Featured image for - Italy: Union push brings breakthrough in protecting migrant worker rights

Italy: Union push brings breakthrough in protecting migrant worker rights

29/05/2020

Sustained organizing and engagement by our Italian agro-food affiliate FLAI-CGIL has won landmark government action to protect the rights, health...

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Yes, it is possible to protect agricultural workers and mitigate risk in a pandemic – SINTRAINAGRO shows how it’s done

04/05/2020

On March 25 the IUF-affiliated SINTRAINAGRO in Colombia negotiated an agreement covering 22,000 banana workers on comprehensive measures to mitigate...

Featured image for - IWMD 2020: agricultural workers must be protected

IWMD 2020: agricultural workers must be protected

28/04/2020

On April 28, we remember those who lost their lives because of their work and we campaign to protect the...

Featured image for - Italy: FLAI-CGIL calls for regularization of migrant workers and urgent measures to protect their health

Italy: FLAI-CGIL calls for regularization of migrant workers and urgent measures to protect their health

27/04/2020

The IUF-affiliated agrifood union FLAI-CGIL, together with numerous civil society organizations, has called on the government to take immediate measures...

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Uganda flower workers’ union fighting against total collapse

22/04/2020

Uganda's Horticultural, Industrial, Service Providers and Allied Workers' Union (UHISPAWU) is fighting to protect thousands of workers on flower farms...

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Rights must be on the agenda as G20 agriculture ministers meet!

21/04/2020

The IUF, our sister federation PSI, peasant organizations and civil society groups campaigning for the right to food have called...

Featured image for - IUF Editorial: COVID-19: WTO-FAO-WHO ignore crucial link in food supply chain

IUF Editorial: COVID-19: WTO-FAO-WHO ignore crucial link in food supply chain

03/04/2020

Click here to read the editorial in EnglishHier klicken, um den redaktionellen Beitrag auf Deutsch zu lesenCliquez ici pour lire...

Featured image for - India: Women’s Water and Sanitation Committees fight to secure water facilities on tea plantations

India: Women’s Water and Sanitation Committees fight to secure water facilities on tea plantations

26/03/2020

Workers from tea plantations who have migrated to other states in India to work in hotels, restaurants, plantations, construction and...

Featured image for - Defending agricultural workers, in a pandemic and beyond

Defending agricultural workers, in a pandemic and beyond

26/03/2020

Read here the editorial in EnglishLea aquí el editorial en españolHier den redaktionellen Beitrag auf Deutsch lesenLäs ledaren här på...

Featured image for - Colombia: SINTRAINAGRO demands and wins COVID-19 support and protection for banana workers

Colombia: SINTRAINAGRO demands and wins COVID-19 support and protection for banana workers

26/03/2020

The rural workers' union SINTRAINAGRO has negotiated comprehensive COVID-19  support and health and safety protection measures for some 22,000 banana...