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Progress on Climate and Just Transition in Cancun
Monday, 13 December 2010, 11:08 am | ITUC
Trade unions have welcomed the final agreement reached at the UN climate conference in Cancun, one that includes trade union demands for a just transition, while calling on all governments - particularly the most developed - to raise their sights by the ... More >>
Union Delegation to Meet French President Sarkozy
Saturday, 11 December 2010, 12:44 pm | ITUC
G20: International Union Delegation to Meet French President Sarkozy Brussels, 10 December 2010 (ITUC OnLine): An international delegation of trade union leaders will meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 13 December to press for global action on ... More >>
Trade unions tell ASEM Labour Ministers to act
Saturday, 11 December 2010, 12:21 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC Online 191/101210 Press advisory: Trade unions tell ASEM Labour Ministers to act on social protection and Green Jobs More >>
EU-India Summit: Unions Demand Attention to Impact
Saturday, 11 December 2010, 11:58 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC Online 190/101210 EU-India Summit: Unions Demand Attention to Impact on Workers Brussels, 10 December 2010 (ITUC OnLine): As the EU-India Summit meets in Brussels on 10 December, trade unions have reiterated ... More >>
Unions Call on Governments in Cancun to Get Results
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 9:43 am | ITUC
Brussels, /Cancun 8 December 2010 (ITUC OnLine): While millions of workers and their families face destruction of their lands and livelihoods from extreme weather events and millions more are desperate for a secure green job, the world's governments remain ... More >>
Israel/Palestine: Now Is the Time for Serious Negotiation
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 9:50 am | ITUC
The ITUC is increasingly concerned at the lack of progress in achieving a just and peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestine peace process. In particular, Israel's refusal to extend the moratorium on building settlements is proving to be a major ... More >>
New Report Highlights Barriers to Union Rights
Saturday, 4 December 2010, 11:58 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) Regional Trade Union Conference in Moscow - New Report Highlights Barriers to Union Rights More >>
World AIDS Day: A Focus for Action in the Workplace
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 10:05 am | ITUC
Trade unions around the world will be using tomorrow,World AIDS Day, as a focus to promote action on HIV and AIDS in the workplace and to call for renewed international commitment to tackle the pandemic, which is responsible for some 5,000 deaths every ... More >>
Hong Kong: Minimum Wage Welcome, but More Progress Needed
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 10:01 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reported today to the World Trade Organisation that Hong Kong continues to violate core labour standards despite recently legislating a minimum wage. "Hong Kong's new minimum wage is a significant step in ... More >>
ITUC Spotlight interview with US Domestic Workers United
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 10:45 am | ITUC
As of 29 November this year, domestic workers in New York State finally have a number of rights recognised, following the enactment of a new Bill of Rights specifically protecting them. This victory, a first on United States territory, is the result ... More >>
Iran: Continuous Harassment of the Independent Trade Union
Friday, 26 November 2010, 10:51 am | ITUC
The ITUC strongly condemns the continuous harassment of the independent trade union movement in Iran. The ITUC lodged numerous protests with Iran over the past years and months in response to seeing trade unionists being arrested, harassed and facing ... More >>
Trade Unions Say NO to Violence against Women
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 12:37 pm | ITUC
To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, the ITUC and its affiliated organisations across the globe are rallying to say NO to this violence and to fight the discrimination underpinning it. "Combating the ... More >>
DRC: Solange Nzigire Discusses Sexual Violence Issues
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 12:04 pm | ITUC
Like many other Congolese workers in the Goma region (North Kivu), Solange Nzigire, has been a victim of sexual violence. Her own tragic experience moved her to set up an association to help abandoned women and children. Within the UNTC, she is an ... More >>
Child Labour and Anti-union Actions Frequent in the DRC
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 10:09 am | ITUC
The ITUC is releasing today a report on core labour standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), coinciding with the Trade Policy Review of the country at the WTO. The report finds prevalent violations of all core international labour standards ... More >>
Burma: “Elections Are a Sham” Says ITUC
Sunday, 14 November 2010, 11:42 am | ITUC
Brussels, 5 November 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC, together with Belgian union affiliates, the European Trade Union Confederation, the International Federation of Human Rights Organisations (FIDH), Amnesty International and Actions Birmanie, protested in front ... More >>
The ITUC Deeply Shocked by Mass Rapes
Saturday, 28 August 2010, 7:06 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 27 August 2010 (ITUC OnLine): A joint UN mission has confirmed the rape of at least 154 civilian girls and women around the village of Luvungi in North Kivu, although according to local aid workers the number of victims may be as high as 220. ... More >>
Honduras: Violence and Human Rights Violations
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 2:05 pm | ITUC
Honduras is immersed in a very worrying spiral of violence, and the international trade union movement remains on the alert for human rights violations. Being a trade unionist or part of the Resistance Front implies major risks in the Honduras of today. ... More >>
Forced Labour and Trafficking
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 2:04 pm | ITUC
A new ITUC publication released today details the extent of slavery and other forms of forced labour around the world, and sets out practical steps that trade unions can take to boost the global drive to help the more than 12 million people trapped ... More >>
G20: Tipping the World Economy Back Into Recession
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 4:27 pm | ITUC
Global Unions have attacked the outcome of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Busan, Korea, on 5 June. “The G20 Finance Ministers said they were meeting at a ‘critical juncture’ to secure global recovery and address ... More >>
Putting Haiti on the path to recovery
Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:38 pm | ITUC
An important contribution has been made to the recovery process of Haiti by a meeting of more than 120 trade unionists from all over the world, including many workers representing the majority of the labour movement in Haiti. They all took part in ... More >>
