ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Thousands of UK workers join a six-month trial to test the viability of the four-day workweek

Negotiations bring uneasy truce after more than two weeks of protests but divisions remain

Government responds by vilifying protesters and unleashing yet more violence

Recent unionisation victories are breathing fresh life into the US labour movement

Civil society plays its part in first summit and pushes for more ratifications

Civil society responds to huge floods that left hundreds dead and thousands homeless

University students demand government reaches an agreement with striking teachers so classes can resume

Elon Musk’s potential purchase of Twitter shows the need for greater regulation of social media companies

Civil society is helping people cope – but also calling for climate action

Seventeen years of advocacy and activism leads to the end of state-imposed forced and child labour in country’s cotton industry