From kin to contract: labour, work and the production of authority in rural Mongolia

A study on pastoral labour, which is common in Mongolia but largely governed by local customs rather than labour law. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03066150.2014.974569?scroll=top&needAccess=true

اتحاد ساسكاتشوان للعمل ضد ساسكاتشوان

أعلنت المحكمة العليا في كندا أن الحق في الإضراب أساسي ومحمي بموجب الدستور. https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14610/index.do

Example of a Global Framework Agreement between Total and IndustriALL.

Example of a Global Framework Agreement between Total, the large French oil and gas company, and the IndustriALL Global Union. IndustriALL website, http://www.industriall-union.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/GFAs/Total/accord_monde_csr_total_-_industriall_global_union_-_22_janvier_2015_-_finale_-_english.pdf

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An Analysis of the Labor Market for Uber’s Driver-Partners in the United States

This paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of Uber’s driver-partners, based on both survey data and anonymized, aggregated administrative data. Uber has grown at an exponential rate over the last …

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Trade Union Responses to Labour Immigrants: Selective Solidarity

This article is related to the migrant workers’ situation in Finland. This qualitative case study analyses the outcomes of the union’s strategies in questions related to immigration. The outcomes affect …

Sexual orientation–based wage gaps in Australia: The potential role of discrimination and personality

This article describes the wage-gaps between workers engaged in same-sex relationships.  Particularly, this article identifies a negative wage-gap between gay men, indicating discrimination based on sexual orientation. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1035304615570806  

Trade Unions, immigration and immigrants in Europe revisited: Unions’ attitudes and actions under new conditions

This paper is a follow-up report of the authors’ comparative approach used in their book “Trade Unions, Immigration and Immigrants in Europe, 1960-1993. New York: Berghahn Books.”  The report examines trade …

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العاملات المهاجرات في الآسيان

يبحث موجز السياسات هذا سياسات الهجرة الخاصة بالآسيان والتأثير المحدد لها على المهاجرات. يقدم المؤلفون توصيات حول كيفية ضمان أن تكون العاملات المهاجرات أفضل حماية وقادرة ...

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Labor Exploitation, Trafficking and Migrant Health: Multi-country Findings on the Health Risks and Consequences of Migrant and Trafficked Workers

There are an estimated 232 million international migrants and 740 million internal migrants worldwide, most of whom are in search of work. Global assessments also suggest that a substantial proportion …

OECD Case: PWT Group’s role in the Rana Plaza collapse

NCPs involved: Danish Business Authority Erhvervsstyrelsen COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Bangladesh DATE: 12 December 2014 STATUS: Concluded ISSUE: The complaint alleged that PWT Group failed to carry out due diligence regarding …

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