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Entry points to worker representation
Entry points: what they mean, look like and what their indicators are
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Worker representation and freedom of association: its crucial importance in supply chains
A lack of formal worker representation fuels and exacerbates a lack of access to universal workplace rights and protections within supplier companies. Here's what needs to happen.
Case study
Industrial relations in Turkey: solving workplace disputes by social dialogue
How ETI and its members reached out to all parties in a factory dispute in Turkey to build cooperation and trust.
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Social dialogue and worker consultation
How social dialogue is used to build trust, establish common goals, and progress Decent Work (SDG8).
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How collective bargaining in Brazil’s fruit sector has reduced the vulnerability of seasonal workers, and improved industrial relations
Empowering workers and employers to partner with unions has improved working conditions and industrial relations in Northeast Brazil’s fruit farms
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Great British inventions: trade unions and collective bargaining
When the United Kingdom ratified ILO Convention No.98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining.
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Treating workers as machines? Business can be part of the cure
Why everyone involved in the international garment trade should watch Rahul Jain's film, Machines.
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Can mobile phones improve workers’ rights?
How to utilise technology to support workers and address any exploitation concerns.
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China’s rising tide of strikes
China must deal with worker unrest. Can it learn anything from a thousand-year-old Viking king?
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Why living wages need collective bargaining
For a wage to be a living wage, it must meet weekly, monthly and annual costs, not just an hourly amount. That's where collective bargaining with trade unions comes in.