Education and research
with the International
Trade Union movement
Our Work
Informal Work
GLI undertakes research and education focusing on understanding and analysing informal and precarious employment, workers’ livelihoods, and the development of informal workers’ organisations. Recent work has included research and publications on domestic workers, home-based workers, and informal transport workers.
Gender and Equalities
GLI is committed to the fight for equality – in the workplace, in society and in the union. GLI develop research and education tools to address gender inequality, ensure that the voices and concerns of women are better represented and support the development of women’s programmes within the trade union movement.
Climate Crisis
The climate crisis is already destroying the livelihoods of workers across the world. Global transformation to a low carbon economy is more urgent now than ever. But this poses huge challenges for workers whose livelihoods risk being negatively impacted by the transition. But workers whose jobs are affected by the transition should not be left behind.
ABOUT US
The Global Labour Institute in Manchester is a not-for-profit organisation, established in 2010 in cooperation with the Global Labour Institute in Switzerland and Trade Unions for Energy Democracy at City University, New York. Together with the GLI Rabochaya Politika and the GLI Paris (ReAct), the five organisations form the GLI Network and share a commitment to democratic socialist principles.
Latest
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Electrifying Informal Transport: Putting Workers at the Centre of the Transition
As cities across Africa move toward electrifying informal transport systems, a critical question emerges: how can this transition be both green…
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Building Capacity for Just Transitions: New Training Materials to Support Labour Equity in African Transport
To ensure African transport reforms are socially equitable, a new initiative is developing practical toolkits to help cities assess the…
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StreetNet International & GLI collaborate on Barometer Project
Informal street vendors and market traders make huge economic and social contributions, but many workers major challenges at work, including…
Trade Union Education
At GLI we undertake research, design and delivery of international courses and meetings for senior workplace reps in specific industrial sectors or corporations. Each course is designed to create or strengthen cross-border organisation and solidarity between unions to build collective power in the global workplace, working closely with the appropriate Global Union Federations. We also design, manage and evaluate longer-term international projects to support trade union development and organisation.
Projects & Publications
We offer trade unions and support organisations specialist expertise and experience in research and publications, working closely with national and international research networks of supportive academics, and trade union research institutions. We also undertake independent evaluations of projects and programmes supporting workers’ organisations, labour education and trade union capacity development.
The GLI History Project & Book
In 2019, the GLI launched a new programme on the history of the international trade union movement, including a book on the history of the international trade union movement, accompanied by education projects to be undertaken with national and international unions.