Results of the Labor Rights Monitoring Mission’s work in 2025
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Statement by the KTR Executive Committee on Searches and Criminal Investigation Concerning Affiliated Trade Unions
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of Labour of Russia (KTR) informs that, on 9 April, law enforcement authorities carried out searches at premises used by the KTR, the Federal Trade Union of Air Traffic Controllers of Russia (FPAD), and the Russian Seafarers’ Union (SUR). These measures were undertaken in the context of a criminal…
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UPD: Search of the Confederation of Labour of Russia
Following the investigative actions carried out the day before at the premises of the KTR, FPAD, and SUR, all detained trade union leaders and activists have been released. The search was conducted without a judicial warrant, on the basis of an order issued by the investigator of the investigative department of the linear division of…
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Urgent: Searches and Detentions at Russian Confederation of Labour Offices
On April 9, law enforcement authorities conducted coordinated searches at the offices of major trade union organizations, including the Confederation of Labour, the Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Trade Unions (FPAD), and the Seafarers’ Union of Russia (SUR). The searches were reportedly initiated on the basis of a complaint alleging possible misuse of funds within…
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Application of International Labour Standards 2026
Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations International Labour Conference 114th Session, 2026
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“Farmers have no freedom”: Abuse and Exploitation of Cotton and Wheat Farmers in Uzbekistan
The Uzbek government is violating the human and labor rights of cotton and wheat farmers through a coercive state production system, including penalties such as land seizure for not meeting quotas. Though the government has ended state-imposed forced labor of cotton pickers in the cotton harvest and has committed to broader reforms, the remaining system…
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ILO Experts publish annual report on countries’ compliance with International Labour Standards.
How are countries implementing international labour standards? The annual report by the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) provides a thorough and independent answer. The 2026 edition carries particular significance, as it coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Committee, which is a cornerstone of the ILO’s supervisory system…
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Uzbekistan: WILL UZBEKISTAN FINALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF FORCED LABOR THROUGH MECHANIZATION
Isolated cases of forced labor point to deeper structural contradictions in how cotton production in Uzbekistan is still managed. Uzbekistan has spent the last decade working to reform its notorious cotton sector, which once relied on one of the world’s largest state-run systems of forced labor. But as the 2025 cotton harvest showed, the state’s…
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Georgia: Chiatura protest leaders receive long prison sentences on violence charges
The Kutaisi City Court has sentenced four protesters from the mining town of Chiatura to multiple years in jail on violence-related charges. The prosecution has accused all four of attacking the director of a local mine in April 2025. With the ruling announced on Tuesday, Judge Tamar Mazanashvili sentenced Giorgi Neparidze and Merab Saralidze to…
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Make my workplace safe and healthy: a trade union guide to fighting back against behaviour-based safety
When promoting health and safety control measures to protect food processing workers and to counter company led BBS initiatives/programs, this trade union guide recognizes that the terms “hazard control” and “risk control” are often used interchangeably in everyday speech.
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