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ITUC Backs ILO and UN Staff Strike Over Unilateral Pay Cuts
Friday, 23 March 2018, 10:56 am | ITUC
Brussels, 22 March 2018 (ITUC OnLine): Staff at the International Labour Organisation are taking strike action today in the latest of a series of walkouts by United Nations employees in protest at the unilateral imposition of significant pay cuts by the ... More >>
ITUC Calls on Korean President to Stop Samsung Vietnam Abuse
Thursday, 22 March 2018, 10:08 am | ITUC
Brussels, 21 March 2018 (ITUC OnLine): The International Trade Union Confederation has put threats against factory workers and labour activists in Samsung’s Vietnamese factories on top of the agenda for President Moon Jae-in during his visit to the ... More >>
Commonwealth Summit: Unions Call for Action on Jobs
Saturday, 17 March 2018, 1:22 pm | ITUC
Commonwealth Summit: Unions Call for Action on Jobs, Democracy, Development and Climate Brussels, 16 March 2018 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions from the Commonwealth countries are calling on leaders at the 52-member Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting ... More >>
It’s Our Day – It’s Our Time: Rising for Equality
Thursday, 8 March 2018, 9:11 am | ITUC
Brussels, 7 March 2018 (ITUC Online): On 8 March last year, millions of women took to the streets in protest against rising misogyny, racism and xenophobia, all typified by the tolerance of gender-based violence. More >>
US Supreme Court Case Could Strip Union Rights
Saturday, 24 February 2018, 12:41 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 23 February 2018 (ITUC OnLine): Working people across the United States will be joining a Day of Action on 24 February, on the eve of a crucial Supreme Court case that could strip union representation and collective bargaining rights from ... More >>
Lack of Progress on Reinstatement of Workers in Bahrain
Thursday, 15 February 2018, 11:13 am | ITUC
The ITUC Deplores the Lack of Progress on Reinstatement of Workers in Bahrain after Seven Years Brussels, 14 February 2018: Today marks the seventh anniversary of Bahrain's peaceful uprising brutally repressed by the authorities. Since then, the government ... More >>
Korea: Hypocrisy exposed - Samsung boss walks free
Saturday, 10 February 2018, 11:37 am | ITUC
Brussels, 9 February 2018 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions around the world are today demanding the immediate release of KCTU President Han Sang-gyun from prison, and the withdrawal of the charges against the former General Secretary of KCTU, Lee Young-joo, ... More >>
ITUC Denounces Arrest of Trade Union Leader in Turkey
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 9:54 am | ITUC
Brussels, 6 February 2018 (ITUC OnLine): In Ankara, this morning, Turkish anti-terror police raided the house of Ms Elif Cuhadar, executive committee member of the Turkish trade union KESK, and arrested her. The charges are related to her having participated ... More >>
ITUC Denounces Arrests of Medical Association Members
Friday, 2 February 2018, 12:18 pm | ITUC
Turkey: ITUC Denounces Arrests of Medical Association Members Brussels, 1 February 2018 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has denounced the arrest by the Turkish authorities of several members of the country’s Medical Association on the grounds that they ... More >>
Fiji: Government Steps Up Anti-union Repression
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 11:47 am | ITUC
Brussels, 26 January 2018 (ITUC Online): The ITUC has called on the Fiji government to cease their harassment of Fiji Trade Union Congress General Secretary Felix Anthony. In repeated interrogations police have accused him of 'sabotaging the economy', a ... More >>
ITUC Joins Global Solidarity Action in Support of Lula
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 10:05 am | ITUC
Brussels, 23 January 2018 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has issued a global call for solidarity with former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. On 24 January, a regional appeals court will decide on politically motivated and false charges against Lula. ... More >>
World Bank Should Scrap Ideologically-driven Ratings
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 9:38 am | ITUC
Brussels, 23 January 2018 (ITUC OnLine): Following an acknowledgment by the World Bank’s chief economist that the institution’s “Doing Business” (DB) report unjustly downgraded the policies of the outgoing Bachelet government in Chile, ITUC ... More >>
Russia:ITUC Denounces Court Decision to Dissolve Trade Union
Friday, 19 January 2018, 1:23 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 18 January 2018 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has denounced the decision of a local court in St Petersburg to dissolve a trade union on the grounds that it engaged in political activities. The decision to dissolve the Interregional Trade Union Workers' ... More >>
Vatican Convenes with Labour Leaders
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 9:12 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 11 January 2018 (ITUC OnLine): An international meeting of more than 300 trade union leaders convened by the Dicastery for promoting integral human development and hosted by the Vatican has called on intellectuals, business leaders, employers, ... More >>
Iran: Protests Show Need for Fundamental Reform - ITUC
Friday, 5 January 2018, 9:45 am | ITUC
ITUC OnLine Brussels, 4 January 2018 (ITUC OnLine) : The suppression of protests in Iran this week, with the tragic deaths of more than 20 people and the arrest of several hundred, will do nothing to resolve the underlying social and economic discontent ... More >>
Argentina’s WTO Civil Society Ban is Outrageous
Saturday, 9 December 2017, 2:45 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine Argentina’s WTO Civil Society Ban is Outrageous Brussels, 8 December 2017 (ITUC OnLine): Argentina’s decision to ban civil society advocates from participating in meetings at the WTO Ministerial ... More >>
ITUC: Trump Jerusalem Announcement Reckless and Divisive
Friday, 8 December 2017, 12:22 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 7 December 2017 (ITUC OnLine): US President’s Donald Trump’s announcement that the US will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is a divisive and reckless act which seriously undermines the quest for peace between Israel and Palestine. More >>
Unions Call for ILO Convention on Gender-Based Violence
Saturday, 25 November 2017, 11:32 am | ITUC
Unions Call for Strong ILO Convention on Gender-Based Violence Brussels, 24 November 2017 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions are using the UN Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls as a rallying point for a strong ILO Convention to tackle ... More >>
Paris Agreement goals still not matched by strong governance
Wednesday, 22 November 2017, 9:00 am | ITUC
Bonn/Brussels, 21 November 2017 (ITUC Online) – Trade unions expressed concern at the closing of the annual gathering of the United Nations climate change convention in Bonn over the limited progress made in building the strong governance, oversight ... More >>
Unions Call for Political Courage to Eliminate Child Labour
Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 8:28 am | ITUC
Brussels, 20 November 2017 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has welcomed the outcomes of a major international conference on eradicating child labour, held in Buenos Aires, and called on governments to show the political courage to tackle child labour and ... More >>
