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Ending corporate impunity is at the heart of a sustainable post-pandemic recovery – that’s why we need a strong Binding Treaty

“The Covid-19 pandemic has once again exposed the fragility of global supply chains and business models built on non-standard forms of employment and informality. Following the global drop in demand as a …

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World’s garment workers face ruin as fashion brands refuse to pay $16bn

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 …

October 21, 2020
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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 …

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ORGANISING YOUTUBE: A novel case of platform worker organising

“In the last decade, YouTube has established itself as the largest video sharing platform worldwide. Used by more than 2 billion people regularly today, YouTube is not just a crucial …

YouTubers of the world, unite! – what happens when a grassroots, international creators’ movement and a traditional trade union join forces?

“Jörg Sprave built his first slingshot at the age of six but didn’t think of pursuing his hobby further until almost 40 years later. At that time Sprave, who holds …

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COVID-19 AND WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS: Impacts and implications

This paper explores the impacts and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on women migrant workers. It examines how the global health crisis has both amplified existing gender dynamics and created …

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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 …

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