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ARGENTINA: ‘Under the New Law, Workers Have No Real Scope to Defend Their Rights’

CIVICUS discusses recent regressive changes to Argentina’s labour laws with Facundo Merlán Rey, an activist with the Coordination Against Police and Institutional Repression (CORRE...

Will Your Workers Walk Out on May 1? Employers’ Guide to Your Rights and Responsibilities During Protest Activity

A coalition of activist and labor groups is calling for a nationwide “no work, no school, no shopping” action on May 1 (International Workers’ Day) framed by some organizers as a g...

Your Workers' Rights Do Not Depend on Your Immigration Status

Are you avoiding reporting a workplace injury because of your immigration status? You're not alone and that fear is more common than you think.  If fear is holding you back, st...

Workers’ rights protection top priority of KP government: Faisal Tarakai

N.S. advocacy groups, opposition calling for more workers’ rights protections

Opposition parties in Nova Scotia and some advocacy organizations are calling for the province to do more to protect workers' rights and improve labour conditions.

Paul Nowak column: ‘It’s time for Labour to shout about workers’ rights from the rooftops’

One of the key achievements of this Labour government has been the Employment Rights Act (ERA), which will… The post Paul Nowak column: ‘It’s time for Labour to shout about workers...

Top UN court rules workers’ right to strike ‘protected’ in key treaty 

News|Workers’ Rights The top United Nations court has ruled that workers and unions have the right to strike under...

Business groups say workers' rights to 'cost jobs and cause chaos'

The changes under the Act include the right to statutory sick pay from the first day of illness instead of on the fourth day. Other reforms include making paternity leave a 'day on...

Rights group urges binding gig worker protections in ILO platform work treaty

Platform workers around the world experience long hours, unpredictable and declining pay, and serious safety risks as platform companies sidestep labor protections, Human Rights Wa...

ILO Labor Treaty Should Protect All Gig Workers

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UK Employment Rights Act 2025: Collective And Trade Union Rights - May 2026 (UPDATED)

The 2025 Act steps up enforcement, with the new Fair Work Agency, stronger record-keeping duties and an extended window for tribunal claims....By: A&O Shearman

Right to strike protected under key labour treaty, says UN World Court

The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled that the right to strike is protected under a core International Labour Organization (ILO) convention, in a landmark a...

International Court of Justice Recognizes the Right to Strike

On May 21, 2026, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a non-binding, but significant and highly-anticipated, ruling that Convention 87 of the International Labour Organi...

Group of civilian military workers to file ILO complaint against gov't over labor rights violations

A group of civilian military employees said Friday it will file a complaint with the International Labor Organization (ILO) against the Korean government for labor rights violation...

The ICJ Upholds Right to Strike in Landmark Opinion

Last week the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered, by ten votes to four, the advisory opinion that workers’ organizations have awaited for fourteen years. The right to s...

No Compromise On Workers' Rights, Strict Action For Violations: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said there will be no compromise on the rights, dignity and social security of workers, and warned of strict legal action...

ICJ affirms global right to strike, but India remains exempt without ILO pact ratification

Although ratified by 158 countries and guaranteeing workers the right ‘in full freedom, to organise their administration and activities,’ the convention does not explicitly mention...

May 22, 2026

U.S. employers spend $1.7B on union avoidance each year and the ICJ declares the right to strike a protected activity. 

Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch

Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite bossThe government has asked its new employment rights watchdog to reduce the regulato...

"A People's History of Invisible India": Journalist Neha Dixit on Dire State of Worker Rights

On International Workers’ Day, we take a look at the state of workers’ rights and freedoms in India, where pressure on fuel supplies from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has deepened...

Get set for employees and unions to be granted stronger rights

Michael McLaughlin on employment changes​ and the food and drink industry

Forced Labor: A Human Rights Travesty that Suppresses Wages Everywhere

AAM offers comments on USTR's Section 301 investigation into weak international prohibitions against goods made by forced labor.

Covalen workers vote to strike after 720 workers on Meta projects told jobs at risk

Workers will protest outside the Dáil today to call on the government to bring in more protections.