The global labour movement is presented with new challenges as global capitalism continues to reform in the face of the crisis of neoliberal globalisation. To date this movement has been limited by a range of factors including sectional interests and over-reliance on procedural rights for labour protections. A new approach to protecting global labour from the market is needed, that transcends the current trend to apply social democratic/liberal approaches on an international scale, is inclusive of all those who undertake labour around the world, and propagates international standards that apply to all. Organised unions remain the main organisational base in the global labour movement and …