George Osborne claims he has rebuilt the economy. Who is this "recovery" really for, when corporate profits and measures of labour exploitation are both on the rise, and the number of workers on zero-hours contracts has skyrocketed? asks Genevieve LeBaron. http://bit.ly/2bxHRVq

We spoke to Tony Salvador, a lawyer and labour organiser from the Philippines, about the perils of short-term contracts and the casualisation of work. For more voices from the supply chain: http://bit.ly/2b2Y3T8

India’s growing prominence in the global economy depends on cheap labour. The state is deliberately absent from the regulation of this labour, encouraging companies to 'self-regulate'. This leaves already marginalised workers increasingly without social protection, and leads them increasingly to organise. http://bit.ly/2b0OXVT

We spoke to Ashim Roy, from the Indian New Trade Union Initiative, as the latest installment in our voices from the supply chain. "If you want to have a dignified human being working in this supply chain," he said, "they need to be given a living wage." Read more: http://bit.ly/2bhslzc

From our series, the 'Shadows of Slavery', Alessandra Brivio talks about the enduring legacy of slavery for Kayaye girls, who are frequently shunned by their families, by the father of their children, and pushed into extreme marginality according to moralistic stereotyping. Read more: http://bit.ly/2brC4BY