The right to join a trade union is enshrined within ETI’s Base Code as a basic labour standard. Ensuring workers are represented is also a key pillar in our 2015-2020 strategy.

China must deal with worker unrest. Can it learn anything from a thousand-year-old Viking king? 

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.

Helping unions to organise would give a boost to the British economy of nearly £30 billion.

ETI member companies lobby the Cambodia government to strengthen the draft of the new Law on Unions of Enterprises.

Workers' ability to negotiate their own terms and conditions of work makes for an effective way of securing ethical trade in supply chains. Our Worker voice and representation course will show you how.

Stirling Smith looks at some new data on why workers join trade unions and shows how unions benefit business.

Marking Living Wage Week in the UK, the TUC's Owen Tudor reflects on pay as a key issue for the British trade union movement.

As ETI launches a new guidance on Freedom of Association, Stirling Smith explains why business should welcome trade unions.