ILAW Network Members Suggest Areas for Resources, Support

Solidarity Center

Oct 07 2022 | 00:06:34

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Show Notes

Databases of legislation, compilations of laws and successful practices that advance worker rights, trainings, and coordination with allied organizations are some of the suggestions members of the International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network (ILAW) recommended the organization pursue. Meeting in breakout groups on the first day of the ILAW Network Global Conference, worker rights lawyers shared their work on, and requested support in, areas involving the global supply chain, informal economy work, employment discrimination, migrant worker rights, workplace safety and health and violence and harassment in the world of work. “There is a need for more cooperation and sharing of […]

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