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Getting the state to switch sides in the fight for workers' rights

Workers can beat big business when they come together, but the fight would certainly be easier if the state were generally on their side.

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Domestic workers in Mumbai, India at a signature campaign for the ratification of ILO convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers. IDWF/Flickr. (CC 2.0 by-nc-nd).

Beyond Trafficking and Slavery spoke with Elizabeth Tang from the International Domestic Workers Federation and Sanjiv Pandita from Solidar Suisse (Hong Kong) about the obstacles to labour organising in the wake of increasing corporate power and the potential for positive change.

Penelope Kyritsis (BTS): What do you think the state's responsibility is with regard to protecting workers' rights to association and peaceful assembly?