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Five Years of ILO Convention 190: Addressing Violence and Harassment in the Word of Work

June 28, 2024

 

C190 continues to be the fastest ratified convention in ILO history- with 44 countries now having ratified. And the momentum for C190 is growing. On the eve of C190’s anniversary, GLJ along with many partners, including Solidarity Center, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity (BCWS), Feminist Alliance for Rights, HumanRights Watch, International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and UNI Global Union, held a digital town hall that capped a month of activities to celebrate five years of C190.

To Celebrate International Women’s Day, Companies Should Focus on Their Supply Chains, Not Their Social Media

March 8, 2024

Today, in recognition of International Women’s Day, many of the biggest global brands are splashing their commitment to women’s equality across their social media and advertising but, if we want to know what they really think about equality, we should look at their supply chains. 

Audits are Not the Answer: Four Labor Approaches to Eliminating Child Labor on U.S. and Global Supply Chains

February 14, 2024

The New York Times series on child labor exposes the failure of the self-regulatory, private audit system to root out child labor, even when it is right under their noses. Hannah Dreier’s reporting digs deeps into this broken system that increasingly leaves children seriously injured, or worse, while corporations feign ignorance or act with impunity.

Oversight Committee Statement on the Progress During the First Year After the Signing of The Dindigul Agreement

September 25, 2023

As the Oversight Committee of the Dindigul Agreement, we welcome the first annual
report from the labor stakeholders to the Dindigul Agreement, which covers the initial
impacts and progress of the Agreement and was delivered to us and made public in
June 2023.

Honduras: Fyffes escalates against melon workers with retaliatory firings triggering government investigation

September 5, 2023

Blatantly disregarding national laws and international labor standards safeguarding workers’ right to organize, Japanese-owned billion-dollar multinational fruit company Fyffes has terminated all permanent worker-members of the independent farmworker union and IUF affiliate,

Migrant Fishers in Taiwan Take Wi-Fi Now For Fishers’ Rights Campaign International

March 12, 2023

March 12, 2023

Migrants from across Asia work in Taiwan’s fishing fleet, catching seafood we eat every day. Working under harsh conditions and often facing danger, violence and abuse on the job, thousands of fishers have come together in a new campaign to demand fundamental labor rights.

On March 12, 2023, they took their campaign internationally, gathering with local and international NGO and labor allies in front of the Seafood Expo North America at the Boston Convention Center to demand that responsible sourcing of seafood that respects fundamental labor rights as set forth in ILO conventions and wi-fi access for all fishers on distant-water vessels be at the heart of the conversation about the global seafood industry.

Fight the Heist: Asian Unions Join Forces with GLJ-ILRF & Asia Floor Wage Alliance in Campaign to Stop Nike, Levi’s & VF Corp. from Funneling Stolen Pandemic Wages toward Buybacks

February 27, 2023
Fight the Heist Campaign logo depicting women garment workers with raised fists confronting an agressive Wall Street Bull

Garment supply chain workers, a majority of them women, faced massive wage theft and income loss during the COVID-19 pandemic when Big Fashion brands’ like Nike canceled or drastically reduced orders en masse (as detailed in Asia Floor Wage Alliance’s (AFWA) Money Heist report).

Meanwhile, Wall Street investors and owners made record profits and paid themselves millions of dollars through stock buybacks.

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