Stirling Smith

Stirling was active in trade union education in the UK before working in India as a Chief Technical Adviser for the International Labour Organisation. He has worked for DFID, British Council, Fair Labour Association, trade unions, NGOs and several companies. His areas of expertise include child labour, HIV/AIDS in the workplace, migrant labour, social dialogue and industrial relations, health and safety at work and co-operatives.

Blog posts from this author

The abandoned Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal

A Bhopal every month

1 December 2014
On the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, Stirling Smith counts the bodies
Poppy installation, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London 2014

Peace and social justice

12 November 2014
For Armistice Day, Stirling Smith recalls the impact of the Great War on workers’ rights.
Women working on a construction site, India

Rana Plaza in slow motion

8 October 2014
Are building collapses in India the canary in the coal mine? Stirling Smith on what union reports point to in the construction industry.
ITUC Global Rights Index map

The list of shame

16 September 2014
Stirling Smith has been looking at a new list of countries with dodgy records in workers’ rights.