Global Labor Justice

Join us tomorrow for Towards A World Without Violence, on ending femicide in the world of work. #EndFemicide24 #16DaysOfActivism #16Days 💻 Register via bit.ly/EndFemicide24  📅 November 27, 2024 ⌛ Time: 8:30am EST/ 2:30pm CET/ 7:00pm IST Whether it's domestic workers, garment workers, or judges and lawmakers, women workers face femicides at alarming rates. Global recognition is urgently required to understand femicides as an inexcusable crime. Our collective action is needed now. Join to discuss how we can highlight the extreme use of violence against women and girls and demand accountability. With Feminist Alliance for Rights (FAR), UN Women, Collective Future Fund Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) MADRE Women and Media Collective Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling - WCLAC Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR) Law & Society Trust Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU) Solidarity is Global Institute – Jordan (SIGI – JO) Association Union de l'Action Féministe - Tanger International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC International Domestic Workers Federation

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we begin a global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Global Labor Justice and its partner organizations in the C190 Arc Task Force are proud to announce the launch of a new website that brings together information and action on how the global labor and women’s rights organizations around the world are working to address gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH), in line with ILO Convention 190 (C190), the first international treaty to address violence and harassment in the world of work. When women workers unite to fight gender-based violence and harassment in the world of work, they can change their lives and their communities. ✊🏾 Check out more to learn how women workers are using C190 to fight #GBVH in the world of work 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/exRY_rHc #16DaysOfActivism  #c190inaction #noexcuses #GBVH #16Days Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) Solidarity Center UNI Global Union International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC International Domestic Workers Federation

Migrant workers in Qatar are facing a crisis of rights violations, including discrimination, forced labor, and health and safety risks. The Coalition on Labor Justice for Migrants in the Gulf has brought these critical issues to the forefront of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and is demanding urgent action.

Development finance institutions claim two core missions: to promote development and to alleviate poverty. These institutions offer preferential loan terms to clients with the understanding that they will adhere to national law, international labor standards, and development bank-specific labor safeguards. However, in hotels around the world that are financed by the private lending arm of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), as well as bilateral, regional, and national development banks, workers consistently face poverty wages, unsafe and unhealthy working conditions, discrimination, gender-based violence, and retaliation for union organizing. For the past five years, the IUF and GLJ have collaborated on hotel development finance and worked with hotel workers to access their rights, including freedom of association, collective bargaining, occupational health and safety, and freedom from gender-based violence and harassment. As part of our efforts to hold development finance accountable to workers’ rights, I’m proud to announce that Global Labor Justice, along with the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) – have launched a new website, Accountable Development Finance: Hospitality. This site is a major new resource for all those interested in sectoral approaches to holding development banks accountable. The centerpiece of the website is an interactive map that tracks all hospitality investments by all development finance institutions that have invested in the sector. The site also includes a proposed policy solution – the Early Engagement Labor Framework Agreement – which you can read about in detail on the site. GLJ will continue to work with its partners to fight for workers’ rights in the hospitality sector and ensure that development banks fulfill their core mission and make development impact a reality for workers.

It’s time for Nike to acknowledge the strong women workers who make their products. Watch our NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO featuring union members Pooja from Stand Up Movement, Sri Lanka, Nde and Dedhe, from SPN, Indonesia, and Sakinah from Garteks, Indonesia. These are just four of the thousands of women workers across South and Southeast Asia who have decided to organize and fight for equality and living wages in Nike’s supply chain, joining with Global Labor Justice and Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) in the Fight the Heist Campaign.

The sheer devastation of Hurricane Helene is difficult to comprehend. Non-union, mostly immigrant workers at a plastic factory in Tennessee were reportedly threatened with termination if they evacuated. Now, six of those workers have tragically died, and more are missing. Three days later, Typhoon Krathon is now bearing down on Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where thousands of migrant fishers face regular labor abuse and must stay safe amidst the disaster. Our thoughts are with the thousands of migrant fishers in Taiwan who lack the labor protections they need to ensure their safety. Climate change is a grave threat, no matter where you are. When natural disasters strike, workers often pay the ultimate price. Migrant workers, particularly those without union protection, bear the brunt of these impacts. As climate change intensifies and devastates communities worldwide, it is crucial that we recognize the interconnectedness of labor rights, immigrant rights, and climate justice.

Check out the new Growing Justice website, which details Honduran melon workers’ fight for good jobs and a union on Fyffes farms. As we head into the 2024/2025 growing season, there is an urgent need for Fyffes to respect workers’ fundamental rights.   GLJ, along with Sindicato de Trabajadores/as Agrícolas (STAS), the workers' union, and members of IUF-affiliated unions from across the globe, are uniting to send a simple message to Fyffes and Sumitomo: we will fight one day longer than whatever it takes to win justice on Fyffes’ farms.

When workers have a seat at the table, they can transform their workplaces and supply chains.

Join us today at 9:00 a.m. ET for the release of the new report, The Dindigul Agreement. Is it working? Year Two Progress Report by Pauline Jerrentrup and Sarosh Kuruvilla, Global Labor Institute at Cornell University ILR School. We imagined a workplace where women workers felt safe to speak up - and the Dindigul Agreement made it a reality. The Dindigul Agreement is a worker-led, union-backed initiative that rebalances power in the supply chain and supports women workers to prevent gender-based violence and harassment. Join us for the Zoom session today to see the full picture: https://lnkd.in/gmKNSugB Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU)

On September 5th, at 9 AM ET, join us for the release of the new report, The Dindigul Agreement. Is it working? Year Two Progress Report by Pauline Jerrentrup and Sarosh Kuruvilla, Global Labor Institute at Cornell University ILR School. Join us as we discuss this report and reveal the concrete impact of the Dindigul Agreement - hear from Prof. Sarosh Kuruvilla and members of the (OC) Oversight Committee on how this breakthrough agreement works to prevent GBVH in a major garment supply chain. Register for our Zoom session here: https://lnkd.in/gmKNSugB Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU)