Arthur Svensson Prize

16/04/2026

Joe Ajaero awarded the Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights 2026

Brother Joe Ajaero stands as one of the most courageous and principled defenders of trade union rights on the African continent today. His lifelong dedication to protect workers, advance democratic freedoms, and resist systemic repression makes him an exceptional and highly deserving recipient of th...

18/04/2025

Committee Chair, Frode Alfheim, announces the 2025 prize winner Aliaksandr Yarashuk.

16/04/2025

Aliaksandr Yarashuk is being honoured for his uncompromising defence of workers rights and democracy in Belarus, a state which has imprisoned him for his fight.

– It is completely absurd that a man who is member of ILO Governing Body is currently in prison for …

26/02/2025

USA: Only a month into his second term as president, Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers. Mass firings of federal workers, nullifying contracts with the trade unions, paralyzing the activities of the NLRB, a federal agency created to guarantee American workers’ right to union representation, and devastating attacks on EEOC, another federal agency established to safeguard workers’ rights.

Only a month into his second term as president, Donald Trump is well underway toward destroying crucial rights of American workers. Mass firings of federal workers, nullifying contracts with the trade unions, paralyzing the activities of the NLRB, a federal agency created to guarantee American worke...

19/02/2025

BHRRC recorded 665 cases of alleged abuse of migrant workers globally in 2024 in their Migrant Worker Allegations Database. The top three value chains profiting from abuse globally were agri-food supply chains, construction and engineering, and manufacturing. A large number of companies are unidentified as under-reporting, opaque supply chains and fear of retaliation and reprisal for workers frustrated accountability efforts.

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre recorded 665 cases of alleged abuse of migrant workers globally in 2024 in their Migrant Worker Allegations Database. These cases span all sectors, all abuses and all regions of the world, from climate-displaced Nepali workers then hit by the impacts of cl...

06/02/2025

Myanmar: The military regime is actively orchestrating a dangerous and unacceptable attack on independent trade unions. The state administration council (SAC) has created a parallel and illegitimate trade union structure to undermine the legitimate trade union movement.

The military regime in Myanmar is actively orchestrating a dangerous and unacceptable attack on independent trade unions. The state administration council (SAC) has created a parallel and illegitimate trade union structure to undermine the legitimate trade union movement.

06/02/2025

An analysis of CLB's 2024 labour data reveals a persistent disregard for workers' rights by employers, corporations, and government authorities. Meanwhile, workers agitations in the manufacturing sector have surged to their highest levels in nearly a decade. As companies prioritise cost-cutting measures and profitability strategies, workers' wages, social insurance, compensation, and living subsidies remain at the bottom of the list.

An analysis of CLB's 2024 labour data reveals a persistent disregard for workers' rights by employers, corporations, and government authorities, even as China's economic landscape shifts under the pressures of changing overseas investment, domestic demand, and evolving market structures across vario...

05/02/2025

US government workers are describing an atmosphere of “fear” and “madness” as they grapple with a barrage of executive orders issued by Donald Trump and threats to their jobs from the office of personnel management, the agency tasked with managing the federal civil service, which has been taken over by the billionaire Elon Musk.

Office of personnel management workers say anxiety is palpable amid intimidation and threat of dismissal

30/01/2025

Global: A legion of workers worldwide work for apps that assign them tasks, algorithms that monitor their every move and clients who rate their performance. Despite its promise of freedom and flexibility, this fragmented system has evolved into one that is competitive, over-monitored, precarious, and exhausting – and one which poses a serious threat to workers’ health.

Hired with the impersonal click of a button, they are the final link in a business model that has managed to spread across and colonise nearly every sector – from transportation and food delivery to home cleaning, childcare, elderly care and a wide range of online work. A legion of workers worldwi...

29/01/2025

China: The beating heart of the Shein empire is a workforce sitting behind sewing machines for around 75 hours a week in contravention of Chinese labour laws. This add to a growing list of questions about Shein, once a little-known Chinese-founded company that has become a global behemoth in just over five years. Its meteoric rise has been dogged with controversy about its treatment of workers and allegations of forced labour.

The beating heart of the Shein empire is a workforce sitting behind sewing machines for around 75 hours a week in contravention of Chinese labour laws. This add to a growing list of questions about Shein, once a little-known Chinese-founded company that has become a global behemoth in just over five...