A year-long Harvard University project drawing on input from U.S. and global practitioners and academics issued a report offering a package of reforms that promise to help stop the self-reinforcing …
EU will not force statutory minimum wage on Nordic countries
The EU will not force a statutory minimum wage on countries such as Denmark following an outcry by Nordic member states over a threat to their century-old systems of collective bargaining. A …
Gobierno aprobó decreto de urgencia para la negociación colectiva en el sector público
En la sesión de ayer del Consejo de Ministros, se aprobó un decreto de urgencia referido a la negociación colectiva en el sector público. Esta norma abarcará a los gobiernos locales y …
A year after crackdown on wage protests in Bangladesh, hundreds of workers still face retaliatory charges
A year ago, tens of thousands of workers in Bangladesh went on strike against the poverty wages that are pervasive in the country’s export-oriented garment industry. On 13 January 2019, …
Costa Rica: proyecto aprobado – asi se regularan las huelgas en el pais
El proyecto de ley que regulara el derecho de huelga en el país fue aprobado este martes por una mayoría parlamentaria. La iniciativa, que paso por un largo camino en …
Ukrainian workers battle controversial new labour code
The government in Kyiv plans to introduce a new labour code in order to “simplify” employment practices. The initiative, which was drafted without prior consultation with trade unions, has left lawyers and workers …
ILAW Network sends letter to Government of Ukraine
The ILAW Network sent a letter to the Government of Ukraine to protest its decision to introduce highly regressive amendments to the Trade Union Law and Labour Law on 27 …
El Tribunal Municipal de Phnom Penh ordena la investigación del líder sindical Naga
El Tribunal Municipal de Phnom Penh ordenó ayer una investigación sobre los líderes sindicales de NagaWorld y varios otros miembros del sindicato por violar una orden judicial que dictaminó una huelga organizada por el ...
India: Why Trade Unions Are Opposing Labour Law Reforms
As 10 central trade unions prepare for a nationwide strike on January 8, the proposed Industrial Relations Code is in their line of fire. While the government says the code will simplify old and …
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