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Trade Unions Demand an Ambitious Climate Agreement

Friday, 28 November 2008, 11:20 am | ITUC

Brussels, 27 November 2008 (ITUC OnLine): On the eve of major international climate negotiations in Poznan, Poland, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). More >>

Trade Unionists Threatened and Intimidated

Friday, 28 November 2008, 11:18 am | ITUC

Brussels, 26 November 2008: Guatemala continues to be the scene of union bashing, threats and intimidation, on this occasion in the municipality of Zacapa. The ITUC has strongly condemned these trade union rights violations. More >>

Iran: Imminent Execution of Farzad Kamangar

Thursday, 27 November 2008, 10:50 am | ITUC

Brussels, 26 November 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Farzad Kamangar, the Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker sentenced to death on, according to his lawyer, "absolutely zero evidence", could be hanged on Wednesday 26 More >>

Unions Mobilize on Anti-Violence Against Women Day

Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 10:54 am | ITUC

International Day on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, ITUC affiliates in several countries, including Ghana, Sierra Leone, Congo, Japan, Columbia and Great Britain, are organizing activities to mobilize against the trivialization and impunity ... More >>

'Serious Violations of Workers Rights'

Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 10:59 am | ITUC

Serious violations of workers 'rights, particularly in export processing zones, are highlighted in a new ITUC report on the Dominican Republic issued today to coincide with the country's trade policy review at the World Trade Organisation. More >>

Unions Develop Strategies Against Forced Labour

Saturday, 22 November 2008, 12:05 pm | ITUC

Brussels, 21 November 2008 (ITUC OnLine): An International Conference on Forced Labour and Human Trafficking, organised by the ITUC, its Pan-European Regional Council (PERC), the European Trade Union Confederation and the Greek General Confederation of Labour ... More >>

G20 Declaration Insufficient But Better ILO News

Saturday, 22 November 2008, 12:02 pm | ITUC

Brussels, 21 November 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The first meeting of G20 leaders on the world economic crisis, while setting a road map that has the potential to create a new financial regulatory agenda, has nevertheless fallen short on some major areas ... More >>

Onslaught Against Trade Unions Claimed 91 Lives

Friday, 21 November 2008, 9:41 am | ITUC

The publication of this year's ITUC Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations reveals an appalling record of union-busting, anti-union laws, intimidation and violence against workers' representatives in 2007. More >>

World's Trade Unions Recovery and Reform Plan

Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 11:50 am | ITUC

Brussels, 13 November (ITUC OnLine): Trade union leaders from the G20 countries will put forward a comprehensive plan to turn around the global economy, in meetings with world leaders in Washington DC on the eve of the financial crisis summit hosted by ... More >>

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 >>