Call for Action from UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: Over Half the World's Hungry are Food Producers
News 08-03-2010The right to food is grounded in key human rights instruments (declarations, conventions, covenants) which oblige governments not only to protect this fundamental right but also to actively ensure that the right to food is effectively realized.
International Women's Day 2010 - Rights and Recognition for Domestic Workers
News 05-03-2010Domestic workers around the world are organizing to challenge the harsh, abusive, often slave-like conditions in which they work. They are organizing unions and support networks, and they are mobilizing in support of an international Convention that will finally recognize them as workers and establish their rights in international law.
Agreement in Colombian Palm Plantation Struggle Ends 67-Day Strike
News 03-03-2010An agreement between the Colombian rural workers union SINTRAINAGRO and Palo Alto Gnecco Espinosa Investments has brought a successful first round conclusion to a long, bitter struggle at the company's palm plantation in Ciénaga district, Magdelena.
Zimbabwe Union Leaders Arrested, General Secretary Forced into Hiding
Urgent Action 03-03-2010GAPWUZ, the agricultural and plantation workers union in Zimbabwe is again under attack. General secretary Gertrude Hambira is currently in hiding and at least one official under arrest.
Nestlé Workers Worldwide Say: Stop Nespressure!
News 02-03-2010
On February 25 the Nestle Ponda and Nestle Bicholim unions in Goa, India, held protest actions against trade union rights violations at Nestle Waters in Russia.

