Does Private Labor Regulation Work? Probably Not

Forced to rely on the results that most fashion brands share on their websites, the picture is more Monet than (early) Manet, more romance than realism. But where monitors and …

من "معلق أخلاقي" إلى "ممثل حازم"؟ كيف تنظم منظمة العمل الدولية (ILO) مجال العلاقات الصناعية الدولية

"لطالما اعتمد العمل الجماعي من جانب منظمة العمل الدولية على قدرة مكتب العمل الدولي ، الأمانة الدائمة لمنظمة العمل الدولية ، على ...

تجاوز المستوى 1: استخدام نهج الأنظمة لتحسين ظروف العمل في سلاسل التوريد العالمية

"التعامل مع الموردين خارج المستوى الأول يمثل تحديًا خاصًا. لكنه أمر حيوي ، حيث إن أكبر المخاطر الاجتماعية والبيئية غالبًا ما تكون مخفية في أسفل سلسلة التوريد. منظمة العمل الدولية ...

Trade Union Comments: LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT TO REGULATE, IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, THE ACTIVITIES OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

“Trade Union Comments The trade unions welcome the publication of the second revised draft of the Legally Binding Instrument by the Chairmanship of the Open-ended Inter-governmental Working Group (OEIGWG). With …

The #PayUp Campaign is intensifying, but don’t forget the women workers leading the movement

“As a usual spectator of billionaire brands evading responsibility for their workers, even I was taken back by the news that broke out earlier this year that brands were refusing …

Unmet Gender Promises: Making IFI policies and projects deliver on gender equal rights

“This report demonstrates that projects funded by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) often undermine the livelihoods and health of women, men, and sexual minorities (SGMs). One major reason is that the …

Labor And Trade: Prioritize The Workers

In 1947, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom led 20 other countries to negotiate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The agreement strove to promote economic …

UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Assembly Report: Celebrating women in activism and civil society: the enjoyment of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association by women and girls

“In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clement N. Voule, recognizes and elevates the contributions of women in civil …

ITUC Legal Guide – Telework

More than 59 countries have introduced telework as a measure to ensure social distancing in order to contain the spread of COVID-19. Even countries that did not introduce lockdown measures …

Fashion companies want cheaper goods—and it’s garment workers who are paying

US and European fashion companies canceled a huge volume of orders from their suppliers after Covid-19 hammered sales earlier this year. The consequences were far-reaching. Many of those factories are in low-wage …

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