With the North East of England suffering from the lowest wages in the UK, the Northern TUC's Neil Foster looks ahead to this week's Living Wage Summit.

Opening a series of insights with a look at the challenges of implementing living wages in a global economy, Sabita Banerji asks who's making progress and where they can look to for support.

It is six months since the Rana Plaza collapse, with the deaths of 1,127 workers and nearly 2,000 workers injured. How do we stop another disaster?

Fires in South Asia garment factories: why do they start, why do they spread, and why can't workers get out?  

A new guide shows how a best practice approach to homeworking can help businesses, and offers practical guidance on UK employment law .

Last night, BBC One’s Panorama took viewers to garment factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh in a special investigation into the chronic workers’ rights issues that plague this sector.

Penny Street talks to the TUC's Sam Gurney about ETI's Decent Work project to promote worker-management dialogue in China.

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

We have launched a guide to support companies uphold the right to freedom of association within their supply chains.

Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan, yesterday urged companies and other stakeholders to engage with ETI to improve supply chains in the Bangladesh garment sector.