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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 >>
G20 Ministers give an important message on Jobs
Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:37 pm | ITUC
While the recommendations to the G20 Leaders issued by the G20 Labour Ministers from their meeting this week in Washington DC recognise the need to put jobs and social protection at the centre of economic recovery, trade unions are concerned that with ... More >>
Job-intensive recovery strategies
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 4:12 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 20 April 2010 (ITUC OnLine): A delegation of trade union leaders from the G20 countries told G20 labour and employment ministers during a meeting in Washington yesterday afternoon that the current fragile economic recovery will be a jobless ... More >>
Guinea: ITUC mourns loss
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 1:15 pm | ITUC
The ITUC is in mourning following the tragic and untimely deaths of Mr Ibrahima Fofana, general secretary of the USTG and Mrs Magbè Bangoura, general secretary of the CGSL, on the night of Friday 16 April 2010. The two trade union leaders lost their lives ... More >>
ITUC Strengthening its Presence in the Arab Region
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 12:54 pm | ITUC
Nine Arab trade union organisations affiliated to the ITUC met in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 14 to 16 April, together with six guest union organisations from the region. Open and constructive discussions were held with ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder ... More >>
Turkish workers protest closedown decision
Saturday, 30 January 2010, 11:01 am | ITUC
Brussels, 29 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Tobacco workers from all around Turkey have been protesting in Ankara against their government for 47 consecutive days. The government decided to close down all the warehouses owned by Tekel, the former ... More >>
Guatemala: Trade Unionist Shot at by official
Saturday, 30 January 2010, 10:59 am | ITUC
Brussels, 28 January 2010: The ITUC and its Guatemalan affiliates – the Confederation of Trade Union Unity of Guatemala (CUSG,) the General Guatemalan Workers Centre (CGTG) and UNSITRAGUA (Trade Union of Guatemalan Workers) – roundly condemn the attack ... More >>
Laws to protect domestic workers scrutinised
Saturday, 30 January 2010, 10:55 am | ITUC
Laws to protect domestic workers scrutinised Spotlight interview with Albert Njeru (KUDHEIHA(1)- Kenya) “Some employers threaten to kill their domestic worker if she talks” Brussels, 29 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): New legislation introduced ... More >>
Time for All Governments to Stand Up to the Banks
Saturday, 23 January 2010, 3:34 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 22 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): US President Barack Obama’s announcement of plans to restructure banks as a key component of comprehensive financial regulatory reform is a major step in the right direction, which other governments must rapidly ... More >>
