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Burkina Faso: Trade Unions Call for Civilian Transition
Monday, 10 November 2014, 2:11 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 5 November 2014 (ITUC OnLine): Burkina Faso's trade union centres have called on the country's military to step aside and allow a civilian-led transition to a new government. In a meeting with the military yesterday in the capital, Ouagadougou, ... More >>
Israel’s Settlement Expansion is an Outrage
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 3:11 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 29 October 2014 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has condemned Israel’s intention to build yet another 1,000 settlement dwellings in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. More >>
Swaziland – Monarchy Bans All Union And Employer Federations
Friday, 10 October 2014, 3:36 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 9 October 2014 (ITUC OnLine): Swaziland’s government, one of the world’s last remaining absolute monarchies, has announced an immediate ban on all trade union and employer federations. With one of the worst industrial relations records of any ... More >>
Fiji to Finally Allow Visit by ILO Mission
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 10:27 am | ITUC
Brussels, 6 October 2014 (ITUC OnLine): Fiji’s Commodore Frank Bainimarama, reinstalled as Prime Minister following a deeply flawed election last month, is set to allow an ILO mission into the country to probe labour rights violations. A 2012 ILO mission ... More >>
Hong Kong: Workers Strike in Support of Student Democracy
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 2:18 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 29 September 2014 (ITUC OnLine): Workers from across Hong Kong have responded to a call from trade union centre HKCTU to join strike action in support of democratic reform, as security forces continue their violent repression of peaceful protests ... More >>
Qatar: FIFA Forges Ahead on 2022 World Cup
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 3:07 pm | ITUC
The ITUC has expressed serious concern for the safety and welfare of two human rights investigators, Ghimire Gundev and Krishna Upadhyaya, in Qatar. The two British nationals were being followed and harassed by Qatari security agents as they documented extreme ... More >>
ITUC Call to Action on Gaza
Friday, 1 August 2014, 11:27 am | ITUC
Brussels: (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is horrified at the rising death toll in Gaza, which is now over 1,200 - the vast majority of them innocent civilians. Destruction of civilian and UN infrastructure in recent days, including schools, hospitals and ... More >>
Gaza: Immediate Ceasefire Urgently Needed
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 5:30 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 22 July 2014 (ITUC OnLine): With over 500 people in Gaza killed, 80% of them women and children, in a massive escalation of Israel's assault, an immediate ceasefire and return to the 2012 truce agreement is absolutely urgent. Over 80 000 ... More >>
Serbia: General Strike to Protect Wages & Working Conditions
Saturday, 19 July 2014, 11:16 am | ITUC
Brussels, 17 July 2014 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has expressed its full support to the Serbian trade union movement as workers across the country join a general strike against government plans to cut wages and working conditions. The government has ... More >>
Huge Rally in Madrid for Right to Strike
Saturday, 5 July 2014, 10:26 am | ITUC
Thousands of Spanish workers have taken part in a rally in Madrid to protest at the arrest and possible imprisonment of several hundred workers for taking part in strike action. Spanish prosecutors are initiating cases against 260 workers who have taken ... More >>
WikiLeaks Reveals True Intent of Secret TiSA Talks
Saturday, 28 June 2014, 10:28 am | ITUC
Brussels, 26 June 2014 (ITUC OnLine): A WikiLeaks exposé has revealed the true intent behind secret 50-country negotiations on a new “financial services” chapter of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) at the WTO in Geneva. The draft agreement ... More >>
Iraq: Grave Fears for Kidnapped Migrant Workers
Saturday, 28 June 2014, 10:12 am | ITUC
Brussels, 25 June 2014 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has expressed grave fears for migrant workers trapped in the fighting in Iraq, with reports emerging that extremist group ISIS plans to use 39 kidnapped Indian workers as human shields. ISIS has shown no ... More >>
Political Leaders Must Act to Stop Civil War in Ukraine
Friday, 9 May 2014, 3:28 pm | ITUC
With the imminent risk that the violence in Ukraine will escalate into a full-scale civil war, the ITUC is calling from political leaders from Ukraine, Russia and the broader international community to commit unequivocally to a non-violent, negotiated ... More >>
Life and health at work is not an option, it’s a right
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 1:12 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 25 April 2014 (ITUC OnLine): Despite the world’s outcry which followed the death of 1.138 workers in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh a year ago, or the silent death of more than 107,000 workers a year due ... More >>
Bangladesh Workplace Safety Accord Underway
Thursday, 24 April 2014, 10:48 am | ITUC
The ITUC is calling for Bangladesh and international clothing brands to stop holding back progress on workers’ rights, as the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse approaches. More >>
International Trade Union Confederation
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 11:22 am | ITUC
Climate report shows job growth linkage with climate action. More >>
International Trade Union Confederation
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 11:22 am | ITUC
A new report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) exposes how far Qatar will go to deny workers their rights, ahead of a critical FIFA Executive Committee meeting onThursday 20th March in Zurich. More >>
Trade Unions from Across Europe Endorse Five-Point Plan
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 11:19 am | ITUC
Trade unions from across Europe, meeting today in Brussels, have issued a call for a peaceful, efficient and socially-acceptable way out the crisis in Ukraine, pointing to the years of irresponsible policy-making, unaccountable economic management and ... More >>
Cambodia: Bail denied to imprisoned Unionists
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 2:05 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 11 February 2014 (ITUC OnLine): The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) deplores the denial of bail once again for the 21 Cambodian workers who remain in prison. An appeal was immediately filed with the Supreme Court. In the meantime, ... More >>
Qatar: World Cup worker welfare standards not delivered
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 12:29 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 11 February 2014 (ITUC OnLine): Qatar’s new World Cup worker welfare standards do not deliver fundamental rights for workers and merely reinforce the discredited kafala system of employer control over workers, warned the International ... More >>
