Skip the main content if you do not want to read it as the next section.
Main Content
Below are select introductory materials on business and migrant workers. Further reports from a wide range of sources are in the "Migrant workers" section of our site.
Key reports and guidance
International Labor Migration: A Responsible Role for Business [PDF], Business for Social Responsibility, 2008
The Business and Migration Initiative, Institute for Human Rights and Business, Intl. Business Leaders Forum
Business and Migration Report: Roundtables Johannesburg, London and LA [PDF], The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration, 2007
The Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration, Non-binding principles and guidelines for a rights-based approach to labour migration [PDF], ILO, 2006
In search of Decent Work - Migrant workers' rights: A manual for trade unionists [PDF], ILO, Bureau for Workers' Activities, 2008
Keep Your Head Down - Unprotected Migrants in South Africa, Human Rights Watch, Feb 2007
Building Towers, Cheating Workers, Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in the United Arab Emirates, Human Rights Watch, Nov 2006
Positive steps by companies
China: Unilever project supports migrant workers' children in rural China.
Denmark: Business and Migration: Perceptions from Denmark - A Compilation of Reflections by Danish Business and Organized Industry on Various Issues Related to Migration []PDF], The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration, Feb 2009. Refers to positive steps by Comwell, Eurotex, ISS, Metro, Microsoft, Novo Nordisk.
Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua: Project supported by US Govt., companies & NGOs in 3 Latin American countries aims to improve workplace conditions & standards at fruit farms. Refers to Chiquita, Del Monte, Dole, Tesco, Wal-Mart.
Saudi Arabia: Rahma advertisements urge mercy for workers
Spain: Real Madrid & 5 institutions launch "Causas Justas" with messages for the social integration of immigrants [Spanish only]
Skip the library navigation if you do not want to read it as the next section.
Library Navigation
You can use the search form to find information you require
or browse the online library:
-
Companies
(
over 4000
)
-
Issues
(
discrimination,
labour, health,
environment,
development,
security, etc.
)
-
Countries
(
over 180
)
-
All topics
(
industry sectors,
law & lawsuits,
UN, principles,
etc.
)
