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Turkey Must Improve Workers' Rights, Equality

Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 7:31 am | ITUC

The government of Turkey has serious work to do when it comes to both legislation and practice dealing with the country's trade unions and the conditions of its workers, a new ITUC report makes clear. More >>

Belarus: Condemnation Of Union Office Police Raid

Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 11:10 pm | ITUC

Police officers detained several young activists present in the office for printing information about a meeting of entrepreneurs and sealed or confiscated BKDP equipment and documents. The detainees were called to appear in court for "hooliganism". More >>

Burma's "Saffron Revolution" Is Not Over -- ITUC

Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:24 am | ITUC

The underlying analysis is that the violent repression, particularly the targeting by the military of peacefully-demonstrating monks, has deeply antagonised Burma's society, at the same time as it has created new resistance dynamics. More >>

Decent Work Should Be Core Of EU-Africa Strategy

Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 8:22 am | ITUC

While the ITUC welcomes the desire to move away from the traditional donor/beneficiary relationship toward a partnership of equals, it deplores the fact that labour issues have not received the attention they deserve. More >>

ITUC & ILO Fight Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia

Tuesday, 4 December 2007, 12:39 pm | ITUC

The ITUC and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are jointly holding a seminar in Geneva from 4 to 7 December aimed at developing a trade union strategy to fight racial discrimination and xenophobia. More >>

New ITUC Action Plan To Fight Against HIV-AIDS

Saturday, 1 December 2007, 10:29 am | ITUC

On the eve of World Aids Day on December 1 and in support of the World AIDS Campaign, the ITUC is launching a global action plan against HIV-AIDS. The World AIDS Campaign has launched the Stop AIDS Leadership Pledge to mark the 2007 and 2008 World AIDS ... More >>

Pakistan: 3 Trade Unionists Released On Bail

Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 7:52 am | ITUC

The ITUC has today expressed satisfaction at the release from jail of three trade union leaders and activists detained in Pakistan over two weeks ago in the wake of emergency rule imposed by President Pervez Musharaff. More >>

Global Action To Stop Violence Against Women

Monday, 26 November 2007, 9:30 am | ITUC

The ITUC and Global Union Federations are participating in a global initiative to stop violence against women, running from 25 November (UN Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women) until UN Human Rights Day on 10 December. More >>

88 Deaths From Explosion In Zasiadko Mine, Ukraine

Thursday, 22 November 2007, 12:14 pm | ITUC

According to the authorities, around 80 corpses have already surfaced and the first burials have been organised. Thirty miners are still in hospital, including one man in a critical condition having suffered severe burns. More >>

CTUG Calls For CHOGM To Act On Democracy, Rights

Thursday, 22 November 2007, 12:06 pm | ITUC

The CTUG-ITUC workshop called on the Heads of Government to establish a target for all Commonwealth governments to ratify all eight core ILO labour standards before 2013. More >>

Reality Defies The Colombian Govt's Statements

Thursday, 15 November 2007, 10:52 am | ITUC

In a letter to President Álvaro Uribe, ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder today accused the Colombian president of deceitfulness when boasting of improvements in the situation of trade unionists in Colombia. More >>

Georgia Must Lift State Of Emergency Immediately

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 10:37 am | ITUC

After several days of protests, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has said that Presidential elections will now be held next January, however the state of emergency he imposed on Wednesday remains in force. More >>

ITUC Joins Pakistan PWF In Call For Democracy

Thursday, 8 November 2007, 11:29 pm | ITUC

The ITUC has joined its Pakistan affiliate, the PWF, in calling for the immediate restoration of the rule of law, the country's Constitution and the fundamental democratic rights of its people. More >>

Peru Urgently Needs Labour Law Complying With ILO

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 10:25 am | ITUC

It is urgent that a draft general labour law now be discussed at the Parliament and adopted, according to the ITUC's new report on core labour standards in Peru. The report is being released today to coincide with Peru's trade policy review at the ... More >>

Millions Of People Stand Up Against World Poverty

Thursday, 18 October 2007, 10:19 am | ITUC

The ITUC insists that global and national policies must be fundamentally transformed to ensure that all people have a fair share of the vast wealth currently in the hand of a small minority. More >>

EU Falls Short On Burma Sanctions

Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 3:27 pm | ITUC

"People in Europe might rightly wonder why the European Union, having rightly extended sanctions to some products, has failed to do so for others, especially given the importance of oil and gas income to the junta", said ETUC General Secretary John ... More >>

ITUC Spotlight On Sandra Viktor (LO-sweden)

Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 11:21 am | ITUC

It's important than the unions run campaigns that are attractive to young workers and that they make sure that young trade unionists are meeting young workers, which improves contacts. This campaign is running in June, July and August and is aimed ... More >>