Global Labor Justice

06/06/2026

Women garment workers sustain one of the world's most profitable industries. Yet poverty wages, gender discrimination, gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) and restrictions on freedom of association remain deeply embedded across global supply chains.

As the 114th International Labour Conference discusses advancing the ILO's Transformative Agenda for Gender Equality, AFWA and Global Labor Justice's new briefing asks a critical question: What does it take to move from commitments to gender equality to real change in the workplace?

The briefing shows that freedom of association and collective bargaining are essential foundations for achieving equal pay, preventing gender-based violence and harassment, and advancing gender equality in global supply chains — and it makes clear that Enforceable Brand Agreements are an essential, proven best practice for delivering those outcomes in the world of work.

Read the briefing here: https://asia.floorwage.org/reports/towards-gender-equality-in-garment-supply-chains-advancing-the-ilos-transformative-agenda-in-the-asian-garment-sector/

06/04/2026

MISSING CEO! In NYC tonight, union women are searching for Nike Board Member Michelle Peluso. Women garment workers who make Nike's products have been trying to contact her for more than a year.

05/07/2026

It’s no coincidence that Paramasivam Pushpalatha—a 44-year-old worker who died at a factory in Sri Lanka—was a woman garment worker in the Global South, sewing clothes for a brand whose executives will never set foot on a factory floor.

At our virtual event on 31st March, Julie Su, New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, reminded us that corporations are counting on us to believe that what happened to Pushpalatha is a Sri Lankan problem; that a union flight attendant in New York has nothing in common with a sewing operator in Central Java, Indonesia; and that what workers won in India under the Dindigul Agreement, doesn't matter to workers in Chicago hotel rooms or banana fields in Central America.

She also reminded us that when women come together to demand union-led responses to gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH), we win.

WE ARE THE ONES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!



Coalition of Labor Union Women Victoria's Secret Brandix

05/07/2026

Join us on Saturday, May 9th from 2pm-4pm for the Just Sign It campaign's first action! ( https://bit.ly/may9action) We are taking to the streets with fellow Oregon educators who are affected by the public school funding crisis. Garment workers from Asia are in the same fight and will also be taking action on May 9th. An injury to one is an injury to all!

05/04/2026

05/01/2026

This May Day, as a member of the Coalition on Labor Justice for Migrants in the Gulf with EquidemOrg Anti-Slavery International International Domestic Workers Federation ,we echo the UN’s call for justice for migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, and stand with migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and across the region in the fight for fundamental labor rights.

"Military escalation in the Middle East has heightened risks for migrant workers who may face increased exposure to sudden job loss, injury or death during such periods of instability. The experts warned that these vulnerabilities exacerbate existing inequalities, underscoring the urgency for reform."

05/01/2026

GLJ marched in Washington DC today to mark May Day and demand a world that works for working people!

05/01/2026

Today, GLJ, International Domestic Workers Federation, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing - WIEGO and Working Horizons released "A Feminist Labour Justice Agenda in a Time of Crisis." This May Day is a call not only to defend rights, but to build the collective power that is necessary to redefine justice in our own terms. Read here: https://globallaborjustice.org/news/a-feminist-labour-justice-agenda-in-a-time-of-crisis/

This , we join Global Labor Justice, Working Horizons and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing - WIEGO in calling for a feminist labour justice agenda in a time of crisis.

and care workers are essential, sustaining households, economies, and societies. Yet, they remain among the most undervalued and excluded from rights, protections, and decision-making.

In a moment of rising inequality and shrinking civic space, we must:

- Recognize and value care work as real work;
- Strengthen collective power, ensuring domestic workers have a voice and a seat at the table;
- Guarantee rights, social protection, and access to justice for all workers, regardless of status.

✊🏽 This is a call not only to defend rights, but to build the power needed to transform systems and place care at the center of our economies.

🔗 Read the full statement:https://idwfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/May-Day-2026-Joint-Statement-EN.pdf

04/29/2026

See how Oregon educators and garment workers are joining together to turn up the heat on Nike in this piece from Portland's KATU News. While Nike pockets billions, Oregon schools go broke and garment workers in Asia make Nike’s products for poverty wages. It’s time for Nike to make a real commitment to pay what it owes to garment workers and to Oregon. Nike: Just Sign It!

Oregon teachers and Southeast Asian garment workers are uniting to pressure Nike on taxes, wages and public schools.