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Workers' rights in free fall as unions face unprecedented attacks, report warns

Workers' rights around the world are "in free fall", with widespread attempts to hamstring collective bargaining and attacks on trade union representatives, the world's largest trade union organisation said Monday. Europe and the Americas clocked up the worst results in the last ten years.

Radio France Internationale

Small island nations lead fight for climate justice at UN's top court

Environmental campaigners from 98 countries and 12 organisations began giving evidence on Monday to the International Court of Justice in a landmark case aimed at laying down rules for how rich nations should support poorer ones on the frontlines of climate change.

Radio France Internationale

Amazon, Tesla and Meta among world’s top companies undermining democracy – report

Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds

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The G-20’s screen over ‘mazdoors’, their rights

The G-20 should have discussed investments in job creation, compliance with the promise of the fundamental principles and rights at work

The Hindu

UK drops in global workers' rights ranking - falling to be on par with Qatar

WORKERS’ rights in the UK have been degraded to the extent the country now ranks among despotic regimes such as Saudi Arabia and Vietnam,…

The National (Scotland)

World Cup security staff suffer in the silence of Qatar’s broken promises

Low-wage migrant workers who made the tournament possible now find themselves broke and homeless or even deported or imprisoned

The Guardian - UK

UN labour rights watchdog facing backlash over Qatar conference nomination

Exclusive: Qatari minister expected to take presidency of ILO event despite bribery investigation

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The erosion of hard-won labour rights

With more and more attempts being made to regulate the number of work hours a day, the clock is being set back in the name of ease of doing business

The Hindu

Global trade union leader sacked over EU graft scandal ties

BRUSSELS - The general secretary of the international union ITUC has been dismissed from his post over his links to a European Parliament graft scandal implicating Qatar, the confederation said.

Bangkok Post

Head of global trade union body sacked after donation investigation

ITUC removes Luca Visentini from role in wake of disclosure he took money from main suspect in Qatargate bribery scandal

The Guardian - UK

Many Australians look at the world and see it heading the wrong way. Is democracy no longer the faction of choice?

If we want to rebuild the rotting foundations of democracy, we must start by restoring workers’ rights

The Guardian - AU

China continues its labour abuse practices against Uighurs: UN

A new UN report details a ‘widespread and systematic programme’ of abuse in Xinjiang as well as China’s vehement denial.

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