Centers for migrants in Senegal and Mauritania

The report shows a good practice for protection migrant workers in Mauritania and Senegal. ITUC helps Mauritania to build a migrant workers center in Nouakchott to provide assistance to Senegalese …

United Kingdom: Nicholson v Grainger plc, 2010  

  This case explains discrimination with respect to philosophical beliefs held by employees.  The Court held an employee’s philosophical beliefs are protected – and therefore are a belief – provided …

United Kingdom: Ministry of Defence v DeBique, 2010

  This case is about an Army claimant who had given birth and alleged sex and race discrimination.  She claimed that she suffered indirect discrimination because she had to care …

United Kingdom: Eagle Place Services Ltd & Ors v Rudd, 2009

This case concerns disability discrimination.  The claimant was disabled but had worked for a law firm with accommodations and adjustments before he was dismissed.  The Court held that the employer …

Labor Relations in the National Hockey League: A Model of Transnational Collective Bargaining

This article (IN 20 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 147 (2009)) explores the structure of the National Hockey League’s labor relations system, which covers a labor sector extending from the United …

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The Philippines: Republic Act 9710 Magna Carta of Women

This is a summary of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) in Philippines. MCW is “a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, …

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South Korea: Court decision regarding standard for legitimate industrial action (Case Number: 2007Du12859)

This is a court decision which sets forth the standard for legitimate industrial action under the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act. (English) https://library.scourt.go.kr/SCLIB_data/decision/6-51%20Supreme%20Court%20Decision%202007Du12859%20Decided%20June%2023.htm (Korean) https://glaw.scourt.go.kr/wsjo/panre/sjo100.do?saNo=2007%EB%91%9012859&bubNm=%EB%8C%80%EB%B2%95%EC%9B%90

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“The diversity and politics of trade unions’ responses to minority ethnic and migrant workers: The context of the UK”

Research Article Abstract Posted in Front of Paywall: “The article first argues that there is a range of approaches and models developed in relation to the question of representing ethnic …

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Doe v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling that offers significant protection to U.S. companies from lawsuits over working conditions, where the overseas plaintiffs do not …

The Hollowing Out of Corporate Canada: Implications for Transnational Labor Law, Policy, and Practice.

This article (in 57 Buff. L. Rev. 781 (2009)) explores how the dwindling influence of Canadian corporations in a North-American transnational economy has impacted Canadian labor law and policy. Arthurs …

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