Worldwide, workers are facing a tougher and more violent environment as they seek to defend their rights. The ITUC’s Global Rights Index, the launch of which I attended this week at the ILO, shows a serious increase in the abuse of fundamental rights and violence towards those trying to defend them.

“Remember the dead and fight for the living” is the slogan for International Workers’ Memorial Day – commemorated every year on 28th April.  

How trade unions can help improve the fabric of communities as well as workers' lives.

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 right to freedom of association and freedom of expression are central to combatting modern slavery and child labour.

When the United Kingdom ratified ILO Convention No.98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining.

How seriously should we take G20 leaders’ declarations on modern slavery and human rights due diligence if trade union rights are repressed?

We write to the Madagascan government to raise concerns about the unfair dismissal of 43 dock workers in the container port of Toamasina.