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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 >>
May Day 2023: Collective Action For A New Social Contract
Sunday, 30 April 2023, 5:04 am | ITUC
On the first of May, working people across the world celebrate more than 150 years of collective action through their trade unions building secure, sustainable lives and delivering social justice. It is also a moment to reflect on the enormous challenges ... More >>
ITUC Condemns Murder Of Philippines Trade Unionist
Saturday, 29 April 2023, 5:06 am | ITUC
The ITUC joins its affiliates in the Philippines in condemning the murder of trade union paralegal Alex Dolorosa of the BPO Industry Employees Network (BEIN) in Bacolod City. Alex Dolorosa was found with multiple stab wounds in yet another extra-judicial ... More >>
ITUC calls for peace in Sudan
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 5:25 am | ITUC
The ITUC denounces the military clashes in Sudan between forces loyal to General Abdel Fattah, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and General Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The clashes have killed ... More >>
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2023: Organise For Safe And Healthy Workplaces
Monday, 24 April 2023, 7:38 pm | ITUC
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April, trade unions are promoting the role that organising plays in making workplaces safer and healthier as we remember all working people who have lost their lives to workplace accidents and disease. ... More >>
Labour 20 Statement To G20 Leaders: Global, State-led Just Transition Now
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 5:16 am | ITUC
Climate scientists have issued a dire warning about an impending global catastrophe – there is an urgent action from G20 governments. Rather than continuing to allow corporate interests to dominate decision-making, the calls for a globally coordinated, ... More >>
Kazakhstan: Stop Corrupt Practices In Oil And Gas Region, Respect Workers And Their Unions
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 5:33 am | ITUC
The ITUC demands that the government of Kazakhstan immediately implements ILO recommendations, restores the status of the Trade Union of Fuel and Energy Industry Workers as the recognised sectoral union and carries out reforms to tackle discrimination in the ... More >>
IMF/World Bank spring meetings: Bold action for sustainable recovery needed
Friday, 7 April 2023, 5:26 am | ITUC
In a statement to the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, the ITUC and its Global Unions partners are calling for the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to overhaul the multilateral system and take bold action ... More >>
Belarus: ILO tightens pressure over workers’ rights violations
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 5:51 am | ITUC
The ILO is increasing pressure on the Belarus government over its continued and severe violations of fundamental workers’ rights. Belarus has failed to abide by key findings of a 2004 ILO Commission of Inquiry, and the Lukashenko regime has continued ... More >>
Israel: Histadrut Calls General Strike
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 7:53 pm | ITUC
March 27 The ITUC-affiliated national trade union centre in Israel, Histadrut, has announced a general strike if the government of Benjamin Netanyahu proceeds with sweeping plans to change the judiciary. At a press conference the chair of Histadrut, ... More >>
