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Ukraine: ITUC Concerned About Wave Of Regressive Labour Laws
Saturday, 11 September 2021, 5:45 am | ITUC
The ITUC has written jointly with the ETUC to senior politicians in Ukraine to raise serious concerns about ongoing regressive labour reforms in the country. Several draft laws are being considered by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) ... More >>
Korea: Release KCTU President
Friday, 3 September 2021, 7:15 am | ITUC
The ITUC and its Asia-Pacific regional organisation, ITUC-Asia Pacific, are demanding the immediate release of the president of the KCTU Korea, Yang Kyeung-soo, from detention. ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow said: “The charges against Yang are wrong ... More >>
ITUC Welcomes ILO World Social Protection Report 2020-22
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 6:41 am | ITUC
The new International Labour Organization (ILO) report on social protection exposes the huge gaps in social protection coverage around the world, with 47% of people having no social protection at all, and a further 22% lacking full protection in ... More >>
Kyrgyzstan: ITUC Welcomes Veto Of Anti-worker Bill
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 6:35 am | ITUC
The ITUC has praised the decision by the president of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, to veto a new law on trade unions. The law was drafted by the Parliament without properly consulting workers unions, competent government officials or the expertise ... More >>
World Day For Decent Work: Just Jobs
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 5:41 am | ITUC
With more than 200 million jobs lost to the pandemic, another hundred million still at risk and large numbers of unemployed people – the vast majority of whom are women – simply dropping out of the labour market, the World Day for Decent Work ... More >>
Belarus Repression Intensifies
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 6:34 am | ITUC
One year after Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in flawed presidential elections, the repression of independent trade unions and other civil society organisations has intensified. The authorities are dissolving the journalists’ union BAJ and ... More >>
Afghanistan: International Community Must Act To Defend Human Rights
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 6:23 am | ITUC
The ITUC has welcomed a call by UN Secretary-General António Guterres for “all possible tools” to be used to stop human rights atrocities in Afghanistan, where the Taliban has rapidly taken control of the country after decades of international ... More >>
ITUC declares arrest warrant against KCTU President “Wrong"
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 5:13 am | ITUC
The issuing of an arrest warrant against KCTU Korea President, Yang Kyeung-soo, by the Seoul Central District Court is wrong and disproportionate. More >>
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 >>
