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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 >>
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 >>
