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ITUC Condemns Prison Sentences Against Aliaksandr Yarashuk And Two Other BKDP Officials
Tuesday, 27 December 2022, 6:22 am | ITUC
The ITUC has condemned the prison sentences handed down on officials of the independent trade union centre BKDP 26 December. BKDP President and ILO Governing Body member Aliaksandr Yarashuk, Vice-President Siarhei Antusevich and BKDP employee Iryna But-Husaim ... More >>
International Migrants Day: Migrants, Refugees And Asylum Seekers Are Welcome
Saturday, 17 December 2022, 1:12 pm | ITUC
This International Migrants Day, 18 December, 2022, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) calls on governments to uphold their commitments to respect migrant workers’ rights and increase their efforts to foster inclusion. “We say ... More >>
ITUC Statement Concerning Qatar Allegations
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 6:24 pm | ITUC
ITUC General Secretary Luca Visentini was released on Sunday from questioning by the Belgian judicial authorities last weekend over allegations of corruption in relation to members, and identities associated with, the European Parliament. At no time have ... More >>
ILO Global Wage Report: Wages Not Causing Inflation
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 5:33 am | ITUC
The latest ILO Global Wage Report has debunked the theories from some economists and central bankers that wages are causing inflation and must be suppressed. The report, the most authoritative worldwide source of information on wages, shows a ... More >>
ITUC World Congress: World Economy Faces Historic Downturn
Saturday, 19 November 2022, 1:27 pm | ITUC
The world is on the brink of a historic economic downturn with disastrous outcomes for working people in all regions unless governments urgently implement a new social contract, delegates have been told at the 5th ITUC World Congress, Melbourne, Australia. ... More >>
Trade Unions In Action For Investments And Decent Work In The CARE Economy
Saturday, 29 October 2022, 5:30 am | ITUC
On the Global Day of Action for Care, 29 October 2022, workers demand investments and decent work in the care economy and the ITUC report, Putting the Care Economy in Place: Trade Unions in Action Around the World, explains why it matters. The ITUC ... More >>
World Day For Decent Work: Stop Wage Suppression
Friday, 7 October 2022, 9:21 am | ITUC
Prices for energy, food and other essentials are spiraling to levels that are sending millions of working people into poverty, while they are being told by some governments, economists and central bankers that raising wages to enable them to withstand inflation ... More >>
ITUC Response To The World Bank’s Social Protection And Jobs Compass
Friday, 30 September 2022, 6:59 am | ITUC
The ITUC has welcomed a much-anticipated publication by the World Bank on universal social protection, but has some major reservations about some of its policy messages and the rigor of its analysis. ‘Charting a Course Towards Universal Social Protection: ... More >>
C190: Unions In Action To Stamp Out Violence And Harassment At Work
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:32 am | ITUC
The ground-breaking work of unions in every corner of the world for the ratification and implementation of a key ILO convention to tackle violence and harassment in the world of work has been captured by a new ITUC survey and report, as part of the ITUC’s ... More >>
International Day For The Total Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons: Dismantle The Warheads And Build A Common Security
Saturday, 24 September 2022, 5:58 am | ITUC
Recent events have shown that humanity is closer than ever to nuclear catastrophe. ‘Nuclear deterrence’ means a world permanently on the brink of catastrophe. There is no alternative to eliminating these horrible weapons and creating a sustainable ... More >>
International Equal Pay Day: We Need A New Social Contract To Close The Gender Pay Gap
Saturday, 17 September 2022, 5:33 am | ITUC
On International Equal Pay Day, 18 September, the ITUC calls on all governments to adopt laws and reforms to close the persistent global gender pay gap of over 20%. Systematic discrimination, undervaluation of women’s work and their disproportionate ... More >>
Modern Slavery Figures Show The ‘Urgent Need’ For A New Social Contract
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 6:16 am | ITUC
A new global estimate that 49.6 million people are in modern slavery on any given day has shown the need for immediate international action to end this scandal. Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage from the ILO, Walk ... More >>
World Day For Decent Work: Wage Justice
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 7:19 pm | ITUC
This year’s World Day for Decent Work, 7 October, is dedicated to the millions of workers around the world seeking wage justice. Rampant inflation, driven by profit-gouging by powerful corporations that control energy, transport, food and other vital commodities ... More >>
International Youth Day: Young People Can Help Build A New Social Contract
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 6:37 am | ITUC
Many young people who were affected by the COVID-19 shutdown are still trying to get their place back in the labour market. For too long, work for young people has been characterised by insecurity, low wages, inadequate or no access to social protection ... More >>
Hong Kong: UN Rights Body Calls For End To Repression Of Unions
Friday, 29 July 2022, 6:42 am | ITUC
In a wide-ranging report on violations of civil liberties in Hong Kong, the UN human rights Committee has called on the authorities to end their repression of trade unions. It specifically called for the government to repeal the National Security Law (NSL), ... More >>
Ukraine: While Workers Defend The Country, Parliament Turns Against Them
Friday, 22 July 2022, 6:59 am | ITUC
Ukraine’s Parliament has passed two bills that obliterate workers’ rights to collective bargaining and other fundamental labour protections, and allow employers to put up to 10% of their workforce on “zero hour” contracts leaving them without ... More >>
Workers’ Demands Reflected In The UN HLPF Ministerial Declaration: Now It’s Time To Act
Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 6:09 am | ITUC
The Ministerial Declaration of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) contains many key workers' demands. But more ambition is needed to rescue the SDGs with a New Social Contract. This year’s HLPF focused on “building back ... More >>
Belarus: ITUC Condemns Liquidation Of Independent Trade Unions
Saturday, 16 July 2022, 6:27 am | ITUC
The regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus has brought the formal process of abolishing the country’s independent trade union movement to its conclusion. Through a sham court process the government is deregistering the Belarusian Congress of Democratic ... More >>
Belarus: ITUC Demands Immediate End To Anti-union Trials And Access To Imprisoned Union Leaders
Friday, 8 July 2022, 6:52 am | ITUC
This month, the trials are due to continue in the Supreme Court of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and its affiliates: the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP), the Union of Radio and Electronics Workers (REP), the Free Trade ... More >>
Trade Unions Call On The HLPF To Show The Ambition Needed To “Rescue” The SDGs
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 6:56 am | ITUC
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has submitted its demands to the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) set out in the report ‘A New Social Contract for a Gender-Transformative Agenda’. This year’s ... More >>
