For the workers of the world, global supply chains are not and cannot be sustainable unless they are based on the principles of decent work. Español
The background report for the International Labour Conference 2016 raises important questions about supply chain responsibility, but does not provide enough answers about the way forward.
This will be the 105th session of the International Labour Conference, but how many people know what it is and why it’s important?
Employers, worker’s organisations and politicians are gathering to discuss decent work in global supply chains. BTS launches three months of multimedia analysis asking how – if at all – we can guarantee it.
A sharp increase in temporary workers in Canada has made workers disposable, precarious and vulnerable to exploitation, and temporary foreign workers programmes do not do enough to protect migrant workers’ rights.
Governments promote transparency as a method of tackling exploitation, however the Italian agricultural sector demonstrates that such measures are often not capable of addressing the relations of power that characterise supply chains.
Corporate accountability for modern slavery has received greater political and legislative attention in recent years, but is reporting enough?
The GLA has helped mitigate labour exploitation at the British end of agricultural sector supply chains, however British immigration policies and insufficient labour protections in sending countries threaten those gains.
Awareness and transparency initiatives are thought to be vital tools in the fight against labour exploitation and 'trafficking'. This guest series looks at several such projects and asks, do they work?
Anti-trafficking campaigns speak to a whole range of issues, interests, and audiences, but how effective are they? The lack of evaluation makes it difficult to find out.
People who hire domestic workers often neglect their responsibilities as employers. In such cases awareness raising is crucial along with regulation to protect domestic workers’ interests.
More and more groups are demanding state reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Could this be a reality before the ‘international decade for people of African descent’ ends?
