Workers' rights around the world are "in free fall", with widespread attempts to hamstring collective bargaining and attacks on trade union representatives, the world's largest trade union organisation said Monday. Europe and the Americas clocked up the worst results in the last ten years.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) found a "profound deterioration" in workers' rights in its annual rights index published on Monday, based on 97 indicators laid out by the United Nations and international treaties.
