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ITUC Condemns Asbestos
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 3:17 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 10 November 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has condemned the decision to exclude chrysotile asbestos and the pesticide endosulfan from the list of dangerous products under the Rotterdam Convention, the international agreement which regulates ... More >>
7th ASEM Summit: A Step In The Right Direction
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 11:14 am | ITUC
Leaders of 43 Asian and European countries met last Friday in Beijing for the 7th ASEM Summit. They issued two important declarations, the first on sustainable development and the second on the international financial situation. More >>
New Report on Workers’ Rights in Norway
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 7:47 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 22 October 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC released a new report today on core labour standards in Norway, to coincide with the country’s trade policy review at the WTO on 22 and 24 October 2008. More >>
Trade Union Rights Restricted In Korea
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 10:14 am | ITUC
Brussels, 07 October 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Today the ITUC issues a new report on the respect of core labour standards in Korea, coinciding with that country's trade policy review by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). More >>
Guatemala: Another Union Leader Murdered
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:58 am | ITUC
The ITUC condemns the 21 September murder of José Israel Romero Ixtacuy, General Secretary of the Union of the Municipal Electricity Company, affiliated with UNSITRAGUA. More >>
Sugar cane harvesters demand rights at work
Saturday, 27 September 2008, 1:23 pm | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 166/240908 Colombia: Sugar cane harvesters demand rights at work More >>
Economic Partnership in Development
Saturday, 27 September 2008, 1:21 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 26 September 2008 (ITUC OnLine): in a new statement issued today, the ITUC and the ETUC have called on the EU to listen to its partners in ACP countries and to concentrate on a pro-development approach in negotiating Economic Partnership ... More >>
“Green Jobs” a Challenge to Governments
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 3:56 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 24 September 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The launching of a major report “Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low Carbon World” in New York today is a major step towards action to help create millions of new environmentally-friendly ... More >>
New Report on Workers' Rights in Barbados
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 8:02 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 17 September 2008 (ITUC OnLine): A new report by the world's largest trade union body, the ITUC, on core labour standards in Barbados has been issued today to coincide with the country's Trade Policy Review at the WTO. More >>
Swaziland: Trade Union Leader Arrested
Monday, 25 August 2008, 12:56 am | ITUC
Brussels, 21 August 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC strongly protests against the arrest of Jan Sithole, secretary general of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU), by the Swazi authorities. More >>
Mauritania: Authorities Repress Trade Union Rally
Monday, 25 August 2008, 12:55 am | ITUC
The ITUC expressed its deep concern at the repression used by the Mauritanian security forces on 19 August to break up a trade union rally held in protest at the military coup of 6 August overthrowing President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. More >>
Georgia: Time For Dialogue & Humanitarian Efforts
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 10:57 am | ITUC
The UN's High Commission on Refugees estimates that more than 100,000 persons are refugees, with some 42,000 South Ossetians having been displaced into Russia or within South Ossetia and around 56,000 inhabitants of the city of Gori having been displaced. More >>
S. Korea: Calls For Cessation Of KCTU Repression
Friday, 8 August 2008, 9:36 am | ITUC
Arrest warrants have been issued against KCTU President Lee Suk-haeng and General Secretary Lee Yong-shik, KMWU President Jung Gab-deuk and First Vice-President Nam Taek-gyu and all six of the top elected officials of the Hyundai Motor Branch. More >>
Israeli & Palestinian Unions Reach Historic Deal
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:09 am | ITUC
In the future, at least 50% of the representation fees paid by Palestinians working for Israeli employers will be transferred to the PGFTU, to enable both organizations to provide representation, legal and other trade union services to the workers. More >>
Olympics: IOC Inaction on Labour Rights Shameful
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 11:08 am | ITUC
Campaigners in Hong Kong, backed by the Play Fair 2008 global coalition, have today confronted the International Olympic Committee for its failure to act on widespread exploitation of workers in the manufacture of Olympics-branded products. More >>
ITUC: Lovemore Matombo, Wellington Chibebe Website
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 3:27 am | ITUC
The ITUC has launched a new website supporting Lovemore Matombo and Wellington Chibebe, President and General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. Lovemore and Wellington were arrested on 8 May for speaking out about violence in Zimbabwe. More >>
WTO: Serious Jobs Impact In Developing Countries
Friday, 25 July 2008, 8:35 am | ITUC
As negotiations intensify at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) aiming for a final deal to conclude seven years of negotiations in the Doha Round, the ITUC has criticised the pressure on developing countries to make disproportionate commitments. More >>
WTO's Manufactured Goods Proposals Is Imbalanced
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 11:34 pm | ITUC
""The Doha Development Round is supposed to foster industrial development in developing countries, enabling them to increase decent work and diversify their economies. Yet on their current basis, the NAMA negotiations will lead to job cuts." More >>
G8 Summit: Leaders Need to Deliver on Promises
Monday, 7 July 2008, 8:25 pm | ITUC
The international trade union movement, through its Global Unions AIDS Progamme, has joined with civil society groups in Africa and around the world as part of the World AIDS Campaign to ensure that universal access remains on the G8 agenda. More >>
Colombia: companies violate workers' rights
Saturday, 5 July 2008, 1:21 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 4 July 2008: A number of national and multinational enterprises are waging a systematic campaign to rid themselves of trade unions. The Spanish multinational Union Fenosa and its Colombian distribution company Electricaribe, for example, are ... More >>
