Universal ratification of ILO Convention on child labour: now it’s time to implement!
An ILO Convention has for the first time been ratified by all 187 member states. The IUF calls for renewed...
India: Agricultural and rural workers look to MGNREGA to ensure livelihoods
Rural areas, already faced with an unprecedented economic crisis, are now being hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tens of thousands...
IUF calls on ILO to help secure wage arrears for hungry sugar workers in Iran
The IUF has called for the urgent intervention of the ILO to help secure unpaid wages owed the 5,000 workers...
Italy: Union push brings breakthrough in protecting migrant worker rights
Sustained organizing and engagement by our Italian agro-food affiliate FLAI-CGIL has won landmark government action to protect the rights, health...
Yes, it is possible to protect agricultural workers and mitigate risk in a pandemic – SINTRAINAGRO shows how it’s done
On March 25 the IUF-affiliated SINTRAINAGRO in Colombia negotiated an agreement covering 22,000 banana workers on comprehensive measures to mitigate...
IWMD 2020: agricultural workers must be protected
On April 28, we remember those who lost their lives because of their work and we campaign to protect the...
Italy: FLAI-CGIL calls for regularization of migrant workers and urgent measures to protect their health
The IUF-affiliated agrifood union FLAI-CGIL, together with numerous civil society organizations, has called on the government to take immediate measures...
Uganda flower workers’ union fighting against total collapse
Uganda's Horticultural, Industrial, Service Providers and Allied Workers' Union (UHISPAWU) is fighting to protect thousands of workers on flower farms...
Rights must be on the agenda as G20 agriculture ministers meet!
The IUF, our sister federation PSI, peasant organizations and civil society groups campaigning for the right to food have called...
IUF Editorial: COVID-19: WTO-FAO-WHO ignore crucial link in food supply chain
Click here to read the editorial in EnglishHier klicken, um den redaktionellen Beitrag auf Deutsch zu lesenCliquez ici pour lire...
India: Women’s Water and Sanitation Committees fight to secure water facilities on tea plantations
Workers from tea plantations who have migrated to other states in India to work in hotels, restaurants, plantations, construction and...