Powerful US and European fashion companies have refused to pay overseas suppliers for more than $16bn (£12.3bn) of goods since the outbreak of Covid-19, with devastating implications for garment workers …
New Report Claims Extensive Worker Abuses at One of the World’s Largest Logistics Companies
XPO Logistics—one of the ten largest logistics corporations in the world with 97,000 employees at more than 1,500 locations in 30 countries—has long hidden behind the big brands that utilize …
Webinar: Effective Use of Trade Agreement Dispute Mechanisms | Seminario web: Uso efectivo de los mecanismos de queja en los Tratados de Libre Comercio
The ILAW Network is inviting you to the second webinar in the Labor and Trade Series. This webinar will focus on “Effective Use of Trade Agreement Dispute Mechanisms.” The panelists will …
Stranded migrants need safe and dignified return, says independent UN rights panel
‘Left to die’ Citing reports of ill-treatment and torture “every single day in detention camps”, the UN Committee on Migrant Workers raised the alarm over facilities in Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia …
UN plans to make you a ‘gig’ worker with Uber style contracts
It seems UN management are bringing forward plans that, if implemented, will rip up long-established, secure standards of employment and replace them with a model that follows much of the …
How can we better protect migrant workers in the next global crisis?
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, a massive global migration began. While attention focused on vacationers trapped in paradise, or the crowds of expats at airports, millions of Asian migrant workers were also on the move, …
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Digital Piecework
“Silicon Valley capitalists have brought back piecework, using legal gray zones and digital machinery to accelerate the amount of work that goes unpaid. But, bedazzled by the technology and corporate …