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Podcast: Covid-19 and the ILO
In a fourth special show about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on working people, ITF legal director Ruwan Subasinghe has spoken to Maria Helena Andre, director...
The Esther Busser memorial prize
UPDATE Wednesday, 1 April 2020, a message from the organisers: Many thanks for having sent in a nomination for the Esther Busser Memorial Prize. Unfortunately,...
ITF backs unions against ‘slavery law’ in Ukraine
The ITF has joined with global unions and its Ukrainian affiliates to oppose a draft labour law that will severely undermine workers’ rights and contravene...
ITF hails historic convention
The first ever international standard on violence and harassment in the world of work has been adopted at the centenary International Labour Conference (ILC) of the...
Statement on the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining in the seafood industry
Worker voice or welfare committee models are not an incremental step toward recognising workers’ right to organise. These mechanisms, generally established with...
Ending violence and harassment against women in the world of work
The fight to end violence against women transport workers reaches a critical point this week with the world’s governments, employer and worker representatives due...
Activist climbs Everest in ILO convention campaign
An activist from the ITF-affiliated Union of Trekking, Travel, Rafting and Airlines Workers Nepal (UNITRAV), has climbed Mount Everest to...
An international governance system for digital labour platforms
Written by Ruwan Subasinghe, ITF legal director It is hard to disagree with the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work’s view that an unregulated platform...
The three big challenges for workers in the future of work
Written by Victor Figueroa, ITF strategic researcher The report from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Global Commission on the Future of Work...
A Universal Labour Guarantee for the 21st century
Written by Ruwan Subasinghe, ITF legal director The International Labour Organization’s Global Commission on the Future of Work has sounded a clarion call for...