A lack of labour rights is, for many countries, a serious competitive advantage. What needs to happen in business, politics and organising to stop this race to the bottom?
Workers' organisations know where they are trying to get to, but convincing those with power to prioritise rights over profits is no easy task. Our 12-person round table contemplates the challenge.
'Fair trade'-style programmes exist to reassure individuals that the products they buy or the investments they make are responsibly created. Do they work? And if not, is there a better way?
The world of work has changed. What have been the most momentous shifts, and how have they affected workers? Twelve respondents take stock before looking to the future.
On 8 October 2018 we published the BTS Round Table on the Future of Work, in which 12 experts explain recent changes to the nature of work and offer new ideas in labour policy, organising, and activism. This is a followup question to those initial responses.
On 8 October 2018 we published the BTS Round Table on the Future of Work, in which 12 experts explain recent changes to the nature of work and offer new ideas in labour policy, organising, and activism. This is a followup question to those initial responses.
Philanthropic foundations are powerful yet largely unseen actors within civil society. We invited the foundations supporting this event to momentarily lift the curtain and explain their strategic thinking in this field.
Current labour systems are leaving huge numbers of workers in vulnerable and precarious conditions. How can workers and their allies shape a better future for work? Twelve leading experts in the field weigh in.
Since the late 1990s, Russia has seen an increasing rise in the number of terrorism cases - both real and fabricated. Lawyer Stanislav Markelov, in this 2006 article, reflects on the changing nature of the concept of political prisoner, and his own advocacy.
On 27th November, an emergency debate on Odebrecht corruption was scheduled by senators of the opposition. The raison d’être for extreme violence and rampant corruption in Colombia was openly hung-out. Español.
