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IMF, World Bank Take Steps To Contain Pandemic And Reduce Burdens, But Fall Short Of Equitable Plan
Saturday, 18 April 2020, 7:47 am | ITUC
Decisions at the Spring Meetings of the international financial institutions help low-income countries put lives before debt payments and encourage global action to stop COVID-19. Facing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the ... More >>
Chilean Barbara Figueroa Awarded Arthur Svensson Prize 2020
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 6:40 am | ITUC
Chilean trade union leader Barbara Figueora has been awarded the prestigious Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights, in recognition of her commitment as the leader of CUT Chile in fighting for social justice. In 2012, Barbara Figueroa ... More >>
IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings Must Provide Global Leadership And Coordination
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 7:13 am | ITUC
The ITUC has called on the international financial institutions at their Spring Meetings next week to put in place an urgent and comprehensive plan in response to the economic destruction caused by the COVID pandemic, with jobs and social protection ... More >>
12 Governments Show The World How To Protect Lives, Jobs And Incomes
Saturday, 28 March 2020, 12:34 pm | ITUC
New ITUC analysis of government responses from 69 countries to the COVID-19 pandemic has identified 12 governments which are putting people first as they tackle the economic fallout from lock down measures to stem the spread of the virus. Argentina, Austria, ... More >>
ITUC Mourns Passing Of Former President João Antonio Felicio
Saturday, 21 March 2020, 1:50 pm | ITUC
The ITUC is deeply saddened by the passing of Brazilian trade union leader João Felicio who has passed away following a long illness. Felicio served as ITUC President from 2014 to 2018 after being unanimously elected at the ITUC Berlin Congress. We ... More >>
Hong Kong: ITUC Calls For Withdrawal Of Unfounded Charges Against Union Leader Lee & Others
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 8:55 am | ITUC
The ITUC has demanded that the Hong Kong authorities drop charges against Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, and the other pro-democracy protesters facing criminal proceedings. Lee was arrested and charged, More >>
The ETUC & ITUC WelcomeLiftingOf EUTrade Benefits To Cambodia
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 8:10 am | ITUC
The European Commission announced today a partial withdrawal of trade concessions to Cambodia under its preferential trade arrangement, EverythingButArms(EBA). The decision came after a long period of “enhanced dialogue” initiated by the ... More >>
Zimbabwe's international reputation in the balance
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 7:18 am | ITUC
Zimbabwe: government’s international reputation in the balance as it puts workers’ rights defenders on trial Nineteen of the twenty-eight trade unionists still on trial in Zimbabwe are set to appear soon in front of courts across the country as the government ... More >>
Australian government counts the cost of climate denial
Saturday, 11 January 2020, 10:35 am | ITUC
The extended bushfire season in Australia has wreaked havoc on communities, with 8.4 billion hectares of land burnt, and lives, homes and livelihoods lost along with up to a billion animals. The Insurance Council of Australia estimates the cost of ... More >>
Just Transition for climate ambition
Saturday, 21 September 2019, 11:28 am | ITUC
Trade unions, social movements and climate activists across the world are embarking on an historic week of mobilisations to demand climate action, starting on 20 September. Millions of people are set to stop work, engage in workplace actions and take to ... More >>
Amazon: global resistance to Bolsonaro’s destruction
Friday, 30 August 2019, 9:10 am | ITUC
The ITUC has expressed its full solidarity with the indigenous peoples of the Amazon who have seen vast swathes of their homeland go up in smoke. The policies and environmental denialism of Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro have been heavily criticised by ... More >>
Women take to the streets in Switzerland
Friday, 14 June 2019, 8:04 pm | ITUC
Time to fix the world of work as women take to the streets in Switzerland More >>
Unions are flying the flag for equality
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:26 pm | ITUC
On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), trade unions reaffirm their commitment to expressing solidarity through diversity: no discrimination, no exceptions. The ITUC celebrates the progress that has been made towards equality, ... More >>
Uber IPO is a bad bet
Saturday, 11 May 2019, 11:18 am | ITUC
Loss-making Uber’s stock market float is a bad bet on a business that is facing a precarious future, according to the world’s main trade union body the ITUC. The company is facing strike and boycott actions called by its drivers in several countries ... More >>
May Day 2019: the time has come for a New Social Contract
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 10:12 am | ITUC
With inequality soaring and corporations capturing an ever-greater share of wealth and holding governments to ransom, the ITUC is calling for a new social contract, backed by a universal labour guarantee, in this the Centenary year of the International ... More >>
Removing dangerous substances from the workplace
Monday, 29 April 2019, 9:27 am | ITUC
Every 11 seconds a person loses their life because of lethal working conditions. While awareness is growing, cancer remains the number one workplace killer in many countries. On this International Workers’ Memorial Day, the ITUC is calling for ... More >>
Striking for peace in Colombia
Saturday, 27 April 2019, 3:28 pm | ITUC
Working people took to the streets in their thousands yesterday in defence of the peace agreement in Colombia. Unions called a national strike in response to proposals currently being discussed in parliament that would undermine the peace process and ... More >>
Unions Call for Action on Marine Pollution
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 9:41 am | ITUC
UN Environment Assembly: Unions Call for Action on Plastics Pollution, Toxic Chemicals and Marine Pollution More >>
This International Women’s Day, let’s call time on Violence
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 9:33 am | ITUC
Gender-based violence blights the lives of millions of women. It excludes women from the world of work and often stigmatises them within their communities. More >>
World support for Indian unions over worker protections
Saturday, 23 February 2019, 12:36 pm | ITUC
International support for Indian unions over destruction of worker protections More >>
