FIGHTING FOr freedom of association every day
freedom of association is not a status – it is a process. It is a process of continually defending our rights and interests, of continuously striving to access more rights to strengthen our union for furthering and defending the interests of workers
FIGHTING FOr fARM WORKERS' RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
It is through combination and association in trade unions, exercising collective bargaining power and collective representation, that farm workers can overcome and eliminate the vulnerability deliberately built into agricultural work by farmers, buyers, traders, food companies and supermarkets. Then working in agriculture – feeding the world – can finally be a good job.
Freedom of Association
Compilation of decisions of the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association [6th edition, 2018]
this collection of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association is a value resource for trade unionists to understand the broad scope of the right to freedom of association and how employer and government actions, requirements and intervention violate this right
No more delays, justice now! Unions demand accountability for the killing and violence faced by trade union leaders and organizers in the Philippines
As the Philippines government continues to ignore ILO recommendations to address serious trade union rights violations in the country and fails to investigate the killing of trade unionists and violence against unions, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
Digital platform food delivery riders strike in the Philippines, highlighting unfair and hazardous working conditions throughout the Asia-Pacific region
The newly formed Union of Delivery Riders in Digital Platforms-SENTRO-IUF launched strike action for the first time on July 11, 2022, in General Santos in the Philippines. The digital platform food delivery riders are demanding fair and just delivery earnings, an end...
Coca-Cola Bangladesh workers resume protest despite physical threats and intimidation by the company’s gangster contractor
Members of the the Coca-Cola Employees Union (CCEU) continued their protest actions on July 2, 2022, in response to management's continued refusal to negotiate good faith and attempts to exclude the company from labour law provisions. Union members are also demanding...
404 truth not found – news media censored as Coca-Cola Bangladesh management denies responsibility for brutal attack on union president
A news story published on June 14 under the headline কোকাকোলার কারখানায় 'আন্দোলন দমাতে' শ্রমিকনেতাদের ওপর হামলা [Attack on workers' leaders to suppress movement at Coca-Cola factory] described last week's brutal attack on the union president by goons of a 3rd party...
Imprisoned trade unionists released on bail as NagaWorld and the Labour Ministry rush to create a fake union organization
In the face of growing international condemnation, Cambodian authorities have released eight of the 11 NagaWorld trade unionists from prison on bail. Eight union leaders of LRSU were arrested in January and another three union activists were arrested in February for...
More union leaders arrested as Cambodian government violates human rights to protect NagaWorld profits
At 2:50PM on Wednesday, February 9, three union leaders wrongfully detained on Saturday under COVID-19 laws were charged and sent to prison for pre-trial detention. Chaup Channath, Sao Sambath and Seng Vannarith were among several striking union members detained on...