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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 >>
Burma: Military Violence Against Protesters
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 2:56 pm | ITUC
"We welcome the announcement of urgent UN Security Council talks today on the crisis, and call for the immediate dispatch of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma", said Guy Ryder. More >>
Burma: UN Needs To Act Fast As Situation Worsens
Monday, 24 September 2007, 6:30 am | ITUC
Dozens of people are being held in detention by the military junta, with Buddhist monks now openly defying the authorities in several locations around the country, supported by thousands of people who have joined protests and demonstrations. More >>
World Bank And IMF - Major Changes Needed
Friday, 21 September 2007, 11:40 am | ITUC
"The international financial institutions can be a force for equitable globalization, but not if they continue along the same course they have for the last 60 years. The upcoming annual meetings are an ideal time to begin making changes." More >>
Zimbabwe: Assaults, Detentions Ahead Of Strike
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 3:13 pm | ITUC
As the ZCTU begins its two day peaceful protest at the devastating effect on their members of soaring inflation (now above 7,600%) and 80% unemployment, as well as the government's recent wage freeze, the repression has already begun. More >>
A Catalogue Of Crimes Against Trade Unionists
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 11:50 am | ITUC
An appalling total of 144 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers¹ rights in 2006, while more than 800 suffered beatings or torture, according to the Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations, published by the 168-million member International ... More >>
Labour Deregulation And Rights Violations In Panam
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 11:44 am | ITUC
Trade unions' rights are seriously violated in Panama. Public sector workers cannot fully enjoy their trade union rights and trade unionists from both the public and private sector face reprisals and threats when demanding their rights. More >>
ITUC Welcomes End Of Bar-Bender Strike
Saturday, 15 September 2007, 2:42 pm | ITUC
Hong Kong: 36-day historical bar-bender strike ended on September 12 after settling a deal with contractors More >>
APEC Remains Distant To Citizens' Reality
Friday, 14 September 2007, 12:06 am | ITUC
Meeting in Sydney, Australia, 8-9 September, the leaders of the 21 member states of APEC - including the US, Russia, Japan, China, Mexico, Malaysia, Peru, Indonesia, the Philippines and the host, Australia - failed to tackle the real challenges of ... More >>
Heavy Prison Sentences for Labour Rights Advocates
Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 12:05 am | ITUC
The ITUC has sent a strongly worded letter of protest to the head of the Burmese military regime, General Than Shwe, over the imposition of heavy prison sentences on six labour rights supporters on 7 September. More >>
Intimidation Of Family Of Detained Union Leader
Monday, 10 September 2007, 11:36 am | ITUC
The ITUC has received from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) the information that the wife and sister of the imprisoned Iranian bus union leader, Mansour Osanloo, were briefly arrested on 3 September 2007 in Tehran, after they ... More >>
New Organisation: Asia-Pacific Trade Unions Unify
Friday, 7 September 2007, 12:11 am | ITUC
The foundation of the new ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia-Pacific is an historic step, and will give working people throughout the region even stronger representation, in a part of the world where many economies are growing rapidly. More >>
ITUC Global Union Action Program On Forced Labour
Saturday, 1 September 2007, 5:07 pm | ITUC
Globally, at any given time, at least 12.3 million people are working in forced labour conditions as defined in Convention number 29 of the International Labour Organisation. More than 2.4 million of these victims have been trafficked. More >>
APEC Must Address The Real Asia-Pacific Challenges
Saturday, 1 September 2007, 3:49 pm | ITUC
Meeting for the 13th Asia Pacific Labour Network meeting, union leaders from the region sent a strong message to the upcoming Leaders summit: rather than continuing to narrowly focus on trade and investment liberalisation, APEC must broaden its scope. More >>
Panama: Two Trade Unionists Murdered
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 12:20 am | ITUC
Two trade unionists have been murdered in Panama for opposing mass dismissals and the obligation to join the yellow union, SINDICOPP, controlled by construction giant Norberto Odebrecht. The ITUC, which has three affiliated organisations in Panama ... More >>
Spotlight on Marie Josée Lokongo Bosiko
Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 12:18 am | ITUC
Spotlight on Marie Josée Lokongo Bosiko, Vice President of the UNTC (National Union of Congolese Workers) More >>
ITUC Protestsover Construction Workers' Strike
Saturday, 25 August 2007, 12:20 am | ITUC
In a letter* to the Hong Kong Labour Minister Mathew Cheung, the ITUC has called on the government to help resolve a strike involving several hundred “bar benders” on construction sites around Hong Kong, due to the refusal of the Bar Bending Contractors ... More >>
Ahmadinejad To Be Criticised By Unionists
Friday, 17 August 2007, 11:26 am | ITUC
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to face unexpected criticism of his government's human rights record today, when he attends the annual summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan. ... More >>
