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May Day 2023: Collective Action For A New Social Contract
Sunday, 30 April 2023, 5:04 am | ITUC
On the first of May, working people across the world celebrate more than 150 years of collective action through their trade unions building secure, sustainable lives and delivering social justice. It is also a moment to reflect on the enormous challenges ... More >>
ITUC Condemns Murder Of Philippines Trade Unionist
Saturday, 29 April 2023, 5:06 am | ITUC
The ITUC joins its affiliates in the Philippines in condemning the murder of trade union paralegal Alex Dolorosa of the BPO Industry Employees Network (BEIN) in Bacolod City. Alex Dolorosa was found with multiple stab wounds in yet another extra-judicial ... More >>
ITUC calls for peace in Sudan
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 5:25 am | ITUC
The ITUC denounces the military clashes in Sudan between forces loyal to General Abdel Fattah, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and General Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The clashes have killed ... More >>
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2023: Organise For Safe And Healthy Workplaces
Monday, 24 April 2023, 7:38 pm | ITUC
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April, trade unions are promoting the role that organising plays in making workplaces safer and healthier as we remember all working people who have lost their lives to workplace accidents and disease. ... More >>
Labour 20 Statement To G20 Leaders: Global, State-led Just Transition Now
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 5:16 am | ITUC
Climate scientists have issued a dire warning about an impending global catastrophe – there is an urgent action from G20 governments. Rather than continuing to allow corporate interests to dominate decision-making, the calls for a globally coordinated, ... More >>
Kazakhstan: Stop Corrupt Practices In Oil And Gas Region, Respect Workers And Their Unions
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 5:33 am | ITUC
The ITUC demands that the government of Kazakhstan immediately implements ILO recommendations, restores the status of the Trade Union of Fuel and Energy Industry Workers as the recognised sectoral union and carries out reforms to tackle discrimination in the ... More >>
IMF/World Bank spring meetings: Bold action for sustainable recovery needed
Friday, 7 April 2023, 5:26 am | ITUC
In a statement to the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, the ITUC and its Global Unions partners are calling for the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to overhaul the multilateral system and take bold action ... More >>
Belarus: ILO tightens pressure over workers’ rights violations
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 5:51 am | ITUC
The ILO is increasing pressure on the Belarus government over its continued and severe violations of fundamental workers’ rights. Belarus has failed to abide by key findings of a 2004 ILO Commission of Inquiry, and the Lukashenko regime has continued ... More >>
Israel: Histadrut Calls General Strike
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 7:53 pm | ITUC
March 27 The ITUC-affiliated national trade union centre in Israel, Histadrut, has announced a general strike if the government of Benjamin Netanyahu proceeds with sweeping plans to change the judiciary. At a press conference the chair of Histadrut, ... More >>
ILO Development Partners Meeting: ITUC Calls For Stronger International Financing Of Social Protection
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 5:09 am | ITUC
There is an urgent need to coordinate an international response to the major financing gaps affecting social protection systems around the world. The ILO Development Partners Meeting , organised by the ILO, brings together governments, social partners, and ... More >>
Organising Against Racism: International Day For The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, 21 March
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 6:11 am | ITUC
The historic and contemporary racial legacies of colonialism and slavery still shape the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world. The rise of the far right in many parts of the world is further fuelling racism, discrimination, ... More >>
Qatar Must Move Forward On Labour Rights
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 6:00 am | ITUC
The ITUC is deeply concerned at the situation facing migrant workers in Qatar now that the men’s football FIFA World Cup 2022 is over. If the labour law reforms made by the government at the ILO in November 2017, including those on the abolition ... More >>
WHO Convention On Pandemic Prevention
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 6:33 am | ITUC
The ITUC welcomes moves to negotiate a new international convention on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. A ‘ zero draft ’ of the convention, which will be discussed at the 76th WHO World Health Assembly 21-30 May 2023, includes ... More >>
International Women’s Day 2023
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 6:25 am | ITUC
On this International Women’s Day, workers around the world call for a gender-transformative New Social Contract that prioritises equality, inclusion, peace and democracy. The ITUC celebrates women activists and leaders who stand up against attacks on peace ... More >>
Tunisia: Government Bans Visits From International Trade Unionists
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:46 am | ITUC
The Tunisian government has banned the entry of trade unionists from at least six countries who were due in Tunisia today to show solidarity with the ITUC-affiliated UGTT at a weekend rally. The rally is the latest in a series of initiatives protesting ... More >>
Tunisia: ITUC Condemns Expulsion Of ETUC General Secretary
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 8:35 pm | ITUC
The ITUC has condemned the decision of Tunisian President Kais Saied to expel Esther Lynch, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), from the country this weekend. Esther Lynch was forced out of the country for addressing a ... More >>
On World Day For Social Justice, It Is Time To Tackle Corporate Greed And Tax The Rich For The Good Of The Many
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 5:57 am | ITUC
The ITUC calls on the international community and national governments to tackle corporate greed, tax avoidance and evasion, price gouging in food and fuel, wage theft and the entrenched informality that keeps two billion people ineligible for ... More >>
Sri Lanka: An Urgent Need For Immediate And Decisive Debt Relief And Social Dialogue
Wednesday, 8 February 2023, 6:15 am | ITUC
More than nine months since Sri Lanka defaulted on its international bonds and entered the worst economic crisis in its history, people are suffering from hyperinflation and severe shortages of basic essentials, including food, fuel and medicines. Millions ... More >>
ITUC Report Shows Big Economic Returns For Modest Investment In Infrastructure, The Care Economy And The Green Economy
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 7:02 am | ITUC
A new ITUC study, conducted by researchers at the University of Greenwich, shows that stepping up public investments can have significant positive impacts on employment and overall economic growth. The study simulated the impact that public spending ... More >>
Peru: Unions Demand An End To Lethal Repression Against Protesters
Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:40 am | ITUC
The ITUC and its regional organisation for the Americas, TUCA, are following the situation of violence and state repression in Peru, following the ousting of its constitutional president, Pedro Castillo, with deep concern. More than 60 people ... More >>
