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COVID-19: 98% Of World’s Workers Not Getting The Basic Support They Need
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 5:39 am | ITUC
A new global study from the ITUC and UNI Global Union has found that 98% of the world’s workers are not getting the sick pay, wage replacement and social benefits they need to address the challenges of COVID-19. This ground-breaking global analysis ... More >>
ITUC Welcomes WHO Independent Panel Report
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 6:22 am | ITUC
The ITUC welcomes the far-reaching and essential recommendations of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) , chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Immediate and longer-term action is needed by revitalised ... More >>
Violence In Israel And Palestine Must Stop
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 6:37 am | ITUC
The ITUC is calling for an immediate cessation of violence in Israel and Palestine, and urgent talks through the UN and the Middle East Quad to tackle the immediate causes of the violence and the underlying injustices from the Israeli occupation. ... More >>
US Administration’s Support For COVID-19 Vaccines’ TRIPS Waiver A Huge Step Forward
Friday, 7 May 2021, 6:15 am | ITUC
The announcement by the Biden administration that it will support the waiver of WTO TRIPS rules for COVID-19 vaccines is a major step towards bringing the pandemic under control. The waiver, proposed by India and South Africa, has support from many ... More >>
Colombia: Duque Government Must End Violence Against Protestors
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 6:02 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is expressing its support for the people of Colombia as they face a brutal crackdown by the government of President Iván Duque. Working people in Colombia, led by an alliance of trade unions and social ... More >>
International Workers’ Memorial Day
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 5:40 am | ITUC
As workers around the world who have lost their lives to workplace accidents and disease are commemorated on 28 April, trade unions are pressing two key demands to save lives. Occupational health and safety must be given the status of a fundamental ... More >>
Military Spending Rises To US$2 Trillion As Urgent Needs Remain Unmet
Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 5:58 am | ITUC
New figures on military expenditure from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reveal an increase in military spending of 2.6% worldwide last year, to a total of US$ 1,981 billion. Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, said: ... More >>
ITUC May Day Statement: Job Creation And The New Social Contract
Saturday, 24 April 2021, 5:30 am | ITUC
On the 1 May, workers across the world will be celebrating the achievements of nearly 200 years of trade union activity and putting forward their demands for decent work and sustainable development. With more than 250 million jobs lost last year to the ... More >>
Governments Fail To Live Up To Paris Agreement Promises And Put Planet Stability At Risk
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 5:19 am | ITUC
An analysis by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has found that most new climate plans submitted by governments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change lack sufficient ambition, Just Transition plans and social dialogue. In total ... More >>
New Social Contract: ITUC Report Makes Economic Case For Social Protection
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 5:51 am | ITUC
A new report for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) shows that there is a strong economic, as well as moral and public health, case for governments to introduce universal social protection. Investments In Social Protection And Their ... More >>
Myanmar: National Unity Government Must Be Recognised
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 6:19 am | ITUC
The ITUC has welcomed the formation of a national unity government in Myanmar and called for it to be formally recognised by the United Nations, governments and inter-governmental bodies as the legitimate government of Myanmar. The government is composed of parliamentarians ... More >>
Hong Kong: Union Leader Lee Cheuk Yan And Four Others Imprisoned
Saturday, 17 April 2021, 5:15 am | ITUC
Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, has been sentenced by a Hong Kong court to 18 months in prison for organising and participating in pro-democracy events in August 2019 . Four other democracy defenders ... More >>
New ITUC Report On Palestinian Workers In Israel And The Settlements
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 6:16 am | ITUC
A new report released by the International Trade Union Confederation(ITUC) has revealed the scandalous exploitation of Palestinian workers who work inside Israel and in the illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. High unemployment in the West ... More >>
Trade Unions Set Out Demands For UN Financing For Development Forum
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 6:07 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has published its demands for the 2021 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Financing for Development (FfD) Forum to build recovery and resilience in the future economy. The event brings ... More >>
Belarus: ILO And UN Human Rights Commission
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 6:12 am | ITUC
The ITUC has welcomed an International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association report that calls the Belarus government to account over serious violations of workers’ rights, including freedom of association and the right to strike. The ... More >>
Hong Kong Conviction Flouts National And International Law
Friday, 2 April 2021, 7:30 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has condemned the conviction of union leader Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), under the new National Security Law. Lee Cheuk Yan, with six ... More >>
Occupational Health And Safety: Progress At The ILO
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 6:57 am | ITUC
A significant step towards making occupational health and safety a fundamental workers’ right has been taken at the International Labour Organization (ILO) Governing Body. At its meeting last week, governments overwhelmingly supported worker members of ... More >>
ILO: World’s Leading Experts Call For Occupational Health And Safety To Be Made A Fundamental Right
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 6:26 am | ITUC
The world’s foremost experts in occupational health and safety have called for the International Labour Organization (ILO) to designate workers’ health and safety as a fundamental right on the eve of a 23 March ILO Governing Body debate on the ... More >>
Racism Is A Trade Union Issue: ITUC Statement For World Day Against Racism
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:05 am | ITUC
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the need to urgently uproot and dismantle systemic inequalities and systems of oppression that have persisted for far too long within our societies and in the world of work. ... More >>
New Poll Shows Governments Failing To Tackle Jobs Crisis
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 6:52 am | ITUC
One year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, the health crisis has exposed gaps in access to social protection and has left a devastating impact on working people as households struggle with the loss of jobs and working hours. Across the ten G20 countries ... More >>
