SPECIAL REPORT: Changing the balance of power in the textile and garment industry8 December, 2020In the factories where textiles, garments, shoes, leather and accessories are produced, millions of people toil in insecure, low wage jobs, in unsafe conditions. Workers are exposed to chemicals used for bleaching and dyeing. Disasters like the Rana Plaza collapse and the Ali Enterprises fire kill thousands. Union campaigns on workers’ rights have shone a light on union busting, imprisonment, assault and occasionally murder.
SPECIAL REPORT: Changing the balance of power in the textile and garment industry8 December, 2020In the factories where textiles, garments, shoes, leather and accessories are produced, millions of people toil in insecure, low wage jobs, in unsafe conditions. Workers are exposed to chemicals used for bleaching and dyeing. Disasters like the Rana Plaza collapse and the Ali Enterprises fire kill thousands. Union campaigns on workers’ rights have shone a light on union busting, imprisonment, assault and occasionally murder.
INFORME ESPECIAL : Cómo transformar las relaciones de poder en la industria textil y de la confección4 December, 2020En las fábricas donde se producen textiles, prendas de vestir, zapatos, cuero y accesorios, millones de personas laboran en trabajos inseguros, con bajos salarios y en condiciones peligrosas. Los trabajadores y trabajadoras están expuestos a productos químicos que se utilizan para blanquear y teñir. A consecuencia de desastres como el derrumbe de Rana Plaza y el incendio en Ali Enterprises perecieron miles de trabajadores/as. Las campañas sindicales sobre los derechos laborales han revelado políticas antisindicales, encarcelamientos, agresión y, a veces, asesinatos.
PERFIL: Luchan por la democracia en Bielorrusia19 November, 2020En los últimos tres meses, Bielorrusia se ha destacado por las protestas originadas después que el ex presidente del país, Alexandre Lukashenko, se auto otorgara el 80% de los votos en unas elecciones que resultaron muy cuestionadas. Tras ese fraude electoral siguieron brutales ataques de la policía contra las manifestaciones pacíficas que reclamaban el fraude electoral.
VALTER SANCHES: Welcome to Global Worker19 November, 2020We have lived with Covid-19 since the beginning of this year. Variations of global lockdowns in the first and now second wave have been tough, and workers around the world have been severely affected. The world totals 56 million infected and 1.3 million deaths, bringing us all the challenge of a lifetime
VALTER SANCHES: Welcome to Global Worker19 November, 2020We have lived with Covid-19 since the beginning of this year. Variations of global lockdowns in the first and now second wave have been tough, and workers around the world have been severely affected. The world totals 56 million infected and 1.3 million deaths, bringing us all the challenge of a lifetime
PROFILE: Struggle for democracy in Belarus18 November, 2020In the last three months, Belarus has become known for the protests that started when the former president of the country, Alexandre Lukashenko, awarded himself 80 per cent of the votes in a widely contested election. Unprovoked police violence followed the rigged elections, triggering the protests.
PROFILE: Struggle for democracy in Belarus18 November, 2020In the last three months, Belarus has become known for the protests that started when the former president of the country, Alexandre Lukashenko, awarded himself 80 per cent of the votes in a widely contested election. Unprovoked police violence followed the rigged elections, triggering the protests.
The coronavirus crisis must be a call for unions to reshape the world21 September, 2020The economic shutdown caused by Covid-19 lockdowns has thrown the world into turmoil, and accelerated trends that were already underway. But unions are prepared. We can seize the moment to remake the world.
The coronavirus crisis must be a call for unions to reshape the world21 September, 2020The economic shutdown caused by Covid-19 lockdowns has thrown the world into turmoil, and accelerated trends that were already underway. But unions are prepared. We can seize the moment to remake the world.
