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#RatifyC190: Workers Rise Across The World To End Gender-based Violence And Harassment In The World Of Work
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 7:21 am | ITUC
On 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, trade unions across the world will take action for the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment. They will maintain this action for 16 ... More >>
UAE Labour Law Reforms Fail To Address Abuses Of Workers’ Rights
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 6:34 am | ITUC
New labour laws due to be implemented in February 2022, touted to be the biggest update to the UAE’s labour relations, fail to meet international standards for workers’ rights. Lack of consultation with workers and the absence of social dialogue ... More >>
New Era Of Transparency For The ILO And Qatar In Support Of Workers’ Rights
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 7:39 pm | ITUC
The ILO and Government of Qatar have published a new report on health and safety provisions for workers in Qatar demonstrating a new level of openness and transparency in support of workers’ rights. The report is a new marker of progress since the ... More >>
Bangladesh: Government Uses Excuses And Delay Tactics To Deny Workers Their Rights
Friday, 19 November 2021, 7:06 am | ITUC
The government of Bangladesh reported little to no progress to the ILO Governing Body on the road map to improve workers’ rights agreed earlier this year. It used delaying tactics and is continuing to put the lives of working people at risk: 35,000 ... More >>
COP26: Jobs Plans With Just Transition Essential To Implementation Of Glasgow Agreement
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 8:03 am | ITUC
The COP26 climate agreement acknowledged the science, recognised the gaps to realise the 1.5C target and embedded the call for Just Transition but the compromises made in Glasgow fall short on ambition, finance, responsibility and inclusion. COP27 must ... More >>
Cambodia: Rong Chhun Praises “Solidarity Between Workers”
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 7:06 am | ITUC
Rong Chhun has thanked the ITUC and everyone who showed him solidarity during his detention, and he has called on workers and unions to keep up the pressure on the Cambodian government. The president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU) ... More >>
UN Human Rights And Business Treaty – US And EU Must Step Up
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 6:43 am | ITUC
The ITUC and Global Union Federations are calling on the US and the European Union to fully support negotiations leading to a binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights. The unions are also critical of business associations for their lack of commitment ... More >>
Governments At COP26 Pledge Support For Just Transition
Saturday, 6 November 2021, 6:35 am | ITUC
Governments at COP26 declared support for Just Transition through green growth, decent work and economic prosperity as economies move towards net-zero emissions. The declaration signed by fourteen governments and the European Commission pledged ... More >>
Bangladesh: Abuse Of Workers’ Rights On Increase, Warns ITUC
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 7:03 am | ITUC
Labour rights are deteriorating in Bangladesh, despite government promises to commit to an International Labour Organization (ILO) road map for reform. While the last 18 months of the Covid-19 pandemic have been a period of crisis for workers, the ... More >>
G20 Leaders Declaration: Action On Jobs And Just Transition Must Drive Recovery
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 6:57 am | ITUC
High level consensus from G20 leaders urgently requires national action plans to create jobs with Just Transition. The convergence of crises: inequality, the global pandemic and the climate emergency has exposed workers to the greatest social and ... More >>
Israel’s Designation Of Palestinian Human Rights Groups As Terrorists Is Outrageous
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 6:17 am | ITUC
The ITUC and Global Union Federations condemn the designation by Israel of six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations. Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights experts have joined the widespread criticism of the move. Sharan Burrow, ... More >>
UN Climate Summit Glasgow: Just Transition Is The Pathway To Climate Ambition
Friday, 29 October 2021, 7:00 pm | ITUC
Unions are warning world leaders attending COP26 in Glasgow on Sunday 31 October that lack of action to reduce global emissions with Just Transition measures puts at risk economic and political stability. Working people face a convergence of crisis ... More >>
G20 Rome Summit: Access To Vaccines, Investment In Climate-friendly Jobs, Social Protection For Lasting Global Recovery
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 7:18 am | ITUC
G20 leaders are meeting in Rome for their annual summit as the world faces a convergence of crises with the global pandemic, unemployment, lack of social protection, rising debt burdens and inaction on climate change. The Labour 20 Statement to the G20 sets ... More >>
G7 Trade Ministers Take Major Steps On Workers’ Rights
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 6:39 am | ITUC
Trade ministers from the G7 countries have committed to achieving full employment and taken major steps forward on workers’ rights, including eliminating forced labour and securing respect for fundamental labour standards in global supply chains. ... More >>
Investment And Decent Work In Care: 29 October - Global Day Of Action For Care
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 6:59 am | ITUC
Care workers have experienced extraordinary pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an urgent need to demand adequate investment in good quality health and care systems. ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow said: “The pandemic has exacerbated ... More >>
Governments Must Make Progress On UN Human Rights Treaty
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 6:28 am | ITUC
A key intergovernmental meeting in Geneva this week needs to make substantive progress towards a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights, following a joint statement by UN human rights experts calling for a level playing field globally for responsible ... More >>
ESwatini: Global Unions Condemn Brutal Attack On Civilians
Saturday, 23 October 2021, 7:33 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Education International (EI) and Public Service International (PSI) have condemned the latest attacks by state forces in eSwatini on working people. On 20 October, public sector workers were assaulted ... More >>
G20 Trade Ministers Fail On TRIPS Waiver And COVID-19 Response
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 6:46 am | ITUC
Last week’s G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting shows there is no agreement on a path forward for reform of the global economy and global trade rules. Hope for sharing intellectual property and production capacity for vaccines and hope for reform ... More >>
Time For The World Bank And IMF To Embrace Full, Decent Employment
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 7:24 am | ITUC
Governments have gathered at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank this week as the economic forecast shows employment falling behind growth. There is a global deficit of vaccines and a shortage of decent work must be addressed to avoid ... More >>
Nobel Prize In Economics Explodes Minimum Wage And Jobs Myth
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 7:45 am | ITUC
The award of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics has further exploded a decades-old myth that increasing minimum wages costs jobs. The prize was awarded to David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens for real-world research in the 1990s that demonstrated, ... More >>
