by Sean Reilly | Mar 2, 2008
As local action associated with fair trade and labour practices continues, Topshop is facing a day of protests from its core customers, with students across Britain staging demonstrations today at the company’s stores. Students will protest against sweatshop...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 15, 2008
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations in New York, has spoken up for employment and workers’ rights at a gathering on social and economic development from 6-15 February 2008. In his English-language talk, the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 10, 2008
Electronics workers in Mexico are regularly subjected to denial of labour rights and dignity by companies – practices which needed to be challenged and changed, says a new report from the England and Wales Catholic development agency, CAFOD. The report from the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 2, 2007
A US imam, a Christian minister, and a striking janitor from Indiana are coming to London to speak at a trade union gathering, to stress the importance of workers’ rights in Islamic social thought, and to take on a company they say is violating them. The...
