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Burma: Strong Criticism of EC Conference By Unions
Friday, 1 April 2005, 12:16 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 31 March 2005 (ICFTU Online): The ICFTU, together with the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), today strongly criticised the European Commission over its planned "Burma Day 2005". In ... More >>
Mongolia: report reveals problems of child labour
Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 8:32 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 15 March 2005 (ICFTU Online): The ICFTU today released a new report on core labour standards in Mongolia, coinciding with the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) review of the country's trade policy review which takes place this week. The ... More >>
Peru: informal women workers get organised
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 6:39 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
What can be done to recruit, organise and improve the conditions of women workers in the informal economy who earn their income as street vendors, domestic workers, or "handy women”, for example? Guillermina Huaman Salazar, of the Peruvian workers' ... More >>
Cambodia: peaceful demonstration meets crackdown
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 6:21 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
On Saturday morning, the ICFTU witnessed first-hand a barrage of police violence against a peaceful protesters in Cambodia during a demonstration which brought together approximately 250 workers in front of the Sam Han (Cambodia) Fabric Co Ltd clothing ... More >>
Iraq - murder of oil trade unionist and kidnapping
Monday, 28 February 2005, 6:12 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Iraq - murder of oil trade unionist and wave of kidnappings mark surge in worker intimidation More >>
Violations of core labour standards in Qatar
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:39 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 21 February 2005, (ICFTU Online): Core labour standards in Qatar is the subject of a new ICFTU report, published as the World Trade Organisation (WTO) reviews the country's trade policy on 21 and 23 February. The report highlights serious shortcomings ... More >>
ICFTU visits Nepalese Ambassador in Brussels
Monday, 21 February 2005, 9:59 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 18th February 2005 (ICFTU Online): In the aftermath of Nepalese King Gyanendra's dismissal of government on 1st February 2005, ICFTU General Secretary Guy Ryder held discussions with the Nepalese Ambassador in Brussels yesterday to express alarm at ... More >>
"The new labour code will take us back 100 years"
Friday, 18 February 2005, 9:50 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 17th February 2005 (ICFTU Online): Adan Mohamed Abdou is the General Secretary of the Djibouti Union of Labour (UDT), an ICFTU affiliate. As the government prepares to introduce a new labour code undermining free trade unionism in Djibouti, he speaks ... More >>
Murder of former Lebanese PM - strong condemnation
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 9:38 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 16th February 2005 (ICFTU Online): The murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, killed on Monday (14th February 2005) in a car bomb attack, has met strong condemnation from the international trade union movement. More >>
Iran - ICFTU takes complaints of crumbling respect
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 10:39 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Trials behind closed doors ( http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991221177&Language=EN ), denial of visas for international observers ( http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991220483&Language=EN ), claims of torture as well as harassment of family members are all some of the ... More >>
Zimbabwe - Expulsion of trade union educationists
Monday, 14 February 2005, 1:13 pm | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Expulsion of two trade union educationists The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), which represents 148 million workers through its 234 affiliates in 152 countries and territories, including Zimbabwe, strongly condemns the deportation ... More >>
Togo – ICFTU roundly condemns coup
Friday, 11 February 2005, 12:55 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
With the political climate in Togo remaining unstable, the ICFTU today condemned the coup which took place in the West African country at the weekend. More >>
Child and forced labour in Sierra Leone
Thursday, 10 February 2005, 10:13 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 9 February 2005 (ICFTU Online): Today sees the release of a new ICFTU report on core labour standards in Sierra Leone which coincides with this week's trade policy review of the West African country being conducted by the World Trade Organisation. ... More >>
ICFTU welcomes Israel-Palestine ceasefire
Thursday, 10 February 2005, 10:08 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 9 February 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): The ICFTU today welcomed the declaration of ceasefire by the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and newly-elected Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as a new chance for peace between Palestinians ... More >>
International engagement essential - Nepal
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 10:33 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 8 February 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): Following last week's suspension of civil liberties including trade union rights in Nepal, the ICFTU has today written the International Labour Organisation (ILO), requesting that the UN agency urge that ... More >>
Women trade unionists in Palestine: battling
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 10:31 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
Brussels, 8 February 2005 (ICFTU OnLine): Although generally well qualified, Palestinian women remain on the margins of the labour market. Yet within the current climate of mass unemployment and increasingly precarious, underpaid jobs, they bear the brunt ... More >>
Solidarity with Nepalese Trade Unions
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 9:59 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
ICFTU General Secretary Guy Ryder, currently in Katmandu at a meeting of the global trade union confederation's Asia-Pacific Regional Organisation (ICFTU-APRO), has denounced anti-union actions undertaken by Nepal's King Gyanendra following the dismissal ... More >>
COSATU Delegation Again Expelled from Zimbabwe
Thursday, 3 February 2005, 9:58 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
A delegation from the ICFTU-affiliated Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) which arrived today in Zimbabwe was immediately expelled by the country's immigration authorities. The planned 48-hour visit was intended to bring together COSATU representatives ... More >>
World Social Forum: basis for fair globalisation
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:10 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
At the closing of a 4-day event at the World Social Forum, the international trade union movement and civil society organizations outlined their vision of how a social dimension can properly be instilled into globalisation. The series of debates and ... More >>
Iraq: ICFTU Calls Election a "Key Step"
Tuesday, 1 February 2005, 10:08 am | International Confederation Of Free Trade Unions
The ICFTU today described the holding of the elections in Iraq as a key step towards democracy, noting the limitations on the conduct of the poll which were inevitably caused by the violence prevailing inside the country. More >>
