News and Analysis

US President Trump's tariffs will hit workers the hardest because of our our rigged trade system – which reinforces colonial dynamics.

It was the trade unions that won us the five-day week!

Sri Lanka's severe political and financial crisis means millions are unable to afford food. This is a crisis driven by international debt.

Decent work and a living wage are not only basic rights, but a key route out of poverty. Through organising, the collective voice of workers has won rights and decent work for millions of people.

Our new report ‘Secrets and Fries’ exposes how McDonald’s has been driving billions in global profits through the City of London, but not stopping to pay its share of UK tax.

A webinar discussing the fight for garment workers rights in light of the recent establishment of the International accord.

Amazon is amassing power in ways that threaten a future of inequality, poverty and irreversible climate change.

War on Want joins with trade unions in Bangladesh and the Clean Clothes Campaign to demand that the Rana Plaza disaster never happens again.

Garment workers at a Next-owned factory in Sri Lanka have formed a trade union. Next has not accepted the union and won't engage in negotiations.

War on Want and 16 other organisations stand in solidarity with the workers in Myanmar

Labour Research magazine covers our 70th anniversary

‘Bonus’ pays for basic necessities garment workers cannot afford with their poverty wages