Organising precarious workers in the Global South

The workers of the world face numerous challenges. Many debates around the future of labour, such as the rise of the so called ‘gig economy’, tend to focus on experiences and trends within the Global North. The shortcomings of the present are often contrasted to a nostalgic view of the past, with an idealised ‘golden era’ defined by ‘standard employment contracts’ serving as the primary benchmark against which practices today are measured. Once work is defined in these terms, the primary focus becomes the ‘restoration’ of labour rights and protections that have been lost or eroded. The re-invention of a vibrant global labour movement will not occur through a vain attempt to put the clock back to a mythical ‘standard employment contract’. It is only through organising – recruiting, educating and mobilising – new members that labour can reinvent itself as a social movement.

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Guide to eliminating worker paid recruitment fees and related costs (third edition): A practical step-by-step guide for retailers, brands, employers and labour providers in global supply chains

Guidance

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TAGS: Recruitment Global

Anti-human trafficking laws

Guidance

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business organization representing companies of all sizes across every sector of the economy, established the Task Force to Eradicate Human Trafficking. The task force is an advisory group made up ...Read More

TAGS: Recruitment North America Global

Nepal’s Human Trafficking Routes: Mapping destinations for migrant labour using collective data

Guidance

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TAGS: Sourcing or Production Asia

The Fundamental Rights of Irregular Migrant Workers in the EU: Understanding and Reducing Protection Gaps

Guidance

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, aims to inform policy debates about how to protect more effectively the fundamental rig...Read More

TAGS: Europe