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Brazil: ITUC Welcomes Overturning Of Lula Convictions
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 6:40 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has welcomed the quashing of unjust convictions of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the restoration of his political rights A Supreme Court judge annulled the convictions on 8 March. ... More >>
Myanmar: Unions Call Extended National Work Stoppage
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 7:49 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has expressed its full support and solidarity with the call by Myanmar’s unions for an extended nationwide work stoppage to protect democracy and end the military dictatorship . Sharan Burrow, ... More >>
Haiti: Time To Break The Silence And Expose The Dictator Moïse
Saturday, 6 March 2021, 6:16 pm | ITUC
The united voice of the global unions has called for immediate action to withdraw support from the Moïse regime in Haiti to begin the restoration of human and trade union rights for the Haitian people. Jovenel Moïse has been ruling by presidential ... More >>
Hong Kong: Activists Should Be Released Immediately
Friday, 5 March 2021, 6:37 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have extended their solidarity to the 47 activists from Hong Kong arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the new ... More >>
Large Expansion In Vaccine Production And Equitable Distribution Are Vital
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 9:24 am | ITUC
A massive scaling up of global vaccine production, and equitable distribution of vaccines, tests and treatments, are essential to combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. While some countries are making progress on vaccinating their whole populations, ... More >>
Belarus: Further Attacks On Unions And Journalists
Friday, 19 February 2021, 6:44 am | ITUC
In a further crackdown on trade unions this week, the authorities in Belarus have ransacked the offices of the REP radio and electronics union and targeted the BAJ journalists’ union . Several officials and members of both unions have been detained. ... More >>
Myanmar: Junta’s Cyber Law Brings Age Of Darkness
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 7:25 am | ITUC
As Myanmar’s military coup leaders escalate violent suppression of popular dissent and continue to arrest and detain hundreds of people without any due process, their planned cyber law will place the entire population under ongoing surveillance and ... More >>
Military Coup In Myanmar: Solidarity Action
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 11:46 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is appalled at the seizing of power by the military in Myanmar and will do all within its power to stop the coup succeeding, ensure the release of those detained and bring an end to the violence ... More >>
Save Lives At Work: International Workers’ Memorial Day - 28 April
Friday, 5 February 2021, 6:45 am | ITUC
On 28 April, International Workers’ Memorial Day , unions around the world are focusing their demands on getting the International Labour Organization (ILO) to adopt occupational health and safety as a fundamental right at work. The existing ... More >>
Hong Kong: Arrest Of Activists Seriously Violates Fundamental Human Rights
Friday, 8 January 2021, 6:57 am | ITUC
The ITUC condemns the arrest of 53 of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, including the chair of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) Carol Ng. The detentions were made by local police, under the controversial National ... More >>
Attack On Political Transition In The US Is A Disgrace
Friday, 8 January 2021, 6:49 am | ITUC
The aggressive attempt by some supporters of the defeated US president, Donald Trump, to block the formal process in the US Congress to confirm the election of Joseph Biden is a disgrace and an affront to democracy. “The threat and actual use of ... More >>
ILO Report: Wages Falling During Pandemic, 266 Million Have No Minimum Wage
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 8:39 am | ITUC
The latest Global Wage Report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals downward pressure on wages in two-thirds of the world’s countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the crisis hitting the lowest paid hardest. 266 million people are ... More >>
Black Friday: Time To Break Up Amazon
Friday, 27 November 2020, 9:36 am | ITUC
This ‘Black Friday’, the ITUC is joining a global movement calling for urgent action to deal with the serial, corporate abuse of Amazon. Governments and regulators must step in to stop Amazon: abusing its dominant market position squeezing small ... More >>
G20 Leaders’ Declaration Lacks Plans For Jobs And Social Protection
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 8:58 am | ITUC
The G20 Leaders’ statement released on 22 November covers many highly important topics but does not provide the urgently needed coordinated boost for jobs and social protection. The support for equitable access to treatments and eventual vaccines ... More >>
G20 Leaders Must Use This Moment To Lay The Foundations For A New Social Contract
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 9:00 am | ITUC
The ITUC, as part of the L20 group that represents working people at the G20 level, is calling for critical action as this weekend’s G20 summit in Saudi Arabia. The G20 leaders must seize this moment to lay the foundations for an economic recovery ... More >>
Global Unions Welcome Next Step In Binding Treaty Process To End Corporate Impunity
Friday, 13 November 2020, 8:21 am | ITUC
The global unions have welcomed the next step in the process of agreeing a binding United Nations (UN) treaty on business and human rights, despite difficult negotiations at the UN in Geneva. The intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations ... More >>
ITUC Welcomes Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) Coming Into Force
Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 9:17 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has welcomed the 50th ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which allows it to enter into force and puts nuclear disarmament back on the global security agenda. The TPNW ... More >>
IMF/World Bank: Inaction On Global Economic Crisis
Thursday, 22 October 2020, 8:50 am | ITUC
The Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have failed to step up to the gravity of the global economic crisis, in particular for developing countries, where the economic outlook continues to worsen. No major decisions were ... More >>
New Report: What Really Matters: Measuring Government Accountability And Moving Beyond GDP
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 9:12 am | ITUC
COVID-19 has exposed a failure of governance in most countries as governments have neglected the needs of their people. A new ITUC report, What really matters: Measuring government accountability and moving beyond GDP , sets out a global agenda to rebuild ... More >>
Urgent Action Needed From IMF, World Bank And G20
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 8:25 am | ITUC
The ITUC is calling for urgent and concerted action for economic recovery from the G20 Finance Ministers and from the IMF and World Bank, which are holding their Annual Meetings from 16 October. “With hundreds of millions of jobs lost and more than ... More >>
