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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 >>
Spotlight Interview with Michel Barka (Chad-UST)
Saturday, 28 June 2008, 11:05 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC Online 124/270608 Spotlight Interview with Michel Barka (Chad-UST) More >>
Iran: Another Union Leader Arrested And Detained
Saturday, 28 June 2008, 7:01 am | ITUC
Gholamhosseini, a member of the Vahed Syndicate Executive Board was arrested by police in Tehran while visiting Shirodi Stadium, where an event to marking Iran's Women's Day was taking place. The gathering was sponsored by the municipality of Tehran. More >>
Colombia: Two More Trade Unionists Assassinated
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 6:17 am | ITUC
Two more trade unionists have been murdered. The ITUC, together with its Colombian affiliates, CUT CGT and CTC, categorically denounce those latest atrocities. Twenty-eight trade unionists have been murdered in Colombia since the start of the year. More >>
Oman: The Need to Recognise Trade Union Rights
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 6:16 am | ITUC
A new ITUC report on core labour standards in the Sultanate of Oman, which coincides with the country's trade policy review at the WTO on 25 & 27 June, highlights that most of the Omani workforce continue to be denied their basic labour rights. More >>
Zimbabwe: Killings Continue, Calls for ILO Inquiry
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 7:49 am | ITUC
Trade unionists from from around the world have called for an official ILO Commission of Inquiry into Zimbabwe, as more reports of torture and murder of trade unionists by security forces and thugs linked to the Mugabe regime emerge. More >>
Crucial ILO Social Justice Declaration Adopted
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 1:08 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 13 June 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Following two successive years of debate, the ILO's annual International Labour Conference adopted a major Declaration on "Social Justice for a Fair Globalisation." "The Declaration speaks of the need ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Killings and Torture Continue
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 1:06 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 13 June 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unionists from across Africa and from around the world have called today in Geneva for an official ILO Commission of Inquiry into Zimbabwe, as more reports of torture and murder of trade unionists by security ... More >>
Play Fair Torchbearers Press IOC On Labor Rights
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 9:37 am | ITUC
Play Fair 2008 activists were at the IOC's headquarters today to press Jacques Rogge, head of the Olympic movement's top organization to take long overdue action on the problem of labour rights violations where Olympic merchandise is produced. More >>
ILO puts Decent Work Under the Spotlight
Sunday, 1 June 2008, 12:29 am | ITUC
Brussels, 30 May 2008 (ITUC OnLine): A new website for the World Day for Decent Work was launched today as a special ITUC-organised event on Decent Work took place at the annual conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), involving ILO ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Union Leaders’ Trial Set for 23 June
Saturday, 24 May 2008, 11:52 am | ITUC
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC Online 101/220508 Zimbabwe: Union Leaders’ Trial Set for 23 June;Global Action Called for 25 May More >>
EU / LAC Lima Summit
Saturday, 17 May 2008, 11:41 am | ITUC
EU / LAC Lima Summit Brussels, 16 May 2008 (ITUC OnLine): On the occasion of the Summit of Heads of States of the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean (EU-LAC) countries in Lima, the international trade union movement has called for the declaration ... More >>
Zimbabwe: General Secretary of PTUZ arrested
Saturday, 17 May 2008, 11:39 am | ITUC
Brussels, 16 May 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Pressure is high for trade unionists in Zimbabwe. Raymond Majongwe, the General Secretary of the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and a member of the General Council of the ZCTU, has been arrested while ZCTU ... More >>
Global Unions Demand IFI Policy Shift In Slowdown
Monday, 14 April 2008, 10:14 am | ITUC
The ITUC and its Global Unions partners called on the 2008 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF to mandate significantly increased assistance to countries that seek to protect their workers and citizens against the shock of an economic crisis. More >>
