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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 >>
Haiti: Trade Union Assistance Arrives
Saturday, 23 January 2010, 3:31 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 21 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, the ITUC launched a trade union appeal for humanitarian support for the victims in cooperation with its regional organisation for the Americas, TUCA. Funds raised under ... More >>
Israel: Histadrut To Allow Migrants Membership
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 11:20 am | ITUC
A decision taken by the ITUC’s Israeli affiliate Histadrut to allow migrant workers membership is a significant step towards ensuring an end to exploitation and helping ensure full respect for their rights at work. More >>
Sitrapeten Members Assaulted And Dislodged
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 11:00 am | ITUC
Brussels, 18 December 2009 (ITUC OnLine): On 10 December, 250 heavily armed state security force officers dislodged 25 members of SITRAPETEN, along with MSICG political council members and a number of journalists, to free the area to set up the stage ... More >>
Leaders Must “Go the Extra Distance"
Saturday, 19 December 2009, 1:20 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 224/181209 Climate Change – Leaders Must “Go the Extra Distance” Brussels, 18 December 2009 (ITUC OnLine): With the Copenhagen Climate Summit drawing to a close, the international ... More >>
ITUC Statement On Human Rights Day
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:52 am | ITUC
The ITUC celebrates International Human Rights Day and pays tribute to all human rights defenders, including the many brave trade unionists struggling to defend workers’ rights. More >>
Former ILO Director-General Passes Away
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:39 am | ITUC
It is with great sadness that the ITUC has learnt of the passing, on 9 December, of M Francis Blanchard, Director-General of the International Labour Organisation from 1974 – 1989. More >>
Guatemala: Two MSICG Members Assassinated
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:35 am | ITUC
There is no let-up in the extreme violence facing trade unionists in Guatemala. The ITUC has once again strongly condemned the murders in October and November of two members of the Guatemalan labour, indigenous and campesino movement, MSICG. More >>
Turkey: Thirteen Trade Union Leaders In Custody
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:33 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has firmly protested against yet another serious violation of trade union rights in Turkey. The long list of such violations poses major questions as to the willingness of the Turkish government ... More >>
Iran: Harassment Of The Haft Tapeh Union’s Lawyer
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:31 am | ITUC
The lawyer of the Haft Tapeh Union, an affiliate of the Global Union Federation IUF, Mr. Mohammad Olyaeifard was questioned in Tehran Revolutionary Court, on charges of “propaganda against the state”, “slandering the judiciary” and “publication ... More >>
Global Unions Call For Green Growth
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:29 am | ITUC
Leaders of world trade unions are calling on political leaders gathered in Copenhagen to invest in jobs and develop a green economic policy to tackle climate change More >>
Colombia’s Dubious Strategy, An FTA With The EU
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:27 am | ITUC
The ITUC is appalled at the strategy used by the Colombian government to discredit the ITUC Colombian affiliates – CUT, CGT and CTC – and the National Trade Union School by sending incendiary information from a completely unrepresentative trade ... More >>
Colombia: 195 Teachers Killed, No One Guilty
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:24 am | ITUC
The ITUC has denounced and strongly condemned the murders of art teacher Zorayda Cortés López, who worked at the Higher Technical Institute of Pereira, the capital of Risaralda More >>
“Burma’s Children, A Generation Sacrificed”
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:00 am | ITUC
The Burmese military junta is to organise “elections” in 2010, but the Constitution, whose adoption it organised in 2008, leaves no doubt as to the army’s desire to stay in power after the ballot. More >>
Copenhagen Summit: Decisions Should Be Taken Now
Saturday, 5 December 2009, 10:29 am | ITUC
Brussels, 4 December (ITUC OnLine): On the eve of the UN Climate Conference (7-18 December, Copenhagen), the International Trade Union Confederation has called again on governments to take urgent and necessary measures to reach without delay a low-carbon ... More >>
ITUC: G20 Finance Meeting Leaves Questions
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 10:34 am | ITUC
Brussels, 9 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The world’s trade union movement has welcomed the decision by G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St Andrews, Scotland, to keep jobs high on the agenda for economic recovery and reform, and to “maintain government ... More >>
ITUC: Trade Union President Arrested in Zimbabwe
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 10:28 am | ITUC
Brussels, 9 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has strongly condemned the arrest of ZCTU President Lovemore Matombo and two members of his staff, Michael Kandukutu and Percy Mcijo, for exercising their legitimate trade union activity. According ... More >>
ITUC Denounces the Sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 4:10 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 11 August 2009 (ITUC Online): The ITUC categorically denounces this Tuesday’s verdict against Aung San Suu Kyi and demands her immediate and unconditional release. More >>
International Trade Union Confederation
Friday, 24 April 2009, 5:38 pm | ITUC
The international trade union movement has called on the World Bank and IMF to use the opportunity of their spring meetings in Washington to accelerate efforts to stem the global collapse in employment and economic prospects. More >>
International Trade Union Confederation
Friday, 24 April 2009, 5:35 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 23 April 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has expressed alarm over the reported intimidation of potential witnesses to an International Labour Organisation Commission of Inquiry by Zimbabwe's notorious Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO). More >>
