labour | workers' rights


Indian farmers reject proposed trade deals with West and prepare for July 9 national strike
Major Indian farmer’s groups have announced they will participate in the upcoming July 9 national strike call made by the central trade unions against the government’s anti-worker policies.
Statement on the voices of Thai civil society regarding the free trade agreement between Thailand and the European Union
Thai civil society organizations expressing serious concerns about the ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between Thailand and the European Union (EU), highlight potential negative impacts on agriculture, food security, environment, labor rights, public health, and other social issues.
Dismay as UK prepares to sign ‘values-free’ £1.6bn trade deal with Gulf states
Trade unions and human rights organisations fear environment and human rights being pushed aside.
United States seeks Mexico's review of alleged denial of workers’ rights at Aludyne Automotive Mexico City, S.A. de C.V.
The US has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to review whether workers at Aludyne Automotive Mexico City are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
ETUC position on EU digital trade agreements with 3rd countries
Digital trade agreements should not prevent enforcement of workers’ rights or indeed the improvement of working conditions.
We need a trade deal that works for people and the planet
A federal review of the USMCA is approaching later this year. This is a critical opportunity to demand a trade deal that prioritizes people, the environment, public health, worker rights, and innovative manufacturing
AfCFTA must deliver for workers and Africa’s future, ITUC-Africa tells AUC, governments
ITUC-Africa has issued a powerful call to action, urging governments and institutions to ensure that trade-led growth translates into decent jobs, social justice, and sustainable development.
Decolonising EU trade relations with the Global Souths?
This article thinks reflexively about the decolonial option and the ruptures it triggers as to what EU trade policy is and the colonial logics sustaining ‘normative’ and ‘geopolitical’ narratives on/by the EU as a trade power.
United States requests USMCA rapid response labor mechanism dispute settlement panel at Bader de Mexico facility
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that the United States has, for a fifth time, requested a Rapid Response Labor Mechanism panel under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Make Conventions 87 and 98 core agenda in EU-Thailand free trade talks
Thai unionists have called on the EU and the Thai government to include ILO Conventions 87 and 98 in the EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreements to safeguard labour rights.