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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and Global Labour Institute (GLI) have announced a new initiative that will see the application of labour impact assessments in transport planning around the world.  The initiative, announced at the Transforming Transportation conference organised by the World Bank and the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, is supported by the The post Joint GLI-ITF Initiative on Integrating Labour Impact Assessments into Transport Planning first appeared on www.gli-manchester.net.

The ninth GLI International School took place from 27th – 29th November 2023 near Paris, France, and brought together over 100 trade unionists, researchers and activists from 30 countries.  Over three days, conferences, seminars and discussions were held, with the project culminating in the writing of a school manifesto. To read more about the project, The post International School 2023 first appeared on www.gli-manchester.net.

– Edme Dominguez In April 2020, a spontaneous uprising of more than 100 workers from the Electrolux factory in Ciudad Juarez led to their dismissal, to their ‘voluntary resignation’. The spontaneous protest was a reaction to the lack of protection measures against Covid that had already started to spread among the workers and had caused The post Women workers in export processing zones during Covid: the case of Electrolux in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico first appeared on www.gli-manchester.net.

Series: Labour Perspectives on China #6 – Sean Sayer Transport workers move the world. Trade and travel cannot function without us. This means that transport workers are some of the first to be impacted when governments or companies invest in and change the way the world moves and trades. Waves of international investment in transport The post Transport workers uniting along the Belt & Road first appeared on www.gli-manchester.net.

GLI Manchester supports the statement from Global Unions. The Global Unions signatory below note the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Order issued in the case filed by South Africa against Israel regarding the application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip, which demonstrates the vital importance of the international rule of law and effective The post Global Unions call for unified action following ICJ ruling on Gaza Genocide case first appeared on www.gli-manchester.net.