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The Double Standard at Work: EUROPEAN CORPORATE INVESTMENT AND WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH

Multinational corporations based in Europe have accelerated their foreign direct investment in the Southern states of the United States in the past quarter-century. Some companies honor workers’ freedom of association, …

Unprecedented: The Trump NLRB’s attack on workers’ rights

Under the Trump administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has systematically rolled back workers’ rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with their employers, to the detriment …

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Au-delà de l'automatisation: le droit et l'économie politique du changement technologique sur le lieu de travail

Cet article détaille la relation entre les technologies de l'information de pointe, les règles du droit du travail et les normes du travail. Basé sur un examen détaillé des capacités des technologies existantes, il soutient que l'automatisation…

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Informal Employment, New Forms of Work and Enforcement of Labour Rights

The informal employment question is, first of all, a major challenge for economies and labour markets throughout the world. More than 60 per cent of the world’s employed population are …

UK: Jordi Casamitjana v. the League Against Cruel Sports

Casamitjana was fired after he had alerted co-workers to the fact that their employer’s pension fund invested in companies that engaged in animal testing and that other “ethical” pension funds …

Protecting migrant construction workers: What can we learn from China, EU, US and Latin America?

This is the third in a series of papers addressing the issue of late, partial or non-payment of wages to migrant construction workers. Our work has a specific focus on …

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Due diligence in Tamil Nadu leather footwear manufacture

This report summarises key findings from a collaborative due diligence process in leather footwear manufacture in Tamil Nadu carried out by Homeworkers Worldwide [HWW] and Cividep India, in conjunction with …

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Femmes en mouvement dans un climat en mutation: document de travail sur le genre, le climat et la mobilité

Les impacts soudains et lents du changement climatique - associés à d'autres facteurs socio-économiques, politiques et environnementaux - figurent parmi les principaux moteurs du mouvement humain. La mobilité liée au climat peut prendre de nombreuses formes. …

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The Health of Nepali Migrants in India: A Qualitative Study of Lifestyles and Risks

The study discusses the challenges that Nepali migrant laborers face in India. The study is based on focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with Nepali migrant workers in two cities …

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Résolution de l'ONU: Protection des droits des travailleurs exposés à des substances et à des déchets dangereux

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