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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 >>
Iran: More Workers Arrested As Unionists Picket
Friday, 10 August 2007, 3:45 pm | ITUC
Early this morning state security agents arrested five executives of the Tehran Bus Drivers Trade Union ("Syndica Sherkat-e Vahed"). Tehran police also prevented union members from attending a support rally called at the house of Mansour Osanloo. More >>
PlayFair 2008 Response to China Olympic Statement
Friday, 3 August 2007, 8:35 am | ITUC
Playfair 2008, the international campaign organized by ITUC, ITGLWF, the Clean Clothes Campaign and their affiliates and partners worldwide, appreciates the fact that BOCOG and the Chinese authorities have acted upon its "No Medal for Olympics on Labour ... More >>
WTO Promotes EPZs, Ignores Workers' Rights
Friday, 27 July 2007, 11:42 am | ITUC
A WTO meeting is set to endorse a draft decision to extend the transition period for the phasing out of export subsidies in a number of developing countries, making it easier to exploit workers and repress trade union rights in EPZs. More >>
Unions Demand Social Progress In Asia-Europe Coop
Thursday, 26 July 2007, 12:30 am | ITUC
Trade unionists from member countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)* gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia will call on the ASEM governments to step up their cooperation and joint work on employment and labour issues. More >>
ITUC On Bulgarian Medics Release From Libya Jail
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 10:06 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) today welcomed with relief the news of the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor by the Libyan authorities. The seven have been in jail since 1999. More >>
Iran: Union Leader Osanloo was being held in Evin
Saturday, 14 July 2007, 12:49 am | ITUC
Brussels, 13 July 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) have protested to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the brutal beating and abduction of bus workers' trade union leader Mansour Osanloo in ... More >>
Spotlight interview with Gemma Adaba
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 11:07 am | ITUC
Brussels, 09 July 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The first edition of the annual Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), a United Nations initiative to promote high level dialogue on the links between migration and development, is to take place in ... More >>
