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IndustriALL global Union representatives together with the Vietnamese CGTV union have combined forces to build a union network aimed at defending workers across 42 factories in northern Vietnam...

19 October 2015

The G7 makes a moderate commitment to fostering sustainable global supply chains

The G7 Ministers of Employment, Labor, Social Affairs, International Cooperation and Development, gathered together in Berlin on 12 - 13 October to improve working conditions along global supply...

15 October 2015

China: due diligence guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains

Public consultation over due diligence guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains commenced at the beginning of October and will continue until the end of the month. The goal of the...

13 October 2015

France: former Congolese employees at Comilog, a subsidiary of French group Eramet secure compensation from the French courts for the breaches of contract

After a 23 year long legal battle, former Congolese employees at Comilog (La Compagnie Minière de l'Ogooué, Ogooué Mining Company), a Gabon based subsidiary of French mining company Eramet...

11 September 2015

Multinational corporations: increasingly accountable for their human rights behavior?

In the United States a consumer action group set up in protest at the modern slavery policy used in Nestlé’s supply chain in Thailand for the production of pets feed products represents the latest...

1 September 2015

Work starts on a binding treaty for multinational company responsibility with respect to human rights violations

The first session of the “intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights,” guided by the UNO Human Rights Council came to...

13 July 2015

Great Britain: the fight against modern slavery in supply chains is about to get started

For the first time, once the summer comes to a close, firms operating in Britain will have to report on an annual basis what they are doing to combat human trafficking along their global...

6 July 2015

Forced labour: despite efforts, the electronics sector is still the underperformer

139 graves and abandoned camps, which are thought to have housed hundreds of people, have been discovered. At the end of May, Malaysia was once again faced with a truth which has eaten away at the...

29 June 2015

G-7 Summit: explicit support for establishing social minima along global supply chains

It is the first time that the subject of social and environmental standards in the labor world has occupied such an important place on the G7 agenda. The summit was held at the Chateau Elmau in...

10 June 2015

Japan: large companies increasing initiatives to promote male/female equality

KDDI Corp. — a Japanese telephone service provider — has been awarded the first J-Win “prize for diversity” for 2015, for its efforts to promote diversity and male/female equality. This prize is...

29 April 2015

Two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, a 6 million $ shortfall remains in the compensation fund for families of those who lost their lives or were wounded.

On April 24 2013 a textile factory collapsed in Bangladesh causing the death of more than 1,100 workers who produced garments for Western companies. The tragedy also left several thousand wounded...

24 April 2015

Stora Enso and the ILO sign a unique partnership to promote decent work and combat child labor in Pakistan

Following accusations of ignoring the use of child labor in its 35% owned joint venture unit in Pakistan, the Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer has signed a partnership with the ILO to eliminate...

23 April 2015

How digital campaigning could influence businesses’ social practices

Last February, Italian clothing brand Benetton agreed to contribute to a compensation fund for victims of the Rana Plaza disaster (c.f. article No. 8912). This last minute turnaround by the...

13 April 2015

United States : Microsoft raises the bar for contract workers

Microsoft has decided to impose mandatory vacation and sick paid leaves for its contractors employees.

27 March 2015

India: the trade union IndustriAll Global Union attacks Sumangali practice, the exploitation of young Indian girls in the textile industry

The Tamil word Sumangali means “happily married woman”. The word is, however, used to designate a form of labour exploitation, that of young women from rural areas, usually adolescents. These...

25 March 2015

France: rights group Sherpa and the CGT accuse Vinci of forced labour in Qatar

On 23 March, the NGO Sherpa with the building federation of the CGT claimed that Vinci Construction, and those running its branch in Qatar (QDVC), has used forced labour on the construction sites...

24 March 2015

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