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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 >>
Social dialogue at the heart of migration policy
Saturday, 7 July 2007, 2:38 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 6 July 2007 (ITUC online): Social dialogue and a rights based framework must be at the heart of migration policy - this is the message representatives will take to the "Civil Society Day" of the Global Forum on Migration and Development ... More >>
ITUC General Council Decisions
Saturday, 30 June 2007, 2:26 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 29 June 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC General Council, at its second meeting on 20 - 22 June. held a major thematic discussion on "Building the New Trade Union Internationalism", centred on deepening the involvement of trade unionists ... More >>
Hong Kong: Ten years and no improvement
Friday, 29 June 2007, 11:08 am | ITUC
Brussels, 28 June 2007 (ITUC OnLine): As hundreds of thousands of union members and other Hong Kong citizens prepare to march in the streets next Sunday 1st July, in protest at lack of democracy and workers' rights then years after the former British ... More >>
Iran: “I will not be intimidated”
Friday, 22 June 2007, 1:39 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 21 June 2007 (ITUC OnLine): In an address to the ITUC General Council meeting in Brussels today, Iranian trade union leader Mansour Osanloo told of the persecution of him and other members of his union in the “Sherkate Vahed” company (Syndicate ... More >>
ITUC General Council urges labour standards
Friday, 22 June 2007, 11:42 am | ITUC
Suspension of EU trade preferences to Belarus: ITUC General Council urges the government to implement international labour standards More >>
World Unions Call for Accountability and Democracy
Sunday, 15 April 2007, 2:20 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 13 April 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Against a background of intense media attention surrounding World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, the ITUC has today reiterated its call for proper transparency and democracy at the Bank and the International Monetary ... More >>
Guinea: conference on national reconciliation
Friday, 30 March 2007, 10:52 am | ITUC
Brussels, 28 March 2007 (ITUC Online): Whilst Guinea is still waiting to see the formation of a new government following the end of a serious political crisis triggered by the brutal repression of a general strike in January and February, the three main ... More >>
ITUC Protests to Mugabe, Requests ILO Intervention
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 3:51 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 16 March 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has addressed a strong protest letter to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, following the attacks on trade unionists, the ransacking of the offices of the Zimbabwe Trade Union Congress (ZCTU), the killing ... More >>
WTO: Trade Unions Call for Action on Cotton
Saturday, 17 March 2007, 3:49 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 15 March 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Global trade unions are demanding that this week's high-level session on cotton at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva must embark on a root and branch reform of trade in cotton instead of tinkering at the ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Raid on Trade Union Headquarters
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 10:23 am | ITUC
Brussels, 13 March 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The headquarters of the Zimbabwe Trade Union Congress (ZCTU) were today raided by government security forces, as part of a "concerted effort to try and crush all civic organisations" according to ZCTU President ... More >>
Spotlight Interview with Ken Georgetti
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 9:40 am | ITUC
Brussels, 12 March 2007: As in many countries, the Canadian trade union movement is putting the spotlight on the growing gap between rich and poor, including the fact that many workers simply don't earn enough for a decent life. Ken Georgetti, ... More >>
ITUC and ETUC Protest Against Repression of Women
Sunday, 11 March 2007, 5:46 pm | ITUC
Brussels, 9 March 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC and its European counterpart ETUC have addressed a strong protest to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadjinejad over the mass arrests of Iranian women demanding equal rights. 33 were arrested and imprisoned ... More >>
UN Concerned About Private Security In Conflicts
Tuesday, 27 February 2007, 11:02 am | ITUC
The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries today expressed concern about the increasing involvement of private military and security companies in countries facing conflict, including their work protecting mining companies and the effect ... More >>
