“The COVID-19 pandemic shook the job security of millions of domestic workers and put them at greater risk of abuse, exploitation and trafficking.3 Meanwhile, the pandemic marked an intense period …
Trade Union Transformation and Informal Sector Organising in Uganda: The Prospects and Challenges for Promoting Labour-led Development
“Despite celebrations from governments, corporations and international financial institutions around increasing economic growth, the majority of the world’s urban labour force continues to work under informal conditions, lacking enforceable contracts, …
Total abuses in Uganda: French High Court of Justice declares itself incompetent in favour of the Commercial Court
The Nanterre High Court has handed down its decision on the summary proceedings brought by Friends of the Earth France, Survie and four Ugandan associations (AFIEGO, CRED, NAPE/Friends of the …
NGOs file suit against Total over Uganda oil project
Six NGOs said Wednesday that they had filed a lawsuit against the French energy giant Total over an oil field project in Uganda, accusing it of failing to avert “disastrous …
Men fear us’: Kampala’s market women unite against harassment
Some men are in the habit of touching women, says Nora Baguma, a vendor at Nakawa market, in Uganda’s capital Kampala. “We call them bayaye,” she says, sitting at her banana stall. …
Devoir de vigilance : Total mis en demeure
Des associations mettent en demeure le pétrolier français au nom de la loi de 2017 sur le devoir de vigilance des multinationales. Elles mettent en cause un projet en Ouganda …
Formal notice to Total to comply with the Duty of Vigilance Law
Formal notice to comply with the Duty of Vigilance Law – article L. 225-102-4.-I et II of the French commercial Code
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Tara Peel and John Mark Mwanika on the effects of climate change on workers in Canada and Uganda
“For Tara Peel, a political advisor at the Canadian Labour Congress, just transition is the solution to ensuring that emissions are reduced dramatically in the fight to curb global warming …