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7 Aug 2018 5 minute read

Challenging exploitation in the gig economy

Global South workers in the digital platform-enabled gig economy are beginning to organize. Alex J. Wood...

29 Apr 2018 3 minute read

Watch out McDonald’s, the ‘McStrike’ is coming

Twenty-year-old McDonald’s worker Annalise Peters warns that workers plan to hold the fast food giant...

Lives behind the label

20 Nov 2017 2 minute read

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The lives behind the label

Bangladesh’s garment workers make the clothes we wear every day. A collection of their intimate stories.

1 Jan 2017 3 minute read

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Letter from Cochabamba

Working children have more pressing concerns than the law, discovers Amy Booth.

13 Dec 2016 5 minute read

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The inextricable link between migration and sweatshops

The possibility of workers’ rights and climate justice movements responding together provides hope, writes Dalia...

13 Dec 2016 4 minute read

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Let’s make platform capitalism more accountable

What do Google, Uber, and Facebook have in common? Mark Graham asks.

6 Dec 2016 2 minute read

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Samsung can never see my face: story of a secret trade unionist

Samsung has a reputation for modern technology, but also a history of medieval conditions for its estimated 1.5 million...

24 Nov 2016 4 minute read

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Working for corporations, but failing workers and the planet

Ethical supply chain audits can enable business as usual under the veneer of corporate responsibility, write Genevieve...

11 Nov 2016 7 minute read

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Why are trade unions opposing worker self-management?

The Second Euromediterranean Workers’ Economy summit in Greece highlighted the rift in the global workers’ movement. ...

7 Nov 2016 4 minute read

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Electronics brands and factories must commit to improve labour standards

Poor working conditions and violations of labour standards are widespread in the electronics supply chain, and that must...

2 Nov 2016 4 minute read

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Why worker-led monitoring is needed to challenge electronic sweatshops

An alternative global strategy for the protection and promotion of workers’ human rights in ICT supply chains is emerging,...

1 Sep 2016 11 minute read

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Still standing or standing still?

Jo Lateu considers the state of the unions, and argues that a revival has already begun.

1 Sep 2016 3 minute read

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A migrant’s story

Trade unions aren’t even on the radar of most of London’s poorly treated hospitality workers. But a union could help them find...

1 Sep 2016 5 minute read

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Taking matters into their own hands

Labour rights in post-socialist countries such as Russia, China and Vietnam are being fought for from outside, not within,...

1 Sep 2016 5 minute read

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The fight goes on: Workers’ struggles and successes from around the globe

Around the world, trade unions are facing fierce repression. But workers are still uniting to stand up for their rights and,...

1 Sep 2016 5 minute read

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Out of the ashes of Rana Plaza

The factory collapse in 2013 caused an international outcry – but have labour conditions improved? Thulsi Narayanasamy...

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