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The International Labour Organisation was founded in 1919 and is situated in Geneva. The organisation is an independent union organ bound to the UN. The purpose of the organisation is to enhance human work rights and social justice and also to counteract child labor and human trafficking. ILO was one Continue Reading

Strong together There is no argue that the spread of unions across the world in the last 200 years has been a necessary struggle. When people organize under leadership to reach a certain goal, the individual is at its strongest. Being a part of a union is today seen as Continue Reading

Tough upbringing shaped the will When talking about unions and its leaders you pretty soon will get to Jimmy Hoffa. His name has become unanimous with the fight of the little worker against the industrial giants. Jimmy was born James Riddle Hoffa in 1913 in Brazil – Indiana, USA. His Continue Reading

Facts on unions To understand why unions started we need to look a couple of hundred years back to the industrialisation. A union is an organisation connecting workers and standing behind them in questions against their employer. The purpose is to make sure that workers get payed properly and that Continue Reading