On the menu this week: Italy’s main CGIL union launches a project for a “Universal labor rights charter” for all workers, subordinate or otherwise. France and Germany drive a revision to an EU Directive on the posting of workers. How French employees and Chilean employers view their respective unions, international union mobilization against McDonald’s and multinational companies’ tax evasion, and Vietnam meets freedom of association from a context of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). A British company boss condemned for human trafficking and for imposing working conditions on Hungarian workers that come close to slavery.
Italy/ The CGIL launches a campaign promoting its “Universal labor rights charter”. On 18 January the CGIL union confederation presented its “Universal labor rights charter”, which, by way of 97 separate articles aims to thoroughly overhaul Italy’s labor rights. The CGIL charter defines the rights that all workers should be able to enjoy whether they are subordinate, para-subordinate or independent workers. The charter recognizes rights that cannot be subject to exemption such as fair pay propo
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