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@itfglobalunion.bsky.social Legal Director. Board member of @ilawnetwork.bsky.social, Ethical Trading Initiative and @cornellilr.bsky.social's Global Labor Institute. Law - Sports- Hip Hop Personal Account. All Views My Own. He/him
The parties to the world's only global sectoral collective agreement have declared the Strait of Hormuz as a 'High Risk Area' giving #seafarers additional protections.
IThe parties also agree the seafarers’ right to refuse to sail into the area.
www.itfglobal.org/en/news/join...
With international law going through a particularly difficult moment, the Hague Group represents a bulwark against impunity.
THIS is what multilateralism looks like.
THIS is what a solidarity-based, anti-colonial rules-based order looks like.
#FreePalestine
pic: James Scheinder/X
Clarity.
.@ITFglobalunion and the global labour movement strongly condemn the bombing carried out by Israel & the US, and the retaliatory attacks by Iran, in violation of the most fundamental rule of international law, namely the use of force.
www.itfglobal.org/en/news/itf-...
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has been busy! Days after the Foodinho/Glovo investigation, #Deliveroo has now been placed under court administration over 'genuine labour exploitation', including pay '90% below the poverty line and CBAs'.
#gigeconomy
www.euractiv.com/news/milan-p...
🚨Uruguay Supreme Court rules that #Uber drivers are employees - 6th SC globally to recognise an employment relationship for #gigeconomy on-demand workrs
Crucially, Court applies ILO R198 test. Court also disapplies mandatory arbitration in NL as per Uber's T&Cs.
www.cronica.com.ar/mundo/fallo-...
Over four years since Russia's invasion and aggression against Ukraine, the imperatives for a true, just and lasting peace could not be clearer.
Solidarity with the people of #Ukraine.
Solidarity with Iranian teachers and trade unions standing up now more than ever for freedom, rights and dignity.
End the repression now.
#Iran
'These violations...appear to aim at a permanent demographic shift in #Gaza raising concerns over ethnic cleansing. Israel has a legal obligation to take the steps ordered by the ICJ to prevent acts of genocide...All States are obligated...to take action to prevent & punish genocide'
The #Milan Public Prosecutor is investigating Foodinho/#Glovo for 'digital gangmastering' offences, including pay below the poverty line, shifts of up to 12 hours, and algorithmic monitoring of workers - in violation of the Constitution.
#gigeconomy
www.borsaitaliana.it/borsa/notizi...
The #Milan Public Prosecutor is investigating Foodinho/#Glovo for 'digital gangmastering' offences, including pay below the poverty line, shifts of up to 12 hours, and algorithmic monitoring of workers - in violation of the Constitution.
#gigeconomy
www.borsaitaliana.it/borsa/notizi...
'These violations...appear to aim at a permanent demographic shift in #Gaza raising concerns over ethnic cleansing. Israel has a legal obligation to take the steps ordered by the ICJ to prevent acts of genocide...All States are obligated...to take action to prevent & punish genocide'
Solidarity with Iranian teachers and trade unions standing up now more than ever for freedom, rights and dignity.
End the repression now.
#Iran
Over four years since Russia's invasion and aggression against Ukraine, the imperatives for a true, just and lasting peace could not be clearer.
Solidarity with the people of #Ukraine.
🚨Uruguay Supreme Court rules that #Uber drivers are employees - 6th SC globally to recognise an employment relationship for #gigeconomy on-demand workrs
Crucially, Court applies ILO R198 test. Court also disapplies mandatory arbitration in NL as per Uber's T&Cs.
www.cronica.com.ar/mundo/fallo-...
LINK to NZCTU statement: union.org.nz/dark-day-for...
“National have let Uber & ACT Party set agenda for employment law in this country. They need to grow a backbone & stand up for the interests of NZ workers,” - @NZ_CTU
#NewZealand labour reform creates “specified contractor” status upending SC #Uber decison, among other things.
'...company maintains that its drivers are independent contractors rather than employees...regardless of classification it cannot be responsible for actions that fall outside the scope of what could reasonably be considered their duties'
#gigeconomy
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The dystopian 'future of work' is very much here. Professional drivers replaced by machines and outsourced labour from lower-waged countries on the side of the world.
EU working group on Platform Work Directive transposition now out. Helpful clarifications from Commission, including need to guarantee equal protection for workers engaged via intermediaries (even if joint-several liability unavailable).
#gigeconomy
LINK: ec.europa.eu/transparency...
Powerful statement and plea from Volker Turk.
States condemning the carnage and atrocities committed by the RSF and SAF are not enough. They must address the “continuous inflow of weapons”.
And this of course also means the foreign funding of the RSF.
Act now!
news.un.org/en/story/202...
'global backlash'?
Well, I don't see it. Unless more statements constitute the totality of said 'backlash'.
EU says trade measures 'still' on table? The time to enforce the ICJ's unequivocal findings ref ocupation is now.
Stand up for the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Is it an employment agency/business, a digital labour platform, both? Another egregious example of workers having to pay recruitment fees to then be misclassified and earn below the minimum wage - here on the UK high street. Vile.
#gigeconomy
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Second international trade union delegation denied entry to #Palestine by Israel in less than a month. Certainly not incidental. There's a clear pattern here.
www.bwint.org/BwiNews/News...
In a first, the #gigeconomy delivery platform JustEat has established a European Works' Council spanning 11 different countries.
h/t @project_gig
newsroom.justeattakeaway.com/en-WW/259889...
In the week that the IDF accepted the Gaza Health Ministry's casualty figures, we learn that 500 people, including 100 children, have been killed since the 'ceasefire' has been in force.
Enough. Accountability now.
27/01 statement by Tehran Vahed Bus Workers' Union:
'...real liberation...is possible only through collective leadership and the conscious...not through military intervention by the United States & Israel, nor by any other power-seeking foreign states...'
Solidarity with #IranRevolution.
Huge win for NYTWA & ride-hail drivers in NYC as City Council overrides previous mayor's veto on wrongful deactivation law. Law now gives just cause protection, a right of appeal, and remedies including reinstatement and back pay. Huge!
#gigeconomy
Text intro.nyc/0276-2024+
These rulings by the German Labour Court once again highlight how the atomisation and distribution of #gigeconomy food delivery riders inevitably leads to the denial of collective rights - here the invalidity of an org unit for a works council.
www.internationalemploymentlawyer.com/news/german-...
