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Challenging binaries: Why we need new ways to talk about people who move for work

In part 2 of this two-part blog, we consider divides constructed between the permanent/temporary and the skilled/unskilled in relation to worker rights.

Advancing gender justice on Asian fast fashion supply chains post-COVID-19: Guidance from ILO’s Convention 190 on it’s first anniversary

On the first anniversary of the ILO’s adoption of C190, we are now grappling with seismic shocks to economic security and public health due to COVID-19.

The battle to shape workers’ rights has just begun

Leaving the EU means our rights at work will now be shaped by the UK government, and that means they will become a key area of political contest

Ethical standards in emerging markets: just how different are they?

Ethical standards governing labour in supply chains are increasingly common in the global South. How do they differ from previous generations of standards?

Three lessons the labour movement must learn from the Fight for 15 at Walmart

Social media, the power of reputational damage and effective communications are powerful tools for trade union organising Across Europe trade […]

A call for the revival of political and economic education

Political and economic education is pitiful, and via political parties, the education system and trade unions, it desperately needs to […]

Building up the bundle of sticks. New ideas for union organising

A new mini-series of blogs, published by SPERI and openDemocracy, will present new ideas for how unions can organise and […]

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Tackling Insecure Work: political actions from around the world –new SPERI report for GMB

‘Tackling Insecure Work: political actions from around the world’ a new report by SPERI for the GMB trade union has […]

The working lives of the under-30s show the future of work for us all

New research by the TUC to understand the lives of Britain’s young workers will help improve work and give them […]

Back to the future: women’s work and the gig economy

Learning from the history of women’s work can help to overcome discrimination and improve working conditions in the gig economy […]

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