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International Youth Day: A New Social Contract Building Recovery And Resilience With Young People
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 7:33 pm | ITUC
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, young people have seen their income, work, education, training and work-based learning, mental health and well-being severely affected by the socio-economic consequences of the crisis. Even before the pandemic, ... More >>
International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples: Time To Uphold And Enforce Rights
Monday, 9 August 2021, 7:17 pm | ITUC
We celebrate the cultural and linguistic richness of indigenous populations. We recognise their knowledge of the natural world that can provide leadership and guidance to preserve ecosystems in the face of the environmental climate crisis. For too long ... More >>
ESwatini: Trade Unions Global Day Of Action
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 7:44 pm | ITUC
Trade unions around the world are holding a global day of action to back the people of eSwatini in their demand for a democratic government . On 6 August, letters will be sent to the eSwatini government supporting the protesters’ demands and to foreign ... More >>
Broad Support For Higher Taxes On Corporations To Fund Job Training And Healthcare, ITUC Poll Shows
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 5:54 am | ITUC
More than two thirds of people support an increase in taxes for wealthy and large corporations to fund areas such as education, job training and healthcare, according to a new ten-country poll commissioned by the ITUC. The question, “to what extent, ... More >>
Trade Unions Welcome UN HLPF Ministerial Declaration, But Demand Action
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 6:13 am | ITUC
Trade unions have welcomed the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration by the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) as it recognises decent work, social protection and climate resilient investments with just transitions as key pillars ... More >>
Hashem Foods Factory Fire: Bangladesh Government Must Establish Inquiry
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 5:41 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is supporting the call for an independent public inquiry into the devastating fire at the Hashem Foods factory in Rupganj, Bangladesh. An unknown number of people died in the blaze. The police ... More >>
Eswatini: ITUC Condemns Violence And Repression Of Peaceful Protesters
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 5:46 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to the acting Prime Minister of Eswatini calling for an end to the violent repression of peaceful protesters in his country. Protests began on 26 June when campaigners were prevented from delivering ... More >>
Yemen: Authorities Violating Union Rights
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 5:43 am | ITUC
The ITUC is calling on the authorities in Yemen to cease interfering in trade union activities and to return properties that are owned by the General Federation of Yemeni Trade Unions (GFYTU) and have been confiscated. The government has also been trying ... More >>
G20 Development Ministers Endorse Recommendations On 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development And COVID-19 Recovery
Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 5:38 am | ITUC
The Development Ministers of the G20 have endorsed recommendations for ‘a global response to support COVID-19 recovery in developing countries and foster progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. It was the first time that the ... More >>
Trade Unions Set Out Demands At The HLPF For An SDG 8 Centred, Job-rich Recovery And Resilience
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 5:47 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has published its demands for the 2021 edition of the UN’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF): ‘ SDG 8 as a New Social Contract for a job-rich recovery and resilience ... More >>
COVID-19 Pandemic Puts Spotlight On Workers’ Rights: 2021 ITUC Global Rights Index
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 4:57 pm | ITUC
Abuses of the right to strike, the right to establish and join a trade union, the right to trade union activities and civil liberties and the right to free speech and assembly are at an eight-year high, according to the ITUC’s annual Global Rights ... More >>
G20 Labour And Employment Ministers’ Declaration Welcomed
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 6:47 am | ITUC
The L20, made up of trade unions in the G20 countries, have welcomed the declaration adopted by the G20 labour and employment ministers on the foundations for recovery from the health, economic and employment impacts of COVID-19. The declaration calls ... More >>
#RatifyC190 Without Delay
Friday, 25 June 2021, 6:29 am | ITUC
On 25 June, the ILO’s robust and landmark instrument, the Violence and Harassment Convention (C190), comes into force two years after its adoption. To date, Argentina, Ecuador, Fiji, Namibia, Somalia and Uruguay have ratified it, and the ITUC is calling ... More >>
ILO Conference Adopts Strong Pandemic Call To Action
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 6:16 am | ITUC
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) annual International Labour Conference (ILC) has concluded with the adoption of a strong and coherent response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan, which was adopted with the unanimous ... More >>
Scandalous Child Labour Figures Shame The World
Friday, 11 June 2021, 6:01 am | ITUC
For 20 years, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has been calculating the figure every four years through household surveys. The 2016-2020 figure estimates that 160 million children were in child labour globally – almost one in ten of ... More >>
Minimum Global Tax Rate: A Positive Step But Concerns Remain
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 6:01 am | ITUC
Confirmation that Europe has just had its chilliest Spring in years is cold comfort for the planet, amid rising greenhouse gas levels which will bring negative impacts for generations to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday. “Europe had its coldest More >>
Myanmar: International Community Must Oppose New Attack On Union By Military Junta
Saturday, 5 June 2021, 6:08 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is calling on world governments to oppose the latest attack on trade unionists by the military regime in Myanmar Passports were cancelled and arrest warrants issued for several senior members of ... More >>
ITUC General Council Begins 2022 Congress Preparations And Tackles Rights Abuses
Friday, 4 June 2021, 6:08 am | ITUC
The ITUC General Council meeting, 26-27 May, confirmed that the 5th ITUC World Congress will now take place from 17 – 22 November 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. The decision to postpone the Congress from July was taken in order to provide for the highest ... More >>
Hong Kong: Lee Cheuk Yan Given Further Jail Sentence For Pro-democracy Protest
Saturday, 29 May 2021, 5:36 pm | ITUC
Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for ‘inciting, organising and participating in an unauthorised assembly’ on 1 October 2019. This is in addition to an 18 month ... More >>
Tokyo Olympics: IOC Must Review COVID-19 Protocols With Players’ Unions And Experts
Friday, 28 May 2021, 6:27 am | ITUC
The ITUC is calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to fix the deeply flawed COVID-19 protocols it has published for the Tokyo Olympics, through engagement with sports players’ unions and pandemic experts. An article published on 25 May ... More >>
