Labour / Labour Conditions

Trade Unions Sign MOU to Organize Migrant Workers in Malaysia

Date: 05/01/2012 - 08:29

In conjunction with the 2011 International Migrants Day (December 18), trade unions from Malaysia and throughout the Asia Pacific region have committed to enhance their cooperation to organize and promote the rights of migrant workers and their families. 

Give the gift of a day off for your domestic worker this holiday

Date: 19/12/2011 - 21:55

Domestic workers from 12 countries in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East are taking to the streets on Monday 19th December to demand better rights including one day off a week and an eight-hour working day for the 53 million domestic workers worldwide.

The global campaign aims to put in place the ILO convention for domestic workers, which needs two countries to ratify the convention to bring it into force, and introduce decent laws in countries where domestic workers are most under threat.

Forced Labour, Child Labour, Discrimination and Violations of Trade Union Rights All Common in Thailand

Date: 28/11/2011 - 11:27

A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Thailand, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, reveals serious violations of fundamental workers’ rights including a high degree of prevalence of forced labour.

From the Front Line: Dubai’s Labour Trap

Date: 16/09/2011 - 11:14

Dubai’s ‘economic miracle’ was built on the indentured labour of millions of Asian workers. While the oil-rich emirate’s economy is fast recovering from the global financial crisis, the plight of its migrant workers has scarcely improved. Nick Hunt reports.

Borrowed Hands

Date: 09/09/2011 - 10:21

In the fall of 2006 Irma Luna, a community worker for California Rural Legal Assistance in Fresno, got a phone call from the tiny town of Tulelake, on the Oregon border.

Gros Plan sur Gabriel del Rio (CASC- République dominicaine)

Date: 08/09/2011 - 11:31

Le syndicat dominicain CASC (1) a obtenu une couverture sociale pour plus de 31.000 travailleurs de l’économie informelle et leurs familles. Il soutient également d’importants projets concrets en faveur des migrants haïtiens. Violations des droits syndicaux, défense du travail domestique, lutte contre la pauvreté… Gabriel del Rio, secrétaire général de la CASC, fait le point sur les multiples combats syndicaux.

Comment la CASC parvient-elle à offrir l’accès à la sécurité sociale aux travailleurs et travailleuses de l’économie informelle ?

Primer Plano de Gabriel del Río (CASC- República Dominicana)

Date: 08/09/2011 - 11:30

La Confederación Autónoma Sindical Clasista (CASC) ha conseguido obtener cobertura de la seguridad social para más de 31.000 trabajadores en la economía informal y sus familias. Apoya asimismo importantes proyectos concretos a favor de los inmigrantes haitianos. Violaciones de los derechos sindicales, defensa de los trabajadores del hogar, lucha contra la pobreza... Gabriel del Río, Secretario General de la CASC, expone las distintas luchas sindicales de su organización.

Interview on the protection of the rights of informal economy workers

Date: 08/09/2011 - 11:27

The Dominican trade union confederation CASC (1) has secured social security coverage for over 31,000 informal economy workers and their families. It also supports essential projects providing concrete assistance to Haitian migrants. Fighting poverty and labour rights violations, defending domestic workers... Gabriel del Rio, general secretary of CASC, outlines the many battles being waged by his union.

How has CASC managed to provide informal economy workers with access to social security?

Labor Rights Week Kicks Off with Historic Agreement on Immigrant Workers’ Rights

Date: 06/09/2011 - 07:28

The ambassadors of El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic joined Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis today to sign a historic partnership to protect the labor rights of migrant workers from these countries who are employed in the United States.

The signing kicks off National Labor Rights Week, Aug. 29-Sept. 5. “Women in the Workplace” is the focus of this year’s Labor Rights Week. Migrant women are at risk of wage theft and safety violations, sexual harassment, workplace violence and gender discrimination.

Growing ties between Mexican and US labor

Date: 16/06/2011 - 07:27

In Mexico, the NAFTA debate led to the organization of the Action Network Opposing Free Trade (RMALC), which in turn helped to spark the relationship between the U.E. and the Authentic Labor Front (FAT). That relationship, examined in detail in several books, remains a model for solidarity between two unions, based on equality and mutual interest, preserving each union’s ability to make its own decisions autonomously. It has been a relationship based on real campaigns on the ground – organizing drives, strikes, and resistance to proposals like the PRI labor law reform.

Décembre 18: Centre international de plaidoyer et de ressources sur les droits humains des travailleurs migrants.

Décembre 18 est une ONG dotée du statut consultatif spécial auprès du Conseil économique et social des Nations Unies

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