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Pleased to share the first chapters of the IRIS Handbook for Governments on #EthicalRecruitment 👉iris.iom.int/iris-handbook-g…
Grateful for the support from all Global Policy Network members, including @Mglsd_UG who provide important experience and knowledge 🙌
@IOM_LMI
@UNmigration
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🇬🇧 In the UK, support is growing for a law mandating businesses to carry out proper due diligence
📢 This week 39 investors representing £3.9 trillion called for a Business, Human Rights & Environment Act
👇 This could prevent abuses & protect #HRDs
bit.ly/3RA5ksh
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Today, @LizTwistMP is standing up for a #FashionWatchdog in parliament after #PMQs – introducing a bill that would curb UK fashion brands’ abusive behaviour towards their suppliers that drives workers in the Global South into destitution.
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Trade union delegates from across Europe saying it #StrongerTogether:
🧹 Justice for cleaners!
🔦 Security guards are essential!
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On #WorldOceanDay, we want to take the time to bring attention to the human rights abuses occurring in our oceans...
The #fishingindustry is one of the most high-risk for modern slavery and human trafficking because of the lack of enforcement of safety/labour standards (ILO).
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Many of the products we use depend on #ForcedLabour - with profits going into the pockets of companies operating in the UK.
It's time for ACTION. ⏰
Sign our petition+call on the UK gov to stop companies+public bodies washing their hands of abuse:
➡️ lght.ly/ancl74m
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We’re proud to join this coalition to highlight how @FIFA ignores workers’ rights & demand they do better:
FIFA Exposed: With #WorldCup2026 city selection happening in weeks, FIFA again ignores demands for basic labor and human rights standards.
theguardian.com/football/202…
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Ukrainian workers flee ‘modern slavery’ conditions on UK farms.
“Nobody cares what happens to seasonal workers. I thought our rights would be well protected in the UK but this has not happened.'
@FocusOnLabour @scotrefcouncil
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…
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Breaking: The #PayTransparency Directive takes the next step - a large majority of @Europarl_EN MEPs have voted in favour ✔️. – at Strasbourg, France
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🗣️"Every women worker no matter who she is and where she works deserves #EqualPay. It's a duty of every trade union member to fight against exploitation, for #EqualPay & wages you can live on" says @EstherLynchs at @FGTBBruABVV demonstration in Brussels. @UlensMira @FGTB_CG
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We remain concerned with the risk of people being trafficked / re-trafficked amid the conflict.
This crisis is an urgent reminder that the #NationalityAndBordersBill will make it harder for people to enter the UK and access the support they sorely need.
#UkraineRussianWar
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I’m going to channel some of my fury & sadness about UK higher education into a strike teachout next Monday. It’ll be on the continuum of labour exploitation, from routine abuses to the extremes of ‘modern slavery’. Thanks to the wonderful @SSEESstrikes for hosting me!
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
The @EU_Commission has published its strategy to promote decent work worldwide.
It announces it will prepare a new law to ban #ForcedLabour products from the EU market:
ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…
#ModernSlavery
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More and more working people are in poverty because of low wages ‼️
👉Wages guaranteeing a decent standard of living are a human right✊
📢#CollectiveBargaining for all and fair #MinimumWages!
🧐Watch out for trade union action tomorrow
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Today is International Day to Abolish Slavery. Migrant workers around the world are at risk of #modernslavery due to recruitment fees, limited freedom of movement, and lack of access to justice and remedy. IRIS is committed to the mission to #endmodernslavery for migrant workers.
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We've come together with @SustShipping and other shipping industry actors to take action for #SeafarersRights and welfare.
Learn more about the 🆕 Code of Conduct and self-assessment tool, developed to protect #seafarers' #humanrights ➡️ sustainableshipping.org/seaf…
It’s time to deliver on #SeafarersRights. Industry has come together to launch a Code of Conduct and self-assessment for shipowners, operators, charterers and cargo owners to take action on seafarers’ rights and welfare. Read more: sustainableshipping.org/seaf…
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Agreement on new, expanded Accord bangladeshaccord.org/updates…
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Today, we #RememberSlavery and its abolition. 25M people are still trapped in #ModernSlavery. The @ilo’s report shows that millions more are at increased risk of falling into forced labour.
Read this interview 👉 bit.ly/37KLa9M
#50FF #EndSlavery
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On #worldhumanitarianday, watching the multiple situations of crisis around the world, we pay tribute to all humanitarian workers, continuing their work in times of great danger and need.