Sustainable Cities & the future of work
If you are interested in how cities can grow in ways that provide livelihoods for all, don’t miss this important online debate.
Democratic health care services need transparency
The British government refuses to publish its own risk assessment of its health care reforms. What is it determined to hide?
Wilful blindness is bad for the health
British MPs have accused Rupert Murdoch of 'wilful blindness'. Do leaders of the National Health Service have the same problem?
Global jobs crisis growing: ILO’s stark May Day message
Austerity is destroying jobs and cutting labour standards won't create them. The ILO says it's time for a new strategy.
Interns: the ethical dilemmas
Are you sure your organisation's intern policy is ethical? Our report will help you to ask the right questions.
Job creation, decent work and the IMF
As the World Bank and IMF meet in Washington, Conor Cradden challenges new IMF papers that promote lower labour standards.
Closing the sanitation gap
World Water Day in March celebrated progress towards drinking water for all. But what about closing the 'sanitation gap'?
The role of jobs in development
The World Bank's 2013 World Development Report will be about jobs. What will it say, and whose voices will influence it?
Ethics and Interns
Social enterprises, charities and NGOs should employ interns fairly. But do they? We decided to find out more -- and we did!
Decent work for all: time for a new approach?
October 7 marked World Day for Decent Work. How close are global unions to that goal? And how could they make faster progress?
Has the World Bank improved its ‘Employing Workers’ indicator?
Just because policy making is 'evidence-based' doesn't mean it isn't shaped by ideology or interests. Conor Cradden reports.
Promoting quality public transport in the world’s growing cities
Sustainable cities need safer, cleaner and more affordable services -- and transport workers are at the heart of that challenge
Home care in England denies older people their human rights
Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission has revealed a systemic scandal.
UN Decade of Action for Road Safety
Road crashes kill more people than malaria, and Wednesday 11 May marks the launch of a global campaign to reduce them.
Working for decent development
Public World is working with global union federations to strengthen their affiliates' capacity to deal with World Bank projects.
