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International Day For Care And Support, 29 October 2024
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 9:29 am | International Trade Union Confederation
On the International Day for Care and Support, 29 October, the ITUC calls on governments to recognise care as a human right and a public good, which includes the right to provide care, to receive care and to self-care. More >>
IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings: Time For A Democratic Reform Of Global Institutions
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 4:31 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC calls for a major democratic reform of the international financial architecture as a key demand in its For Democracy campaign, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank hold their spring meetings. More >>
G20 Summit Shows Global Leadership: Now To Make It Work
Friday, 27 March 2020, 9:33 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 26 March 2020 (ITUC OnLine) : The Statement adopted by the G20 countries at their virtual summit on 26 March shows extraordinary leadership in tackling the COVID-19 crisis. The commitments on health, finance, protection of workers, jobs ... More >>
Half Of Countries In Lock Down As COVID-19 Pandemic Wreaks Havoc On Working People & Their Families
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 10:46 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Over half of all countries surveyed (53%) are containing the spread of the coronavirus with national lock-down measures, the closure of schools and non-essential businesses. Six out of fifteen G20 countries which are the drivers of the global economy closed ... More >>
G20 COVID: Trade Unions Call For Coordinated Action For Public Health, Jobs And Incomes
Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 9:00 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Trade unions representing workers in G20 countries and around the world are calling for coordinated action by G20 leaders, in a letter to G20 leaders by the ITUC and OECD-TUAC. An inclusive response to the COVID-19 pandemic must protect the health ... More >>
COVID-19: Urgent Economic Stimulus And Workplace Measures Required
Friday, 13 March 2020, 1:21 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation and its Global Unions partners have today called for urgent action by governments and employers on the COVID -19 Crisis, with a statement adopted at the Council of Global Unions (CGU) meeting today in London. ... More >>
Ukraine: Government Promises New Laws Will Comply With ILO Standards
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 8:43 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC and ETUC have won promises from the Ukrainian authorities that planned new labour laws will comply with ILO standards and EU labour law and that trade unions will be consulted in the process of drafting the legislation. Under the EU-Ukraine ... More >>
Proposals on Israel/Palestine are an affront to Palestinians
Friday, 31 January 2020, 8:51 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The Trump administration’s proposals on Israel and Palestine, announced on Tuesday, are an affront to Palestinian rights and dignity and have none of the elements of a realistic peace plan. The proposals, launched jointly by President Donald Trump ... More >>
The ITUC calls on the governments of the US and Iran
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:31 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC calls on the governments of the US and Iran to put people and the values of peace and human rights above aggression and threats of war. More >>
Ukraine’s government puts oligarchs ahead of people
Tuesday, 31 December 2019, 8:53 am | International Trade Union Confederation
On 27 December, the neo-liberal Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine submitted to the Verkhovna Rada(Ukrainian Parliament) a new draft law on labour published earlier in the month which will strip workers of legal protections, and unions of their ability ... More >>
International Migrants Day
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 8:15 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Today, on International Migrants Day, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) acknowledges the enormous contribution of migrants to economic, cultural and social life. According to the UN, some 270 million people, or around 3.5% of the ... More >>
Lack of urgency, ambition overshadow UN Climate talks
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 9:41 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The UN climate talks in Madrid (COP25) reached a weak compromise agreement only after two extra days of talks on stepping up the global response to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. More >>
Algeria: ITUC Demands Release of Jailed Union Official
Saturday, 14 December 2019, 1:22 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has denounced the imprisonment of Algerian trade union official Kaddour Chouicha, a member of the Executive of trade union centre CGATA, and called for repression against CGATA to end. Chouicha was detained on 9 December when he attended a police ... More >>
Standing with human rights defenders in the Philippines
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 8:36 am | International Trade Union Confederation
This Human Rights Day, the international trade union movement is calling attention to the alarming attacks on human and labour rights defenders in the Philippines. The government’s targeting of trade unionists has been ramped up recently with ... More >>
Colombia: Peace at Risk
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 8:38 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Hundreds of community and trade union leaders have been murdered in Colombia since the November 2016 signing of the peace agreement in that country, according to a new report released by the ITUC today. The report, “Peace at Risk” , unveils ... More >>
ITUC condemns Iranian government's lethal violence
Friday, 22 November 2019, 8:30 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has condemned the brutal suppression of nationwide protests by the Iranian authorities, which has cost more than 250 lives. Credible reports indicate that some 3,700 people have been injured and several thousands arrested. Information has been ... More >>
Trump settlements announcement blatant disregard for law
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 8:53 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The statement by the Trump administration recognising Israel’s illegal settlements on Palestinian land shows blatant disregard for the rule of law, according to the ITUC. More >>
Philippines: government crackdown targets unions
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 8:31 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has condemned a new wave of police repression of Philippine trade unionists. The offensive was launched when police simultaneously raided three premises of human rights and trade union organisations, arresting and detaining 57 people members of ... More >>
Argentina election: a major step towards restoring democracy
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 8:42 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC welcomes the result of Argentina’s presidential election in which Alberto Fernández has defeated Argentina’s incumbent president Mauricio Macri. Macri has overseen a period of economic collapse, of violations of workers’ rights, of IMF ... More >>
Nuclear Weapons: ITUC calls for governments to ratify treaty
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 8:16 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is calling on governments to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), on the eve of a special signing ceremony for the Treaty at the UN in New York this week. The Treaty ... More >>
