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 …

Medidas de trabalho em curto espaço de tempo na Europa (COVID-19)

Em toda a Europa, os sindicatos estão negociando esquemas de trabalho de curta duração com empregadores e governos, para que os trabalhadores não sejam demitidos durante o bloqueio do COVID-19, mas continuem a…

Nota informativa da CES: Medidas nacionais para evitar demissões coletivas / individuais (incluindo concessão (adicional / especial) de licenças)

This briefing note focuses on strategies to avoid worker lay offs and to ensure alternatives such as ‘short-term work schemes,’ teleworking, etc. to avoid a complete loss of wages. This …

Pesquisa Global COVID-19 da ITUC: Metade dos países em confinamento devido à pandemia do COVID-19 causa estragos na saúde e na economia aos trabalhadores e suas famílias

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 …

Fact Sheet: Worker-Related Rights Decisions from European Court of Human Rights

This factsheet provides brief summaries of cases and decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights on worker-related rights issues.

India: Statewide updates following Government’s review of the COVID-19 outbreak on March 22, 2020

Following the video conference, held on March 22, 2020, it was mentioned that a number of decisions were taken by both the union and state governments with respect to containing …

Free Speech and Strike Action

Two UK law professors, Alan Bogg and Virginia Mantouvalou,  published an article in the UK Labour Law Blog discussing how the exercise of the right to strike is fundamentally an …

COVID-19 Employment Issues - um contador pronto para trabalhadores australianos

Esta postagem tem o objetivo de ajudar os australianos a entender melhor quais são as opções legais que recebem diante da pandemia COVID-19. Este comentário é focado em tempo integral, meio período ou prazo fixo ...

SINDICATO NACIONAL DOS TRABALHADORES NA INDUSTRIA MOEDEIRA v. CASA DA MOEDA DO BRASIL – CMB

SUBJECT: RIGHT TO LIFE AND HEALTH. LACK OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IN THE WORKPLACE. VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN DIGNITY. Here is the complaint in  …

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 …

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