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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 >>
Yemen: ITUC Calls for Urgent Humanitarian Aid
Friday, 19 August 2011, 12:18 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 17 August 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is calling on the international community to respond to the humanitarian emergency in Yemen, where shortages of food, water, electricity, fuel and other essential goods are worsening by the day. Many ... More >>
Fiji: all-out assault on trade unionism
Saturday, 6 August 2011, 1:15 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 5 August 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The military government of Fiji has engaged in an all-out assault on trade unionism this year, by force and by decree, and it is getting worse by the day. Just this week, union officials were detained, questioned ... More >>
ITUC Deeply Disturbed by Decision of Thai Labour Court
Saturday, 30 July 2011, 4:59 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 29 July 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) denounces the decision of the Thai Labour Court which upheld management’s right to dismiss seven officers of the State Railway Workers' Union of Thailand (SRUT) ... More >>
Norway: A crude attack against democracy
Saturday, 23 July 2011, 9:59 pm | ITUC
Norway: A crude attack against democracy Brussels, 23 July 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC expresses its shock and solidarity with the Norwegian people after the horrible bombings in central Oslo and the shootings at the island Utøya outside Oslo. More >>
Commonwealth Trade Unions to the 2011 Commonwealth Heads
Saturday, 16 July 2011, 2:33 pm | ITUC
Statement by the Commonwealth Trade Unions Group to the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of the Government Meeting (CHOGM) (Perth, Australia, 28-30 October 2011) More >>
Worst form of child labor in Uzbekistan.
Saturday, 11 June 2011, 3:09 pm | ITUC
Employers and Unions unite at world forum to condemn “worst form” of child labor in Uzbekistan. More >>
Rural Workers Pay with their Lives for Defending Forests
Friday, 3 June 2011, 8:28 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 3 June 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has expressed its deepest concern at the murder on 24 May of two environmentalists, José Cláudio Ribeiro Da Silva and Maria do Espiritu Santo Silva, in an ambush seven ... More >>
ITUC Calls on UN Human Rights Council
Saturday, 28 May 2011, 2:56 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 112/250511 ITUC Calls on UN Human Rights Council to Adopt Principles on Business Brussels, 27 May 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The UN Human Rights Council should adopt “Guiding Principles” on business and ... More >>
