A couple of years ago, Novie Dale Carmen paid $20,000 to quit her nursing job. She was less than halfway to fulfilling the three-year commitment she’d made to Health Carousel LLC, …
ILO Committee of Experts of the Application of Conventions and recommendations (CEACR) 2022
The ILO CEACR has published its 2022 annual report. The CEACR has ‘double footnoted’ the most concerning cases: Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, China, Malawi, and Myanmar
Danish pension fund ditches Wizz Air over labour rights
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said on Monday it was selling its stake in budget airline Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) over alleged “human and labour rights abuses” towards its workers. The $23 billion fund …
G.M. workers in Mexico pick an independent union, a trade deal test case.
The vote came after the United States, Mexico and Canada revised a trade agreement that sought to strengthen the hand of workers. Workers at one of the largest General Motors …
Conditions at a General Motors Plant in Mexico Spur a Labor Challenge
Mexican salaries are low, partly because of unions that collude with employers. Workers at a G.M. factory are challenging that system, testing the labor reforms in the reworked North American …
IACtHR: HUMANOS CASO EXTRABAJADORES DEL ORGANISMO JUDICIAL VS. GUATEMALA
Here is the full decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a case against Guatemala regarding the right to strike, where the Court ruled in the favor of …
Spanish Government restores sectoral collective bargaining
Just before the turn of the year, on the 28th December, Spain passed significant labour reforms, described as the “beginning of the end of labour market anomalies involving temporary and precarious …
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Posición y propuestas del movimiento sindical en Colombia sobre Piso de Protección Social
Luego de que la Corte Constitucional colombiana declarara inexequible el Piso de Protección Social que había implementado el Gobierno Nacional y diera un plazo para que se legisle adecuadamente sobre …