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12 by 12 Campaign: 6 Countries Grant Domestic Worker Rights
Thursday, 13 December 2012, 8:22 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION 12 by 12 Campaign: Six Countries Grant Rights to Domestic Workers in 2012 Brussels, 12 December 2012 (ITUC Online): With six countries having ratified the ILO Convention No 189 on domestic workers in 2012, the ITUC’s ... More >>
Egypt: Mubarak Mark II?
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 4:31 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Egypt: Mubarak Mark II? Brussels, 4 December 2012 (ITUC OnLine): Violations of international freedom of association standards in Egypt’s new draft Constitution, which will be voted on in a 15 December referendum, ... More >>
First Rally For Workers’ Rights In Qatar
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 1:46 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine First Rally For Workers’ Rights In Qatar Brussels, 4 December 2012 (ITUC OnLine): Migrant workers were given a voice for the first time in Doha as trade union members wore masks of two Nepali workers ... More >>
GREECE - The Greek Anti-Labour Austerity Reforms Condemned
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 9:00 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION GREECE - The Greek Anti-Labour Austerity Reforms Condemned by the ILO Brussels, 4 December 2012 (ITUC OnLine): After the Council of Europe last month, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) considers that ... More >>
GREECE - The Greek Anti-Labour Austerity Reforms Condemned
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 9:00 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION GREECE - The Greek Anti-Labour Austerity Reforms Condemned by the ILO Brussels, 4 December 2012 (ITUC OnLine): After the Council of Europe last month, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) considers that ... More >>
ITUC Humanitarian Mission Visits Gaza
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 12:36 pm | ITUC
ITUC Humanitarian Mission Visits Gaza Brussels, 28 November 2012 (ITUC OnLine): An ITUC humanitarian solidarity mission into Gaza yesterday, organised with the International Transport Workers Federation, the PGFTU and trade unionists from Tunisia and Jordan, ... More >>
Israel, Hamas Must Heed UN Truce Call
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 8:49 am | ITUC
International Trade Union Confederation Israel, Hamas Must Heed UN Truce Call Brussels, 19 November 2012 (ITUC OnLine): Israel and Hamas must immediately heed the call of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for a truce, and the international community must ... More >>
ITU Refuses Proposals For Internet Regulation Plans
Friday, 16 November 2012, 9:34 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITU Refuses Proposals for Open Discussion of Plans to Regulate Internet Geneva, 15 November 2012(ITUC Media OnLine): The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) today met with Dr Hamadoun Toure, Head of the UN’s ... More >>
European Trade Unions Mobilise on 14 November
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 12:42 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION European Trade Unions Mobilise on 14 November Brussels, 13 November 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has pledged its full support to the European trade union movement’s November 14 Day of Action and Solidarity. Strike ... More >>
Plea to UN to Reject Changes To Online Governance
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 8:50 am | ITUC
Brussels, 12 November 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The global labour movement and Greenpeace today joined forces to urge UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to reject changes to internet governance that would change forever the internet as we know it. More >>
ITUC Announces Top Five Countries To Sign Up To Qatar World
Friday, 26 October 2012, 8:39 am | ITUC
International Trade Union Confederation ITUC Announces Top Five Countries To Sign Up To Qatar World Cup Workers Rights Campaign More >>
ITUC tells IFI Meetings To Abandon Austerity, Focus On Jobs
Friday, 12 October 2012, 8:47 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine ITUC tells IFI Meetings To Abandon Austerity, Focus On Job-Centred Recovery Brussels, 11 October 2012 (ITUC OnLine): In meetings held with officials gathering in Tokyo for this weekend’s annual meetings ... More >>
Fifth World Day for Decent Work to Focus on Job Creation
Monday, 8 October 2012, 11:20 am | ITUC
Brussels, 07 October 2012 (ITUC OnLine): From dawn in Fiji to sunset in Hawaii, workers from more than 100 countries are taking part in a global day of action to demand stronger government action for economic recovery, job creation for young people, ... More >>
Newsletter 15: Qatar: No World Cup Without Worker Rights
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 9:21 am | ITUC
Qatar: No World Cup without workers’ rights ACT NOW! World Day for Decent Work REPORT YOUR EVENT! More >>
ITUC’s Reaction To The World Bank’s Report On Jobs
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 10:14 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine ITUC’s Reaction To The World Bank’s Report On Jobs Brussels, 02 October 2012 (ITUC OnLine): Responding to the launch today of the World Bank’s World Development Report 2013, devoted to the ... More >>
Bahrain Bans Entry of Trade Union and ILO Observers
Saturday, 29 September 2012, 12:55 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Bahrain Bans Entry of Trade Union and ILO Observers Brussels, 28 September 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has condemned the Bahrain government’s refusal to allow at least seven representatives of the ITUC, national ... More >>
“Equal Times”: New News Site Officially Launched
Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 9:26 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION “Equal Times”: New News Site Officially Launched Brussels, 17 September 2012 (ITUC OnLine): “Equal Times http://www.equaltimes.org ”, a new ITUC-supported internet platform for news, opinion, investigative reports ... More >>
African Unions Lead Protests On Swaziland Independence Day
Friday, 7 September 2012, 10:34 am | ITUC
Brussels, 6 September 2012 (ITUC OnLine): African trade unions and other civil society organisations have led international protests against Swaziland’s rulers on 6 September, the country’s independence day. A 5 September picket in front of the Swazi consulate ... More >>
Austerity Pushing Portugal to the Brink
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 10:06 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Austerity Pushing Portugal to the Brink Brussels, 4 September 2012 (ITUC OnLine): Portugal’s trade unions and business community have insisted that debt-reduction targets be relaxed, as evidence mounts that cuts ... More >>
Apartheid-era Murder Charges Against 270 Miners “Absurd”
Saturday, 1 September 2012, 1:17 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Apartheid-era Murder Charges Against 270 Miners “Absurd” Brussels, 31 August 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The laying of murder charges against 270 South African miners under a common purpose law notorious during ... More >>