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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 >>
Trade Unions at the Top of the World
Saturday, 28 May 2011, 2:54 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 109/270511 Trade Unions at the Top of the World Brussels/Kathmandu, 27 May 2011 (ITUC OnLine): A member of Nepal’s Sherpa trade union, Dorje Khatri, yesterday planted the ITUC flag on the ... More >>
Syria: ITUC Supports Call for General Strike on 18 May
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 11:52 am | ITUC
As the repression against the popular uprising throughout the country continues, Syria's opposition has called for a general strike today. The strike call comes as the AFP news agency reports that dozens of bodies are lying in the streets of Tall ... More >>
Spotlight on Ukrainian trade unionist Irina Livkovich
Friday, 13 May 2011, 9:30 am | ITUC
Irina Livkovich used to be an economist but is now the head of the women's committee of PIT.Ua, a union for IT people in Ukraine. The Women's Committee was created under the Decisions for Life project, and as a direct result its mission is more or less ... More >>
Georgia: Europe’s Black Sheep for Workers’ Rights
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:56 am | ITUC
Georgia is rapidly becoming the black sheep of workers’ rights in Europe. The workers are being pressed to work in unhealthy and dangerous environments, trade union activists are being dismissed, and trade union leaders are being harassed and threatened. The ... More >>
Arab Workers Demands for Jobs and Rights Across the Region
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 12:07 pm | ITUC
Tens of thousands of people across the Arab world have demonstrated to demand decent jobs, social justice and an end to repression on May Day. At trade union rallies across the region, from Iraq in the east to Mauritania in the west, workers from ... More >>
Winds of change for social justice and democracy
Friday, 29 April 2011, 8:09 pm | ITUC
"Winds of change for social justice and democracy 1 May 2011" "Brussels, 1 May 2001 - common statement of the ITUC and its Global Unions partners". Brussels, 29 April 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Today as trade unionists around the world celebrate ... More >>
Paraguay under scrutiny to achieve compliance with ILO
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 11:18 am | ITUC
A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Paraguay, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found that the government does not effectively enforce its laws on trade union rights. More >>
ITUC Condemns IKEA Anti-union Discrimination Practices in US
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 11:15 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) representing 175 million workers in 151 countries and territories is alarmed at the delay of responsibility of the furniture giant IKEA regarding the anti-union discrimination practices in Danville, ... More >>
Anti-regulation agenda threatens health and safety - ITUC
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 11:05 am | ITUC
International trade unions are warning of the potentially devastating effect of business lobbying to weaken protection for worker's health and safety as workers across the world take part in the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers ... More >>
ITUC urges Bahrain to stop attack on trade union movement
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 9:56 am | ITUC
The authorities in Bahrain have launched an all-out attack on the Bahraini trade union movement, says the International Trade Union Confederation. More >>
IMF backs ITUC analysis on global jobless and inequality
Friday, 15 April 2011, 10:34 am | ITUC
The international trade union movement is calling on the international financial institutions (IFIs) to change course in their policy directions and to pay as much attention to employment deficits as they do to fiscal deficits by taking coordinated ... More >>
Madrid Climate Dialogue: Call For Green And Decent Jobs
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 10:23 am | ITUC
Madrid/Brussels, 12 April 2011 (ITUC OnLine): International trade union leaders meeting today in Madrid with the UN Panel on Sustainability and business and ngo representatives are calling for decisive and ambitious climate action in the lead-up to the Durban ... More >>
