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“Now I am bold”: Empowering tropical fruit workers in Africa

13 November 2017
Following the third conference of the World Banana Forum, Jacqui Mackay of Banana Link discusses why rights education is key to securing decent work in the industry.
Syrian refugee courtesy of ILO

Improving the UK’s Modern Slavery Act: what parliament can do

8 November 2017
We've produced a short briefing note for MPs as part of our contribution to increasing parliamentary knowledge.

Business has a major role to play in ending the abuse of LGBTI people

2 November 2017
Fabrice Houdart of the United Nations and Tim Jarman of Ernst and Young reflect on the rising tide of abuse against LGBTI people.
Hotel maid cleaning room

5000 UK workers to benefit as leading hotel contractor bans zero-hours contracts  

1 November 2017
Hospitality and housekeeping firm and ETI member, WGC, has introduced a ban on the use of zero-hours contracts in a move that will give more than 5,000 workers the opportunity to move to guaranteed minimum hour contracts.
Image courtesy of shutterstock

Launch of Perspective, ETI’s new online reporting platform

27 October 2017
Perspective enables company members to report to ETI about their ethical trade activities online, using our revised reporting framework.

Cambodia crackdowns, Rohingya crisis: where business meets human rights

26 October 2017
Reflections on the role of companies when government support for human rights is deemed problematic.
Image of contract cleaner courtesy of Shutterstock

New roadmap on preventing labour exploitation in the UK

19 October 2017
Find out about FLEX’s action plan “Risky business: tackling exploitation in the UK labour market” on tackling labour abuses and providing protection to workers.
Slave family on an early-1860s American cotton plantation

Ethical trade in the 1850s: breaking the chains of slavery

17 October 2017
The Modern Slavery Act is forcing businesses to discuss slavery openly to an extent that has not occurred since the days of the 19th century abolitionists.
Garment workers in Tamil Nadu courtesy of the ILO

Paying living wages is easier if companies and trade unions work together

16 October 2017
Not only is paying a living wage part of the ETI Base Code of labour standards, it is also part of the responsibilities on business set out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

The most revolting blog post you will ever read

11 October 2017
Drawing lessons from "manual scavenging", here's why companies need to look out for caste discrimination in their Indian supply chains.

Stand up for decent work!

9 October 2017
Millions of workers and trade unions stand up for World Decent Work Day.
A Haitian garment worker in the country's ILO Better Work programme

Combating gender-based violence at work

4 October 2017
The ILO is in a process of considering whether to establish a new convention on “Ending violence and harassment against women and men in the world of work”.

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