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Myanmar: Khaing Zar Aung Expresses ”Honour And Sadness” For Global Rights Prize
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:32 pm | ITUC
Khaing Zar Aung told the ITUC: “I receive the 2024 Arthur Svensson prize with great honour and sadness, because while I am awarded, the working people of my country suffer." More >>
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2024: Action For Climate-Related Workplace Hazards
Monday, 22 April 2024, 7:52 am | ITUC
There is an urgent need for emergency preparedness to be integrated into workplace safety policies, in democratic consultation with workers’ trade unions. More >>
USA: Historic Union Victory At Volkswagen Factory An “Inspiration For Democracy At Work”
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 6:39 am | ITUC
The ITUC congratulates the workers at the Volkswagen car plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA for their historic vote to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). More >>
Argentina: ITUC Condemns IMF’s Praise Of Milei’s Disastrous Economic Policies
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 5:18 am | ITUC
The ITUC criticises the IMF’s endorsement of the austerity measures taken by the Argentinian President which have led to widespread social turmoil. The IMF and the other International Financial Institutions must support policies that strengthen, ... More >>
ITUC Just Transition Centre Wins Leading Sustainability Award
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 4:24 am | ITUC
The WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award is a non-profit organisation with the aim of presenting the world’s leading sustainability prize since 2000 to individuals or organisations that make important contributions towards a greener world. More >>
ITUC Report: Trade Unions Demand Reform To Address Global Sovereign Debt Crisis
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:45 pm | ITUC
To coincide with a series of major global financial meetings, the ITUC has released a key report recommending immediate action, comprehensive reform and deeper trade union involvement in sovereign debt policy at all levels. This month sees the Spring ... More >>
ILO Agreement On Living Wage Definition “A Leap Forward For Social Justice”
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 6:54 am | ITUC
The agreement is expected to foster greater coherence with ongoing national and international initiatives aimed at defining, estimating and delivering living wages. More >>
ITUC Condemns Terrorist Attack On Moscow Concert Venue
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 6:31 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) expresses its strongest condemnation of the heinous attack at a concert venue near Moscow on 22 March, which resulted in the tragic loss of at least 115 lives, with many more wounded. This act of terrorism, ... More >>
Racial Justice For Democracy: International Day For The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 6:00 am | ITUC
Standing to fight all forms of discrimination, including anti-migrant and anti-refugee sentiments, trade unions around the world are calling for a New Social Contract. More >>
EU Reforms: A Step Forward For Trade Union Rights In New Forms Of Work
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 6:52 am | ITUC
The ITUC welcomes two, new historic EU directives on platform work and corporate sustainability and due diligence. Although they do not fully meet the needs of working people, they are a step in the right direction. The directive on platform work introduces ... More >>
ITUC Joins ILO Global Coalition For Social Justice
Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 6:04 pm | ITUC
The ITUC is now a member of the Global Coalition for Social Justice – a ground-breaking initiative aimed at intensifying collective efforts to address social justice deficits. ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle said: “The Coalition is key to tackling increasing ... More >>
International Day Of Persons With Disabilities: Trade Unions Take The Lead
Saturday, 2 December 2023, 2:04 am | ITUC
To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities , 3 December, the ITUC is highlighting the critical contributions of trade unions in promoting the rights, and supporting the integration, of people living with disabilities. The ... More >>
ITUC backs “Make Amazon Pay” movement
Tuesday, 31 October 2023, 9:17 am | ITUC
The ITUC supports the growing number of labour, environmental, anti-racism, data-rights and progressive tax groups working to hold Amazon, the world’s sixth largest company, to account for its exploitative and destructive strategy to maximise its profits ... More >>
ITUC calls for immediate ceasefire
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 6:24 am | ITUC
The ITUC calls for an immediate ceasefire by all parties and the return of all hostages and people held in Gaza and Israel without legitimate legal basis to their homes. We support the UN Secretary General's position for a major humanitarian effort for ... More >>
Global Unions Demand Stronger Protections For Working People In Negotiations For Business And Human Rights Treaty
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 5:51 am | ITUC
Corporate human rights abuses will be in the spotlight at the latest round of talks for an international agreement to regulate transnational corporations in human rights law. The ITUC and the Global Unions Federations have outlined their demands for a ... More >>
World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings: Trade unions demand substantive reforms
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 9:07 pm | ITUC
As the World Bank and the IMF hold their Annual Meetings in Marrakech trade unions call on these institutions to embrace new economic paradigms to meet the dire challenges of the current moment, including the climate crisis, mounting debt, spiralling costs-of-living ... More >>
Philippines: Trade Union Organiser Killed
Friday, 6 October 2023, 7:53 am | ITUC
The ITUC denounces the killing, by the police in the Philippines, of Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, an organiser with the ITUC-affiliated Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) trade union centre. The ITUC has been informed that Jude Thaddeus Fernandez was shot dead on ... More >>
Global Chemicals Safety Agreement: Big Wins For Workers, Big Challenges For The ILO
Friday, 6 October 2023, 7:50 am | ITUC
The fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) has concluded with agreement on a new Global Framework on Chemicals – for a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste. The global trade union delegation from Australia, ... More >>
Solidarity With Indian Farmers And Workers
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 6:44 am | ITUC
The ITUC stands in solidarity with Indian farmers and trade unions in their joint fight against the Modi government’s agricultural liberalisation and labour law reforms, as they mark two years since the killing of four farmers protesting the ... More >>
ITUC backs key social protection campaign
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 6:06 am | ITUC
The ITUC is backing the campaign ‘Social Security For All’, launching 4 October, to build pressure ahead of the annual meetings of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Social protection is one of the six key demands of the New Social Contract ... More >>
