Publications

Eliminating child labour in Malawi

Publication Date: 

March 1, 2006

A British American Tobacco corporate responsibility project to sidestep tobacco labour exploitation

Objectives: To examine British American Tobacco and other tobacco industry support of the Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing Foundation.

Design: Analyses of internal tobacco industry documents and ethnographic data.

Outsourcing and Casualization in the Food and Beverage Industry

Publication Date: 

January 1, 2006

This IUF manual fully entitled,"Outsourcing and Casualization in the Food and Beverage Industry: The Threat to Workers and Unions and Union Strategies for Fighting Back" outlines the various strategies employed by multinational food companies to eliminate unions by contracting out their workforce. Click here for more info on contract labor and case studies.

2006 Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights

Publication Date: 

January 1, 2006

115 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers’ rights in 2005, while more than 1,600 were subjected to violent assaults and some 9,000 arrested, according to the ICFTU’s Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights violations, published today. Nearly 10,000 workers were sacked for their trade union involvement, and almost 1,700 detained.

Latin America remained the most perilous region for trade union activity, with Colombia once again topping the list for killings, intimidation and death threats.

USAS’ Response to Wal-Mart’s Announcement to Toughen Standards in Supplier Factories

Publication Date: 

October 15, 2005

United Students Against Sweatshops’ Response to Wal-Mart’s Announcement to Toughen Standards in Supplier Factories

Wal-Mart has received a considerable amount of press since its announcement yesterday to toughen its standards with regards to overseas suppliers. Unfortunately, Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott appears to have made no reference to concrete measures the company will take in order to improve labor standards and uphold worker rights.

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