Latin American Protesters Are Demanding New Economic Models
In Chile, Haiti, and Ecuador, demonstrators want more than narrow policy changes. They want to transform the economic systems that have increased inequality for decades.
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World Bank Rankings Promote Deregulation at the Expense of Working People
The highly controversial annual Doing Business report gives governments high marks if they slash taxes and worker protections.
Lesotho Garment Workers Strike Landmark Deals with Global Brands to Combat Gender-Based Violence
Levi's, Children’s Place, and the Wrangler and Lee jeans company will now require their suppliers in this African nation to cooperate with a worker-led, enforceable program to eliminate gender-based harassment.
Mining Financiers Bribed Their Way to Riches. Now Their Jilted Workers Have a Chance at Compensation.
New UK policies allow overseas victims to be included in anti-corruption cases, with a view to compensating them. This could be good news for mine workers who lost their jobs in a DR Congo bribery scandal a decade ago.
Stress, Overwork, and Insecurity are Driving the Invisible Workplace Accident Rate
The pressure to work faster and longer is making work more dangerous for diverse jobs, from delivery drivers to home care workers.
Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires
Protesters around the world are singling out the bad actors profiting off deforestation.
Trump’s Order to Bring Jobs Home from China is Toothless. But There Are Sensible Ways to Discourage Offshoring.
As his tariff war threatens to inflict unending pain on workers, farmers, and consumers, the U.S. president should consider solutions he could actually deliver.
Global Labor Movement Loses a Champion
Former AFL-CIO international affairs director Barbara Shailor fought for the rights of working people around the world.
A Lesson from West Africa, a Global Inequality Ground Zero
To end poverty at the bottom of our economic orders, we need to stop wealth from concentrating at the top.