The Issue of the Year for 2016 is to Build G7 Cyber-Security Norms. Boston Global Forum (BGF) provided input to the agenda for the G7 Ise-Shima Summit. Global Economy and Trade, Development, and Quality Infrastructure Investment were three themes of the summit. Given...
VIDEO: Global Cybersecurity Day ‘s First Conference in Japan
The Global Cybersecurity Day’s first conference will be held in the America-Japan Society in Tokyo at 12:00 noon in December 12 in local time (at 10:00 PM, Friday, December 11, 2015 in Boston time) and connects with Boston via video conference. Another event will be...
Addressing Workers’ Condition in the World: A Conversation with Arnold Zack
Boston Global Forum (BGF) had an opportunity to speak with Arnold Zack, an Arbitrator and Mediator of over 5,000 Labor Management Disputes since 1957; former President of the Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal; designer of employment dispute resolution...
Amirul Haque Amin speech to TUC Congress 2013
Read a moving speech made by Amirul Haque Amin, President of the National Garment Workers' Federation to Trade Unions Congress on September 8, 2013. It is my pleasure that I represent Bangladeshi garment workers. This is an opportunity to share the conditions,...
Going to Work- TUC
Britain's Trade Unions Congress (TUC) is using its 'Going to Work' campaign to mobilize the public to send emails and messages to companies that have refused to sign up to the Accord. Thus far, over 80 brands have signed on but major retailers have still managed to...
The Rana Plaza building collapse… 100 days on
In light of the tragedy at the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, the world is scrambling to help the survivors and commemorate the victims. Let us visit the place where it all began and hear the aftermath story from the Director of the International Labor...
Pressure Rising on Brands to Sign Bangladesh Safety Accord
Reported by Nizam Ahmed for The Financial Express Trade union and human rights activists have intensified their protest campaigns in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) to create pressure on leading brands who are yet to sign a legally binding accord...
“Sustainability encompasses not only the environment, but human rights, labor rights, and development”- Michael Posner in conversation with BGF
A distinguished leader and highly respected advocate for human rights, Michael Posner, has contributed extensively to the cause throughout his career. Former Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the State Department,...