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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 >>

ITUC Calls For End Of Business Links With Burma

Friday, 12 October 2007, 9:20 am | ITUC

The ITUC is currently writing to 430 companies worldwide which have or are suspected to have business links with Burma, calling on them to end their business links More >>

ITUC and ETUC Urge EU To Get Tough On Burma

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 9:26 am | ITUC

The ITUC and the European TUC today called on the European Union to take the lead by adopting tough sanctions on Burma following the latest round of violent repression there by the military junta. More >>

Interview With Esther Stevens, Pres. Of SADSAWU

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 10:35 am | ITUC

I became a domestic worker at the age of 14; I'm now 59. It's a hard job, especially when you have no experience. Some employers flood you with work, without thinking; we wonder if they are trying to kill us! More >>

Costa Rica: ITUC supports "No" to DR-CAFTA

Monday, 8 October 2007, 10:20 am | ITUC

Costa Ricans are casting their vote in a referendum on the ratification of the DR-CAFTA, a free trade agreement between the US, the Dominican Republic and Central America. Costa Rica is the only one of these seven nations that has not yet ratified it. More >>

Burma: No Clean Hands for Foreign Businesses

Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 10:14 am | ITUC

The ITUC is writing to several hundred companies known or suspected of having business links to Burma to pull out of the country and "stop propping up the brutal regime", and is calling on governments to extend economic sanctions to cover all economic ... More >>

ITUC Report On Workers' Rights In Cameroon, Gabon

Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 10:12 am | ITUC

The exercise of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining is poor in both countries. The ILO´s expert committees have been urging these governments to comply with the principles of these standards for a considerable time but to little ... More >>