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UN Conference on Racism
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 3:51 pm | ITUC
Some representatives of members of Global Unions, together with over 40 trade unionists belonging to 25 national trade unions, are taking an active part in the Conference to evaluate the implementation of the Durban 2001 Declaration and Programme of Action ... More >>
ITUC Report on Core Labour Standards in Mozambique
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 3:49 pm | ITUC
A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Mozambique, which coincides with the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found serious violations of trade union rights including in Mozambique's export processing ... More >>
Progress on jobs at G20 summit
Saturday, 4 April 2009, 2:22 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 3 April 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The statement adopted at the London G20 meeting gives the chance for a new globalisation, with jobs at the centre and an end to the failed policies of the last three decades, according to the ITUC and the OECD Trade ... More >>
Core Labour Rights in Fiji
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 12:36 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 25 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new report by the world's largest trade union body, the ITUC, on core labour standards in Fiji has been issued today to coincide with the Trade Policy Review of that country at the WTO. More >>
International Day Against Racism and Xenophobia
Saturday, 21 March 2009, 3:53 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 038/20309 International Day Against Racism and Xenophobia Racism is incompatible with decent work Brussels, 20 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination ... More >>
Trade Union Movement Mourns Four Murder Victims
Sunday, 1 March 2009, 12:13 pm | ITUC
Leovigildo Mejía, a member of the Santander Agrarian Workers' Association, ASOGRAS; Luis Alberto Arango Crespo, president of the Fishing and Agricultural Workers' Association and leader of the Small-Scale Fishing Association of Magdalena Medio; Guillermo Antonio ... More >>
Korea: Violations of Labour Rights Increasing
Friday, 27 February 2009, 1:42 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 26 February 2009 (ITUC OnLine): An international trade union mission* to Korea this week has concluded that the trade union rights situation is deteriorating, and that Korea is not living up to commitments it made to respect international labour ... More >>
National Construction and Services Union
Thursday, 26 February 2009, 12:30 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 24 February 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has joined with TUCA, its regional organisation for the Americas, and Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI), to strongly condemn the raid on the head office of the National Construction and ... More >>
World Day For Social Justice
Saturday, 21 February 2009, 3:18 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 20 February 2009 (ITUC OnLine): In a video message on the World Day for Social Justice today, ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder has called on governments to act together decisively to tackle the global economic crisis, by stimulating economies ... More >>
Elections to be Held Under Saddam's Laws
Friday, 20 February 2009, 11:55 am | ITUC
Brussels, 19 February 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has expressed deep concerns over the planned holding of trade union elections in Iraq in March under the legal framework inherited from the regime of Saddam Hussein, in violation of international law on ... More >>
Guatemala: Violent Repression Against Workers
Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 10:07 am | ITUC
Guatemala: Widespread Violent Repression Against Workers Brussels, 2 February 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new ITUC report on core labour standards in Guatemala issued today to coincide with the trade policy review at the WTO demonstrates how trade unionists ... More >>
ITUC Calls On Presidents Of Latin America
Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 10:02 am | ITUC
Brussels, 30 January 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Almost 10,000 people attended a high-level meeting with the presidents of Latin America at the World Social Forum in Belem. The ITUC and its regional organisation for the Americas, the TUCA, was able to engage ... More >>
World Unions Versust Corporate Grand Theft
Saturday, 31 January 2009, 3:41 pm | ITUC
Davos 30 January 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Global trade unions have welcomed the comments by US President Barack Obama over "shameful" bonuses ripped out of failing banks and businesses in recent months, as tens of millions of workers worldwide face ... More >>
Work Life Campaign Acts On Financial Crisis
Friday, 30 January 2009, 10:11 am | ITUC
Belém, 29 January 2009 (Media Release): The Decent Work Decent Life Campaign, led by the International Trade Union Confederation, Solidar, the Global Progressive Forum, World Solidarity and the European Trade Union Confederation, is organizing – two ... More >>
Trade Unions Call for a New Growth Model
Thursday, 29 January 2009, 10:29 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC Online 012/280109 World Social Forum: Trade Unions Call for a New Growth Model Brussels, 28 January 2009 (ITUC Online): On the occasion of the World Social Forum in Belem, the ITUC has released ... More >>
Trade Unions Bring Tough Message To Forum
Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 9:24 am | ITUC
Brussels, 27 January 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A team of global and national trade union leaders will deliver a tough message to business at this year's Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, pointing to the potential social time bomb caused ... More >>
ITUC demands justice after acid attack
Thursday, 22 January 2009, 10:50 am | ITUC
Brussels, 21 January 2009 (ITUC online): The ITUC is deeply shocked by the inadequate investigation into the particularly barbarous attack on Constantina Kuneva, General Secretary of the trade union covering the cleaning sector in the Athens region, PEKOP. More >>
Zoellick and Strauss-Kahn React to Unions' Demands
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 4:00 pm | ITUC
Washington, 18 January 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Commitments to strengthen social programmes for workers hit by the economic crisis and to increase action on core labour standards were made by World Bank President Robert Zoellick and IMF Managing Director Dominique ... More >>
Gaza: End Of Fighting Opens Opportunities
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 10:24 am | ITUC
Brussels, 19 January 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The cessation of fighting in Gaza opens a vital opportunity to build a just and lasting peace, which both Israel and Palestine must seize, in order to end the cycle of conflict and ensure justice for the Palestinian ... More >>
Defending The Living Of Waste Collectors
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:51 am | ITUC
Brussels, 15 January 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A union in the Indian city of Pune has secured concrete improvements for waste collectors, an informal economy workforce made up of 90% women. Maitreyi Shankar, one of the activists of the Waste Collectors' Union, ... More >>
