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(December 2020, United Nations Network on Migration) Stronger together: including migrants in the COVID-19 response and recovery

https://migrationnetwork.un.org/stronger-together-including-migrants-covid-19-response-and-recovery-0

 


(December 2020, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribean – ECLAC) The 2014-2020 period will mark the lowest growth in the last seven decades for Latin American and Caribbean economies

https://www.cepal.org/en/pressreleases/2014-2020-period-will-mark-lowest-growth-last-seven-decades-latin-american-and

 


(November 2020, Guy Davidov, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung) Die Sinzheimer-Vorlesung 2020, Compliance with and Enforcement of Labour Laws

https://youtu.be/uuKQD_wcaPY

 


(August 2020, ILO) COVID-19 and the world of work

https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/coronavirus/lang–en/index.htm

 


(July 2020, Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations – ILR) How do we resolve labor disputes under global supply chain agreements?

https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/new-conversations-project/news-and-events/webinar-how-do-we-resolve-labor-disputes-under-global-supply-chain-agreements

 


(July 2020, Solidarity Center) 10 years protecting freedom of assembly and association worldwide

https://youtu.be/3rGbPd2V7zY

 


(July 2020, Transnational Institute) Migrant farmworkers: organising and resisting before, during and after COVID-19

 


(July 2020, ILO) ILO Global Summit on COVID-19 and the world of work

https://global-summit.ilo.org/en/event/constituents-day/

 


(June 2020, ILO) ILO Violence and Harassment Convention will enter into force in June 2021

https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_749148/lang–en/index.htm

 


(May 2020, Labor and Employment Relations Association – LERA) Low wage and gig work during the COVID-19 Pandemic

 


(April 2020, José Eduardo Faria, Estado da Arte – Estadão) Public health between the State and the market (in Portuguese)

https://estadodaarte.estadao.com.br/saude-publica-estado-mercado-jef/

 


(April 2020, Italian Labour Law e-Journal – ILLEJ) Special Issue: Covid-19 and Labour Law. A Global Review

https://illej.unibo.it/issue/view/868

 


(April 2020, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights – IACHR) IACHR adopts Resolution on Pandemic and Human Rights in the Americas

http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2020/073.asp

 


(April 2020, ILO) COVID-19 causes devastating losses in working hours and employment

https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_740893/lang–en/index.htm

 


(February 2020, Aída Ponce Del Castillo, European Trade Union Institute – ETUI) Labour in the age of AI: why regulation is needed to protect workers

https://www.etui.org/publications/foresight-briefs/labour-in-the-age-of-ai-why-regulation-is-needed-to-protect-workers

 


(October 2019, AFL-CIO) The double standard at work: European corporate investment and workers’ rights in the American South

https://aflcio.org/reports/double-standard-work-european-corporate-investment-and-workers-rights-american-south

 


(September 2019, Kate Conger and Noam Scheiber, The New York Times) California Bill makes app-based companies treat workers as employees

 


(September 2019, Giuliana Miranda, Folha de São Paulo) Brazil is one of the worst places in the world for foreigners to live, says report (in Portuguese)

 


(June 2019, Fatima Kamata, BBC News Brasil) Children of Brazilians in Japan begin to overcome barriers in the skilled labour market (in Portuguese)

https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/internacional-48522436

 


(April 2019, Sejal Singh, OnLabor Blog) SCOTUS weighing LGBTQ workers’ rights: what’s at risk

SCOTUS Weighing LGBTQ Workers’ Rights: What’s At Risk

 


(April 2019, Natalie Sedacca and Avril Sharp, UK Labour Law Blog) Dignity, not destitution: the impact of differential rights to work for migrant domestic workers

 


(March 2019, ILO) Livelihoods for migrants and refugees in Brazil

https://www.ilo.org/empent/Projects/refugee-livelihoods/WCMS_675252/lang–en/index.htm

 


(February 2019, Tadeu Rover, Consultor Jurídico – ConJur) Lawsuits fall in first instance but grow in the regional labour courts (in Portuguese)

https://www.conjur.com.br/2019-fev-11/acoes-caem-primeira-instancia-crescem-trts

 


(November 2018, Agência IBGE) Unionization rate of Brazilian workers falls to 14.4%, the lowest since 2012 (in Portuguese)

https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/agencia-sala-de-imprensa/2013-agencia-de-noticias/releases/22952-taxa-de-sindicalizacao-dos-trabalhadores-brasileiros-cai-para-14-4-a-menor-desde-2012

 


(August 2018, Migalhas) Brazilian Supreme Court rules outsourcing of core activities constitutional (in Portuguese)

https://migalhas.uol.com.br/quentes/286649/stf-julga-constitucional-terceirizacao-de-atividade-fim

 


(June 2018, Kristy Siegfried, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – UNHCR) The Refugee Brief

https://www.unhcr.org/refugeebrief/refugee-brief-19-june-2018/

 


(June 2018, ILO) Freedom of association – Compilation of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association

https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/subjects-covered-by-international-labour-standards/freedom-of-association/WCMS_632659/lang–en/index.htm

 


(June 2018, Peter Beaumont, The Guardian) Image of sobbing toddler at US border: ‘It was hard for me to photograph’ 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jun/19/image-sobbing-toddler-us-border-it-was-hard-for-me-to-photograph-john-moore

 


(December G1Entry of immigrants into Brazil fell 23% in two years; ‘effect of the political and economic crisis’, says study (in Portuguese)

https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/entrada-de-imigrantes-no-brasil-caiu-23-em-dois-anos-efeito-da-crise-politica-e-economica-diz-estudo.ghtml

 


(June 2017, Edwin Lane, BBC News Brasil) The young Japanese who are literally working themselves to death (in Portuguese)

https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/internacional-40140914

 


(May 2017, G1) Temer signs the Migration Law with vetoes (in Portuguese)

https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/temer-sanciona-com-vetos-lei-de-migracao.ghtml

 


(May 2013, David Weil, Harvard University Press) Why work became so bad for so many