Welcome to our FREE online course "Decent Work in Global Supply Chains"!
According to the UN organization UNCTAD, 80% of trade takes place in global supply chains linked to transnational corporations. Governed by powerful transnational corporations, these global supply chains set the ‘rules of the game’ of today’s global production system. For the majority of workers, this production system translates into poverty wages, excessive working hours, unsafe workplaces and repression of workers’ right to form and join democratic trade unions.
This course offers a careful mix of video lectures and interviews, readings, online resources, and exercises to gain both knowledge and practical skills for promoting decent work in global supply chains. In some countries, the online learning experience will be complemented with local workshops for a truly global learning experience.
The course started with a Facebook live discussion with Prof. Dr. Mark Anner on 12 January 2017. You can watch the FB live here: https://www.facebook.com/GlobalLabourUniversity/videos/10154300252512602/