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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 >>
Defection of Syrian Prime Minister Weakens Assad’s Grip
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 11:11 am | ITUC
Brussels, 6 August 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The defection of Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab to the opposition has severely weakened President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on political power, but the armed conflict raging across the country shows no signs ... More >>
300,000 Domestic Workers to Gain Labour Law Protection
Sunday, 1 July 2012, 11:31 am | ITUC
The 300,000 domestic wokers in the Dominican Republic are set to gain coverage under labour laws following an announcement by Labour Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito at a meeting organised in Santo Domingo by the ITUC and its three affiliates. More >>
Rio Summit Draft Bitterly Disappointing
Monday, 25 June 2012, 12:42 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 21 June 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The global trade union movement is bitterly disappointed at the draft Declaration presented to world leaders at the Rio+20 Summit on Wednesday, and is calling on governments to use the remaining two days of the ... More >>
No Social Justice Without Environmental Protection
Saturday, 23 June 2012, 1:40 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) No Social Justice Without Environmental Protection By Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary Rio de Janeiro, 22 June 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The global trade union movement is bitterly disappointed at the Declaration ... More >>
ITUC Statement on The Rio Declaration
Friday, 22 June 2012, 4:29 pm | ITUC
Rio de Janeiro, 20 June 2012 (ITUC OnLIne): The international trade union movement came to Rio with a set of clear demands and an agenda that integrates the three dimensions of sustainable development, supporting a social protection floor, decent and green ... More >>
ITUC Newsletter 9 - June 2012
Friday, 22 June 2012, 4:21 pm | ITUC
News International Jobs Deficit Recognized at the G20, but the Jury is Out on Action More >>
International Jobs Deficit Recognized at the G20
Friday, 22 June 2012, 2:53 pm | ITUC
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) International Jobs Deficit Recognized at the G20, but the Jury is Out on Action Brussels, 20 June 2012 (ITUC OnLine): International unions said the shift in language in the G20 Los Cabos Declaration from austerity ... More >>
Only One In Ten In G20 Countries Believe Austerity Will Work
Friday, 15 June 2012, 1:53 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 14 June 2012 (ITUC OnLine): International unions warned of a dangerous credibility gap between G20 Leaders' past statements on jobs and many G20 governments' actions that are pushing economies back into recession and destroying jobs. More >>
Tunisian Salafists Firebomb Union Offices Across the Country
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 1:53 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 12 June 2012 (ITUC OnLine): Tunisian Islamic fundamentalists unleashed a campaign of firebombing trade union offices around the country today , as the Salafist movement challenges the emerging democracy in the home of the 'Arab Spring'. Regional ... More >>
12 by 12 Campaign: Uruguay First Country to Ratify C189
Tuesday, 1 May 2012, 4:31 pm | ITUC
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) ITUC Online 12 by 12 Campaign: Uruguay First Country to Ratify C189 Brussels, 26 April 2012 (ITUC Online): Trade union activists, as well as domestic workers, are thrilled to see a breakthrough in the ‘12 by 12’ ... More >>
Cambodia: ITUC Expresses Concerns for Trade Union Rights
Tuesday, 1 May 2012, 10:19 am | ITUC
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) CSI Online Cambodia: ITUC Expresses Concerns for Trade Union Rights in the Garment Sector Brussels, 30 April 2012 (CSI Online): For years, trade unions and the workers they represent in the garment sector ... More >>
Governments must act for a sustainable equitable recovery
Saturday, 28 April 2012, 3:18 pm | ITUC
It is more than five years since the financial crisis hit, followed rapidly by a larger economic crisis. This economic earthquake exposed the dangers of financialisation; of having the real economy subservient to finance; and of two decades of growing ... More >>
