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Organisations that campaign for and support workers rights
- Peak Organisations
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) (Brussels) - covers 231 affiliated organisations in 150 countries and
territories on all five continents, with a membership of 158 million, and organises and directs campaigns on issues such as the
respect and defence of trade union and workers' rights, the eradication of forced and child labour, and the promotion of equal
rights for working women
- International Labour Organization (ILO) (Geneva) - UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and
internationally recognized human and labour rights by formulating international labour standards that set minimum standards of
basic labour rights -- freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of
opportunity and treatment, and other standards regulating conditions across the entire spectrum of work related issues
- Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) (Paris) - international trade union organisation which has consultative status with the
OECD and its various committees
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- Trades Unions
- Education International (IE) (Brussels) - world-wide trade union organisation of education personnel, whose 24.5 million
members represent all sectors of education from pre-school to university, including 309 national trade unions and associations
in 157 countries and territories
- International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine, and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) ( Brussels) - world labour federation
dedicated to practical solidarity, aimed at uniting trade unions in its sectors on all continents
- International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET) (Geneva) - represents eleven
million private sector employees in 375 trade unions in over 100 countries around the world
- International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (Brussels) - world's largest organisation of journalists, representing around 450,000
members in more than 100 countries
- International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) (Geneva) - federation of national unions that represents the collective interests of 25
million metalworkers in more than 200 unions in 100 countries
- International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) - federation of 621 transport workers' trade unions in 137 countries
- Public Services International (PSI) (France) - international trade union federation for public sector unions, officially recognised
within the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and accredited with UNESCO, ECOSOC and UNCTAD
- World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) (Prague, Czech Republic) - "democratic, class-based international trade union
organisation of struggle of all wage-earners, which supports and encourages action by trade unions in every country to obtain
the independent rights and demands of the workers, to defend their interests, to combat all forms of domination and
subservience, exploitation and oppression, and to bring about socioeconomic development, and which develops and coordinates
cooperation and solidarity"
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- Workers Rights
- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) (United States) - global nonprofit organization that helps companies achieve
commercial success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment
- Child Labour News Service (India) - attempts to streamline the flow of information on child labour, raising key issues related to
child labour and highlighting the long neglected problems
- Clean Clothes Campaign (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - aims to improve working conditions in the worldwide garment industry
- Fair Trade Federation (FTF) (United States) - association of fair trade wholesalers, retailers, and producers whose members are
committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers
worldwide
- Free the Children (Canada) - international network of children helping children through representation, leadership and action to
free children from poverty, exploitation and abuse, to give children a voice, leadership training, and opportunities to take action
on issues which affect them from a local to an international level
- International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) (United States) - advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane
treatment for workers worldwide, as advocates for and with working poor around the world
- National Labor Committee (NLC) (United States) - human rights advocacy group, dedicated to promoting and defending the
rights of workers in the global economy
- Social Accountability International (SAI) (United States) - a charitable human rights organization dedicated to improving
workplaces and communities by developing and implementing socially responsible standards
- Sweatshop Watch - coalition committed to eliminating sweatshop conditions in the global garment industry
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Organisations that campaign for and support the rights of ethnic, racial and religious minorities
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- Minority Rights Group International (MRG) (London) - international non-governmental organization that works to secure the rights
of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding
between communities
- International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) (Copenhagen, Denmark) - independent international membership
organisation which supports indigenous peoples' struggle for human rights, self-determination, right to territory, control of land
and resources, cultural integrity, and the right to development
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