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World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings: Trade unions demand substantive reforms
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 9:07 pm | ITUC
As the World Bank and the IMF hold their Annual Meetings in Marrakech trade unions call on these institutions to embrace new economic paradigms to meet the dire challenges of the current moment, including the climate crisis, mounting debt, spiralling costs-of-living ... More >>
Philippines: Trade Union Organiser Killed
Friday, 6 October 2023, 7:53 am | ITUC
The ITUC denounces the killing, by the police in the Philippines, of Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, an organiser with the ITUC-affiliated Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) trade union centre. The ITUC has been informed that Jude Thaddeus Fernandez was shot dead on ... More >>
Global Chemicals Safety Agreement: Big Wins For Workers, Big Challenges For The ILO
Friday, 6 October 2023, 7:50 am | ITUC
The fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) has concluded with agreement on a new Global Framework on Chemicals – for a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste. The global trade union delegation from Australia, ... More >>
Solidarity With Indian Farmers And Workers
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 6:44 am | ITUC
The ITUC stands in solidarity with Indian farmers and trade unions in their joint fight against the Modi government’s agricultural liberalisation and labour law reforms, as they mark two years since the killing of four farmers protesting the ... More >>
ITUC backs key social protection campaign
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 6:06 am | ITUC
The ITUC is backing the campaign ‘Social Security For All’, launching 4 October, to build pressure ahead of the annual meetings of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Social protection is one of the six key demands of the New Social Contract ... More >>
Domestic Debt: Do Not Push The Pain Further Onto Workers
Sunday, 17 September 2023, 7:41 am | ITUC
The ITUC is calling for caution by the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) when looking at including domestic debt in restructuring deals with countries. The statement on Domestic Debt Restructuring (DDR) has been produced in time for the ... More >>
International Equal Pay Day: Trade Unions In Action
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 8:14 pm | ITUC
To mark UN International Equal Pay Day , 18 September, the ITUC is celebrating success stories from trade unions around the world that have campaigned to tackle the gender pay gap. The briefing, Trade union action to promote equal pay for work of equal ... More >>
G20 India: No Action, No Urgency
Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 6:50 am | ITUC
The ITUC and TUAC look forward to the Brazilian presidency of the G20 focused on taking action for the most important issues for working people, after a woeful outcome from the latest leaders’ summit in New Delhi, India. The final G20 Leaders’ Declaration ... More >>
World Day For Decent Work: It’s Time For A Pay Rise
Saturday, 9 September 2023, 6:01 am | ITUC
This 7 October, the World Day for Decent Work, the ITUC says “It’s Time for a Pay Rise” to relieve the enormous pressure on working people and their households due to inflation driven by corporate profiteering The share of global wealth that ... More >>
Ecuador: ITUC Demands Immediate Government Action
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, 7:17 am | ITUC
The heads of the ITUC and TUCA, the ITUC’s regional organisation for the Americas, have written to the President of Ecuador demanding immediate action to halt the spiral of violence in the country. Dozens of people have been hurt and killed in pre-election ... More >>
International Youth Day: Join A Union, Shape The Future
Friday, 11 August 2023, 6:04 pm | ITUC
For International Youth Day , 12 August, the youth committee of the ITUC, representing the 400 million young people in the global workforce, sees an unprecedented opportunity for the trade union movement, the world’s largest democratic social force, to renew ... More >>
International Day Of The World’s Indigenous Peoples: Unions Commit To Fight Discrimination
Tuesday, 8 August 2023, 6:38 pm | ITUC
On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, 9 August 2023, Indigenous peoples’ organisations and trade unions, highlight the extreme forms of discrimination faced by native groups. This includes: The lack of rights to self-governance or access ... More >>
Venezuela: Union Leaders Imprisoned
Tuesday, 8 August 2023, 7:08 am | ITUC
The ITUC and its regional organisation for the Americas, TUCA , deplore the sentencing of Venezuelan union leader Gabriel Blanco and three other trade union officials to 16 years imprisonment. Gabriel Blanco, the Communications Director of the Caracas ... More >>
Unions Win New UN International Day For Care And Support
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 6:48 am | ITUC
The ITUC has welcomed the adoption by the UN General Assembly on 24 July (Monday) of a Resolution for the International Day for Care and Support on 29 October. The Resolution for the International Day for Care and Support on 29 October recognises ... More >>
ITUC condemns Hong Kong administration for putting a bounty on the heads of human rights defenders and trade unionists
Friday, 14 July 2023, 5:59 am | ITUC
The ITUC has protested to the Hong Kong authorities, the ILO and the UN over its deep concern about the escalation in the climate of fear, intimidation, arrests, arbitrary prosecutions, threats for the exercise of trade union rights and civil ... More >>
World Bank’s “B-Ready” Index Promotes Race To The Bottom For Workers
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 8:38 pm | ITUC
The ITUC warns that the World Bank’s new “B-Ready” project signals bad news for working people, as it will undermine labour rights and social protection across employment sectors. Described as the Bank’s “corporate flagship”, B-Ready presents ... More >>
Palestine: ITUC Calls For Immediate Cease-fire And De-escalation In Jenin
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 6:11 am | ITUC
The ITUC is gravely concerned at events in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where a large Israeli military operation is under way, with reports of ten people killed and some 100 injured. The Israeli authorities claim that the attack is due to the ... More >>
10 Years Of Workers’ Rights Under Attack: 2023 ITUC Global Rights Index
Friday, 30 June 2023, 8:47 pm | ITUC
The 10th edition of the authoritative Global Rights Index shows that the global cost-of-living crisis has been met with a crackdown on the rights of working people in every region of the world. From Eswatini to Myanmar, Peru to France, Iran to Korea, ... More >>
This Year’s International Labour Conference (ILC) At The ILO Issued A Stark Warning To The Government Of Belarus
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 10:58 pm | ITUC
There was overwhelming support from governments and employers for a trade union proposal to invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution, over the Lukashenko regime’s violations of freedom of association, including the imprisonment of trade union leaders ... More >>
Solidarity With The IDWF And Elizabeth Tang Advancing Decent Work For Domestic Workers
Friday, 16 June 2023, 6:25 pm | ITUC
On International Domestic Workers Day, 16 June, the ITUC stands in solidarity with the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF) and its General Secretary Elizabeth Tang. We honour their resilience in building a strong and united movement ... More >>
