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English About this course Times of Corona are times of change. Post-Corona is not only a crisis, but also a moment to explore new pathways for our societies towards greater equity, environmental sustainability and democratic participation. This course offers a labour perspective on the main challenges and systemic deficiencies exposed by Covid-19. The course focuses on an agenda for change and explores policy debates on redirecting the economy towards services and infrastructure, which...

English About this course Having discussed the severe violations of workers in global supply chains in other courses, this course focuses on some key policy areas to rethink global supply chains, such as trade, taxation, due diligence, purchasing contracts and industrial policies. It provides a space to deliberate and discuss key policy proposals for regulating global supply chains in such as way as to empower workers and their organisations.  watch This course was first launched in ...

English About this course This course looks at the different forms of structural discrimination – gender, race, ethnicity, age, migration status and others – and the way they intersect, pushing many women, people of colour and other disadvantaged groups to the bottom of the wage hierarchy and to more precarious jobs. Unmasking how this structural discrimination is deeply embedded in the business model of supply chains, the course focuses on different forms of resistance from across the ...

English About this course The course discusses key issues affecting the quality and accessibility of public services as well as new, emerging visions in sectors such as health, energy, transport, and others. In particular, through struggles to resist commercialisation of public services and the environmental crisis, workers and trade unions, in coalition with other social movements, can play a fundamental role in the realisation of these visions.  watch This course was first launched ...

English About this course The course focuses on the main forces driving the expansion of global supply chains, their impact on development, and working conditions and workers’ rights . It provides an overview of the gaps in the framework governing these production chains as well as some recent regulatory measures related working conditions and workers’ rights in global supply chains. This approach is combined with an analysis of trade unions strategies at various levels to ensure decent...

English About this course How can unions transform to respond to the most pressing issues facing workers and our societies in the 21st century? This course offers an analytical framework to deepen our understanding of how trade unions can transform using their agency and power resources and support union strategies in a changing world of work. This course is developed by an international team of trade unionists, labour researchers, and academics, coordinated by the Global Trade Union ...