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In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and exclusionary, mirroring past inequality Andy Burnham’s pledge to seek a “structured dialogue” with former colonies to help shape Britain’s first formal state apology for slavery marks the UK’s first tentative step down a path the Netherlands set outContinue Reading

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As Andy Burnham talks up closer alignment with the EU and a poll suggests half in UK would rejoin, the B-word is back on the agenda In February 2016, days after David Cameron announced the UK would hold a referendum on leaving the EU, he told workers in Slough notContinue Reading

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The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has challenged employers to stop exploiting workers through excessive casualisation, poor remuneration, unsuitable working conditions and victimisation, calling on the Federal Government to strengthen enforcement of labour standards across the country. TUC president, Comrade Festus Osifo, who made the call as workers markedContinue Reading

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The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has called on African governments to prioritise the creation of decent jobs and ensure living wages as part of efforts to tackle youth unemployment across the continent. ITUC-Africa made the call in a statement by its general secretary, AkhatorContinue Reading

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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for stronger cooperation between African and Arab countries to ensure that labour migration delivers decent jobs, fair recruitment, wage protection and social security for migrant workers. The call comes as governments from Africa and the Gulf region move to translate commitments on labourContinue Reading