SPECIAL REPORT: How can we build an international labour court?17 August, 2022Multinational corporations dominate the global economy, but labour laws exist at national level, with no international body to defend workers from violations in supply chains. How do we seek justice and remedy for the world’s workers?
REPORT: From manufacturing to mobility - unions prepare for the mobility sector of the future18 July, 2022Future mobility concepts in an urban environment will differ from what we know today. There will be more shared services, less individual mobility, digital connectivity between people, vehicles and infrastructure, as well as driverless vehicles.
REPORT: From manufacturing to mobility - unions prepare for the mobility sector of the future18 July, 2022Future mobility concepts in an urban environment will differ from what we know today. There will be more shared services, less individual mobility, digital connectivity between people, vehicles and infrastructure, as well as driverless vehicles.
UNION PROFILE: Collective action builds union power, says Rose Omamo7 July, 2022When unions go on strike, engage in negotiations, collective bargaining, social dialogue, and social security, as well as campaign for workers’ rights and workplaces free of gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH), they do so as a collective. It is this collective that builds union power and where the strength of the union lies, argues Rose Omamo, the general secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Kenya Metal Workers (AUKMW), affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union.
UNION PROFILE: Collective action builds union power, says Rose Omamo7 July, 2022When unions go on strike, engage in negotiations, collective bargaining, social dialogue, and social security, as well as campaign for workers’ rights and workplaces free of gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH), they do so as a collective. It is this collective that builds union power and where the strength of the union lies, argues Rose Omamo, the general secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Kenya Metal Workers (AUKMW), affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union.
Atle Høie: Welcome to Global Worker (#1 2022)6 July, 2022Ensuring that workers and unions are part of the discussions around tomorrow’s workplaces is central to what we do.
Atle Høie: Welcome to Global Worker (#1 2022)6 July, 2022Ensuring that workers and unions are part of the discussions around tomorrow’s workplaces is central to what we do.
FEATURE: Achieving pay equity through collective bargaining2 June, 2022Equal pay for jobs of equal value is a recognized human right, enshrined in ILO Convention 100, adopted in 1951. And yet, 70 years after the adoption of the Convention, the gender pay gap remains a persisting and global problem and stands at an average of 20 per cent across the world.
FEATURE: Achieving pay equity through collective bargaining2 June, 2022Equal pay for jobs of equal value is a recognized human right, enshrined in ILO Convention 100, adopted in 1951. And yet, 70 years after the adoption of the Convention, the gender pay gap remains a persisting and global problem and stands at an average of 20 per cent across the world.
INTERVIEW: IndustriALL Global Union general secretary Atle Høie 1 June, 2022At IndustriALL’s 3rd Congress in September 2021, Atle Høie was elected general secretary. Høie, originally from Norway, had already been part of IndustriALL’s leadership team for five years, as he was elected assistant general secretary at the Rio Congress in 2016.
