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Int. observers must have access to labour trial
Wednesday, 15 September 2004, 10:03 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 14 September 2004 (ICFTU Online): The international trade union movement is renewing its calls on the Iranian authorities to grant entry to international observers for the trial of 7 Iranian labour activists. More >>
Iraq - Union body calls for hostages' release
Monday, 13 September 2004, 10:54 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 10 September 2004: Three days after writing to the Iraqi Prime Minister to demand security guarantees for both Iraqi and foreign workers, many of whom have been abducted in the country, the ICFTU General Secretary has written to the three ... More >>
Toll of murdered hostages in Iraq peaks at 25
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 9:43 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 8 September 2004 (ICFTU Online): The murder of twelve Nepalese and three Turkish migrant workers has prompted the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) to condemn the wave of hostage taking befalling post- war Iraq. Killed ... More >>
Jordanian government threatens to nullify union
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 9:41 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 7 September 2004 (ICFTU Online): Undue interference in trade union affairs was the charge levelled today by the international trade union movement against the Jordanian government. More >>
ICFTU condemns hostage tragedy in North Ossetia
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 9:40 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 7 September 2004 (ICFTU Online): The ICFTU has condemned last Friday's (3 September 2004) massacre which led to the death and injury of hundreds of people - mainly children, teachers and workers - following the hostage taking at the Beslan ... More >>
Nepal: Illegal Detentions & Union Deregistrations
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 10:08 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 5 September 2004 (ICFTU Online): The continued illegal detention of a senior figure in the Nepalese trade union movement is sparking further cause for concern about trade union rights violations in the Southern Asian country. More >>
Botswana diamond workers sacked and evicted
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 9:56 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 31st August 2004 (ICFTU Online): Against the backdrop of mass dismissals and forced eviction, workers at Botswana's Debswana diamond mines today entered the ninth day of their strike to protest against startling wage inequality and flagrant ... More >>
Int. Observers Call To Attend Iranian Trial
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 9:18 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 18th August 2004 (ICFTU Online): In the run- up to the court appearance of four Iranian labour leaders, accused of collaborating with the banned political organisation 'Komala', the international trade union movement stepped up its calls ... More >>
Colombia: 30 unionists killed in 2004
Tuesday, 17 August 2004, 8:31 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 16 August 2004 (ICFTU OnLine): The army's killing of 3 trade union leaders from Colombia's Arauca department earlier this month brings the number of unionists murdered in the South American country in the first eight months of 2004 to over ... More >>
Costa Rica: support for general strike
Friday, 30 July 2004, 9:44 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Echoing the statement of the ICFTU's Inter-American Regional Organisation of Workers (ICFTU-ORIT), the international trade union movement has voiced its support for the Costa Rican workers participating in a general strike in the country today (Thursday ... More >>
WTO trade talks fiddling while world system burns
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 9:21 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 28th July 2004 (ICFTU Online): As trade negotiators began a marathon high-stakes discussion at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva on 27 July, the world's largest trade union body the ICFTU, jointly with the Paris-based TUAC and the ITGLWF ... More >>
Iran: Four labour leaders summoned to court
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:28 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 14th July 2004 (ICFTU Online): The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) has urged the Government of Iran to drop charges against four labour leaders who have been summoned to court for allegedly collaborating with the ... More >>
New ICFTU report submitted to the WTO:
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:30 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 12 July 2004 (ICFTU Online): In a new report on Belize and Suriname, produced to coincide with the WTO review of those countries' trade policies on July 12 and July 14, the ICFTU exposes the daily problems faced by workers and trade unions in ... More >>
Nigeria Plans To Deregister Trade Unions
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:29 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels 12 July 2004 (ICFTU Online): The ICFTU is calling for international pressure on the Nigerian government to withdraw a draft anti-union law, which would, amongst other things, deregister the ICFTU-affiliated Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the ... More >>
New Trade Union World Briefing
Monday, 12 July 2004, 11:22 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 9 July 2004 (ICFTU online): Will Bangladesh lose a million jobs in the years ahead? This is what some experts are predicting will happen once the current system of export quotas for the textile sector ends in 2005. China and India will ... More >>
Multinationals Repress Workers in Bangladesh
Monday, 12 July 2004, 11:21 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 9th July 2004 (ICFTU Online): Nazma Akter is the General Secretary of the BIGUF (1), which has no links to any political party and has 60,000 members. At 30 years old, Akter puts all her energy into defending workers despite the repression ... More >>
Attempted Assassination of Peruvian Trade Unionist
Monday, 12 July 2004, 11:20 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 9th July 2004 (ICFTU Online): The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) has written to President Toledo of Peru, srtongly condemning the attempted assassination of Mario Huamán Rivera, President of the General Workers' Confederation ... More >>
Burkino Faso: violations of core labour standards
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 8:38 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels 30 June 2004 (ICFTU Online): The ICFTU today published a new report on core labour standards in Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali, exposing the problems facing workers and trade unions in these countries. More >>
More Multinationals Doing Business With Burma
Wednesday, 30 June 2004, 9:12 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 29 June 2004 (ICFTU Online): As part of a long-standing campaign for the full respect of human rights and workers' rights in Burma, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) today released a new version of its Burma company database. ... More >>
Olympic torch bearer highlights worker problems
Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 8:55 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, June 21, 2004: Moments after running with the Olympic torch this afternoon as it passed through Antwerp, Belgium, Mike De Herdt, a young Belgian trade unionist, highlighted the abuse and exploitation of workers in the sportswear industry. More >>
