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German Chancellor and Global Organisations: G20 Jobs Action
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 12:40 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 10 October 2011 (ITUC OnLine): German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of five key international bodies have called for coordinated G20 action to improve growth and employment, boosting prospects for a positive jobs outcome from ... More >>
Workers mobilise to demand decent jobs
Saturday, 8 October 2011, 6:12 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine Workers mobilise to demand decent jobs – Action in 60 countries Brussels, 7 October (ITUC OnLine): With unprecedented public demand for decent jobs, and pressure mounting on banks and the finance industry, ... More >>
World Day for Decent Work: Youth, Lost in Globalisation?
Friday, 7 October 2011, 11:32 am | ITUC
Brussels and Berlin, 6 October 2011 (ITUC OnLine): On the eve of the fourth World Day for Decent Work, during a joint international event organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the German Confederation of Trade Union's youth organisation ... More >>
Trade Unions Call FSB to Address Financial Transaction Tax
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:51 am | ITUC
Brussels, 3 October 2011 (ITUC OnLine): As the Plenary of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) meets today in Zurich, international trade union organisations have submitted their priorities for the FSB current programme of action as mandated by the G20. More >>
Spotlight interview with Shaher Sa’ed (PGFTU, Palestine)
Monday, 3 October 2011, 9:41 am | ITUC
Brussels, 28 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) is firmly backing the Palestinian Authority’s bid for the recognition of a Palestinian State by the United Nations. Shaher Sa’ed, its General ... More >>
G20 Labour Ministers Map Path Leaders Cannot Ignore
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:28 am | ITUC
Brussels, 27 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement said Labour Ministers have set the standard for Finance Ministers and Leaders to follow as they prioritized employment and endorsed the social protection floor and ... More >>
ITUC Challenges G20 Labour Ministers on Jobs
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:12 am | ITUC
Brussels, 26 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has challenged Labour Ministers of the G20 countries, meeting in Paris this week, to push hard for job creation as the world economic and employment crisis worsens. More >>
G20 Labour Ministers Must Not Fail Workers
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:09 am | ITUC
Brussels, 26 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement called on the G20 Employment and Labour Ministers meeting in Paris on 26-27 September to step up to the plate and ensure that the G20 leaders tackle the jobs crisis as ... More >>
Paraguayan Refrigeration Firm Violates ILO Conventions
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:04 am | ITUC
Brussels, 26 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has joined with its affiliated organisations in Paraguay, the CNT and CUT-A, in strongly condemning Industria Paraguaya Frigorífica S.A (IPFSA) and the industrial refrigeration firm's president, Alba ... More >>
Unions Tell UN and Govts to Step Up Action Against Racism
Friday, 23 September 2011, 4:16 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 22 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions are calling on the UN and its member countries to step up action against racism and xenophobia at today's UN High-Level General Assembly event on racism . The ITUC and Public Services International ... More >>
A new Arab Democratic Trade Union Forum
Saturday, 17 September 2011, 4:24 pm | ITUC
Brussels/Amman, 16 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Fifteen Arab trade union organizations from 10 countries founded today in Amman, Jordan, a new Forum to promote the fundamental values of democratic and independent trade unionism and to increase regional union ... More >>
Guatemalan Trade Union Leader Murdered
Friday, 16 September 2011, 3:35 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 15 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has called on Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom to launch an immediate and full investigation into the murder of Byron Arrega, leader of the Administrative Workers' Union at the property registry in Quetzaltenango. ... More >>
ITUC Welcomes President Obama’s Jobs Speech
Saturday, 10 September 2011, 11:51 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) Brussels 9 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): ITUC Welcomes President Obama’s Jobs Speech "I reject the idea that we have to strip away collective bargaining rights to compete in a global economy. We shouldn’t ... More >>
Spotlight interview with Gabriel del Rio (CASC)
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 1:47 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 5 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The Dominican trade union confederation CASC (1) has secured social security coverage for over 31,000 informal economy workers and their families. It also supports essential projects providing concrete assistance ... More >>
World Youth Demand Strong Measures to Overcome Unemployment
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 10:31 am | ITUC
Singapore, 5 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Young trade unionists from all over the world are meeting in Singapore today and tomorrow to discuss the dramatic situation of young people looking for a job. The ITUC Youth Committee is a body set up by the ... More >>
US Justice Department Seeks to Block Telecoms Merger
Friday, 2 September 2011, 11:27 am | ITUC
US Justice Department Seeks to Block Telecoms Merger in Blow to Jobs and Workers’ Rights. The ITUC has expressed concern over a decision by the US Justice Department to try and block a merger between US telecommunications companies AT&T and T-Mobile. More >>
ITUC Leaders in Chile to Support National Strike
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 1:59 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 24 August 2011 (ITUC OnLine): ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow has expressed the Confederation's full support for a two-day national strike called by national trade union centre CUT. Burrow is in the national capital Santiago along ... More >>
Bahrain’s Anti-union Repression
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 5:29 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 23 August 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The authorities in Bahrain are stepping up repression of the country’s trade union movement, with further suspensions and sackings of workers due to their actual or suspected participation in trade union ... More >>
ITUC Calls on Verizon to Negotiate with Unions
Saturday, 20 August 2011, 7:28 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 156/190811 USA: ITUC Calls on Verizon to Negotiate with Unions As 45,000 Workers Strike Brussels, 19 August 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has called on US communications giant Verizon to negotiate ... More >>
Colombia: Mineworkers' Leader Murdered
Friday, 19 August 2011, 12:30 pm | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has joined with its Colombian affiliates, CUT, CGT and CTC, in firmly condemning the killing, on Tuesday 26 July in El Campo district, of Rafael Tobón Zea, a founding member of the Segovia branch ... More >>
