Isabelle Bouligaud walks back and forth in front of a crowd of nurses and […]
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