“The global Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on global garment supply chains, and the situation will get far worse before it gets be”er. As clothing outlets have been …
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WHO WILL BAIL OUT THE WORKERS THAT MAKE OUR CLOTHES?
In apparel, textile, and footwear—a sector where workers will fare especially poorly— there are 50 million workers, many of them women who are their families’ primary wage earner. Very few …
Short Time Work Measures Across Europe (COVID-19)
Throughout Europe trade unions are negotiating short time work schemes with both employers and governments so that workers are not let go during the COVID-19 lockdown but instead continue to …
ITUC Global COVID-19 Survey: Half of countries in lockdown as COVID-19 pandemic wreaks health and economic havoc on working people and their families
The International Trade Union Confederation conducted a survey regarding how countries are responding to the COVID-19 crisis and what sorts of impacts from closures, shelter in place orders, or a …
Worker-Driven Social Responsibility: Exploring a New Model for Tackling Labour Abuse in Supply Chains
This scoping report explores a new model for tackling workplace abuse and exploitation in corporate supply chains, called ‘Worker-driven Social Responsibility’ (WSR). It aims to increase understanding and knowledge of …
Choppy Waters – Forced Labor and Illegal Fishing in Taiwan’s Distant Water Fisheries
Taiwan is one of the world’s largest distant water fishing (DWF) powers, with over 1,100 Taiwanese-flagged vessels fishing across our oceans and hundreds more Taiwanese-owned vessels flagged to other countries. …
COVID-19 and world of work: Impacts and responses
This note offers the ILO’s preliminary assessment concerning the possible impacts of COVID-19 on the world of work and proposes a range of policy options to mitigate these impacts and …
Future of unemployment and the informal sector of India
The article deals with the problems of poverty persisting in India due to presence of large unorganised sector under which the portion of informal sector has been on the rise. …
Access to Justice Challenges Faced by Victims and Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Eswatini
“In June 2018, the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence (SODV) Act was passed into law after years of advocacy from civil society and women’s human rights organizations in Eswatini. It …
SEVEN YEARS AFTER RANA PLAZA, SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES REMAIN
Nearly seven years ago, in April 2013, the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed and killed more than one thousand workers. This U.S. Senate Report describes how today many …
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