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Searching with a thematic focus on Labour standards, Corporate Social Responsibility

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  The struggle for worker rights in Colombia

  Solidarity Center, 2006

  This report examines the situation of workers’ rights in Colombia, which is the deadliest country in the world in which to be a trade union member.
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  Annual survey of violations of trade union rights (2006)

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2006

  This year’s survey examines the situation of trade union rights violations all over the world in the period from January to December 2005. In terms of general figures the survey highlights that within this timeframe 115 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers’ rights in 2005, while more than 1,600 were subjected to violent assaults and some 9,000 arrested.
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  Labor issues continue to blight computer industry

  Eldis Document Store, 2006

  This article examines labour issues in the computer manufacturing supply chain.
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  Protecting labor rights through trade agreements: an analytical guide

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2004

  This paper provides an analytical introduction to the policy and practice of including labour rights provisions in trade agreements.
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  Offside!: labour rights and sportswear production in Asia

  Oxfam, 2006

  This report considers 12 international sports brands — Adidas, ASICS, FILA, Kappa, Lotto, Mizuno, New Balance, Nike, Puma, Reebok, Speedo and Umbro — and examines the steps they take to ensure their suppliers in Asia allow workers to organise trade unions and bargain collectively for better wages and conditions.
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  New democratic trends in China? reforming the All-China Federation of Trade Unions

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This paper examines the rise of direct elections in the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), their significance for the reform of China’s sole trade union federation and for improving workers’ conditions, and their broader implications for processes of governance in China.It outlines the diverse pressures on the ACFTU to reform and the various initiatives taken to this end.
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  Sustainabilitea: the Dutch tea market and corporate social responsibility

  India Committee of the Netherlands, 2006

  The report examines issues and developments related to the global and Dutch tea markets and of relevant corporate social responsibility initiatives.
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  Action research: garment industry supply chains

  Women Working Worldwide, 2003

  This manual gives practical guidance on how to conduct action research to promote and support the rights of workers in garment industry supply chains. It begins with an introduction to the origins of the manual, which emerged out of research conducted into garment industry supply chains in Asia and Europe, and highlights the importance of including workers in the research process itself.
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  Coca Cola: the alternative report

  War on Want, 2006

  This report compares and contrasts Coca Cola’s rhetoric of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with the reality of actual practices of the company.
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  Paraquat unacceptable health risks for users

  2006

  This review considers the impacts of paraquat the chemical herbicide used by a large number of farmers and plantation workers. The paper finds that the pesticide causes daily suffering to an extremely large number of farmers and workers.Problems resulting from paraquat exposure are found around the world and the injuries suffered are debilitating and sometimes fatal.

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