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Nepal: Trade unions under siege, leaders arrested
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 1:43 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, (ICFTU OnLine) - Two trade union leaders, GEFONT's President, Makunda Neupane and General Secretary, Binod Shrestha, were arrested in their homes on 19 January. More >>
Bamako: Forming Alliances to Advance Decent Work
Tuesday, 24 January 2006, 1:38 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, (ICFTU OnLine) Within the framework of the Bamako World Social Forum (Mali), the two international trade union confederations, ICFTU and WCL, in partnership with the Global Progressive Forum (GPF) and Solidar, hosted a debate on decent work. More >>
Bamako: unionists demonstrate World Social Forum
Monday, 23 January 2006, 4:40 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 20 January 2006 (ICFTU Online): The demonstration marking the start of the first World Social Forum in Africa brought some 20,000 to the streets of Bamako, calling for the abolition of poverty in Africa to become the number one priority ... More >>
Will 2006: Environment is a trade union priority
Friday, 20 January 2006, 2:29 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
BRUSSELS, (ICFTU Online): The World Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment was officially opened on Sunday 15 January in Nairobi, at the head office of UNEP. Trade unions from all over the world are debating the best ways to engage in concrete ... More >>
Decent work in Africa key to fight against poverty
Friday, 20 January 2006, 1:51 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Bamako WSF: promoting the agenda for decent work in Africa, the key to success in the fight against poverty More >>
Trade Unions Agree Action on Environment with UN
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 3:14 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
(ICFTU Online): This week’s Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment* in Nairobi concluded today with a series of undertakings from the trade union movement and key United Nations bodies. More >>
Sri Lanka: Shahul Hameed Ahamed Mohamed
Friday, 23 December 2005, 11:16 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 22 December 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): Sri Lanka has recently been granted the right to benefit from the European Union's Generalised System of Preferences as from 1 January 2006 (1). In order to benefit from this "GSP Plus" one of the ... More >>
European Commission Incoherent, say Trade Union
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 6:42 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels: Today's decision by the European Commission to grant special trade preferences to some of the world's worst violators of trade union rights shows serious incoherence in the EU's stated policy of using positive incentives to get its trading partners ... More >>
Burma: Security Council Discusses Future
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:21 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 20 December 2005 (ICFTU OnLine). The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions today welcomed last Friday's first-ever discussion of the Burma situation by the UN Security Council (UNSC), urging the UN's top decision-making body on peace ... More >>
ICFTU Reaffirms Support for Cambodian Unionists
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 9:40 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels 19 December 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): At a meeting with Chea Mony on 19 December in Brussels, President of the Cambodian trade union centre FTUWKC, ICFTU General Secretary Guy Ryder pledged to intensify pressure on the Cambodian government to ... More >>
DEJA VU: Development betrayed again at the WTO
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 9:39 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 19 December 2005 (ICFTU OnLine) :The flawed deal agreed at the WTO Ministerial today is another blow to employment and sustainable development and ignores the urgent need to improve the lives of working people, according to the world trade union body, ... More >>
Union Seeks Better Protection for Migrants
Monday, 19 December 2005, 3:14 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
ICFTU OnLine (Brussels 16 December 2005): On the eve of International Migrants' Day on December 18, the ICFTU is drawing attention to the vulnerability of the world's 115 million migrant workers and their families and the exploitation to which they ... More >>
China: Don't believe the hype
Monday, 12 December 2005, 1:38 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 9 December 2005: (ICFTU OnLine): 700 million people live on less than two dollars a day. More than 15,000 people die in industrial accidents each year. Millions of workers do 60-70 hours per week, earn less than their country's minimum ... More >>
Abolition of textile quotas: social catastrophe
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 2:38 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels,(ICFTU OnLine): Just as the international trade union movement predicted, the liberalisation of world trade in textiles has turned the sector on its head and had a devastating social cost, according to a report published today by the ICFTU ... More >>
Romania: 70,000 children in worst child labour
Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 3:24 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Romania: 70,000 children engaged in worst forms of child labour, foreign investors criticised for obstructing unionisation More >>
Romania: 70,000 Children Engaged in Child Labour
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 9:30 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Romania: 70,000 children engaged in worst forms of child labour, foreign investors criticised for obstructing unionisation More >>
Pioneer of the trade union struggle in Haiti
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 9:28 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 28 November 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): A pioneer of the trade union struggle in Haiti, Yannick explains how the complex strategy combining local action and international mobilisation was organised. As one of the key players in the birth of Haiti's first ... More >>
APEC must do more to tackle AsiaPac inequalities
Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 9:17 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 21 November 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): The annual Leaders' Summit of APEC, the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation forum, held in Busan, Korea last weekend has failed to take effective measures to change the unbalanced economic development of the region, ... More >>
New Trade Union World Briefing
Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 9:16 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 21 November 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): Can you imagine life without your mobile phone, internet access, your MP3 or video game console? Not in this digital age! In this case, you can be very thankful to the Filipino workers featured in this latest ... More >>
ICFTU Calls For Union Rights in Korea & APEC
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 9:55 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Meeting with Korean Prime Minister calls for union rights in Korea and union voice in APEC More >>
