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Zimbabwe: Trade Union Leader Arrested
Saturday, 27 February 2010, 2:35 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC, together with its regional organisation the ITUC-Africa, has condemned and strongly protested against the arrests of Assistant General Secretary Gift Muti and President Manjemanje Munyanyi of the General Agricultural and Plantation Workers' ... More >>
Spotlight interview with Emmanuel Agbénou
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 1:49 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 23 February 2010: (ITUC OnLine): Set up 20 years ago, Togo's export processing zone (1) employs 9,000 workers, of which 60% are women, in around 60 companies. Trade union rights, although guaranteed under the Togolese Labour Code, are not enforced. ... More >>
Oman: a New Trade Union Centre is Born
Saturday, 20 February 2010, 12:04 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
With the completion of its Founding Congress on 15 February, the General Federation of Oman Trade Unions (GFOTU) becomes the world’s newest national trade union centre. Following a 2006 Decree by the Sultan of Oman permitting the establishment of trade ... More >>
2nd World Day of Social Justice
Saturday, 20 February 2010, 11:51 am | International Trade Union Confederation
In marking the 2nd World Day of Social Justice (on 20 February), the ITUC is calling for an end to the prevailing neo-liberal model of economic globalization, which has brought about the worst economic downturn since the great depression. It has denied ... More >>
Guatemala: Attacks And Violence Against CCDA
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 9:32 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC, along with its regional organisation for the Americas, TUCA and its Guatemalan affiliates, the CGTG, CUSG and UNSITRAGUA, has strongly condemned the raid on the "Café Justicia" processing centre in Santiago Atitlán, from which 182 quintals ... More >>
Guatemala: Increase In Anti-Union Violence
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 11:00 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC, its regional organisation the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) and its Guatemalan affiliates CGTG, CUSG and UNSITRAGUA, grouped within the Guatemalan Labour, Indigenous and Campesino Movement, are seriously concerned at ... More >>
El Salvador: Appalling Export Processing Zones
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 10:59 am | International Trade Union Confederation
A new ITUC study on core labour standards in El Salvador reports that many of the 67,000 mostly women workers employed in the country’s 15 export processing zones suffer from appalling treatment ranging from verbal abuse and threats to physical ... More >>
“Iraqi Workers Need A Fair And Just Labour Law”
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 9:35 am | International Trade Union Confederation
In Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s unjust anti-union laws continue to be enforced. Hashmeya Musshin al-Saadawi is president of the Electricity Workers and Employees Union in Basra, vice president of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers in Basra, and member ... More >>
G7 Finance Meeting Must Resist Bankers’ Backlash
Friday, 5 February 2010, 4:09 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The meeting of G7 Finance Ministers in Iqaluit, Canada, this week needs to press ahead on financial regulation and restructuring of banks, as powerful global financial interests step up their fight against reform. More >>
Guatemala: Municipal Trade Unionist Murdered
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 10:40 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC and its Guatemalan affiliates within the Indigenous and Rural Movement (MSICG) strongly condemn the murder of Pedro Antonio García, a member of the Malacatán Municipal Workers Union, which is affiliated to the Confederation of Trade Union ... More >>
Costa Rica: Blatant Interference By Government
Thursday, 28 January 2010, 11:43 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC, its regional organisation TUCA and its affiliates in Costa Rica roundly condemn the attempts by the government and the JAPDEVA port authority to undermine the leadership of the workers’ union SINTRAJAP, which is campaigning against the ... More >>
Davos: Corporate Greed Has to Stop, Action Needed
Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 10:53 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Trade union leaders attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos this week will use the occasion to maintain pressure on governments to act urgently to tackle the deepening global employment crisis, and to move ahead with reform and ... More >>
El Salvador: Union Leader Shot Dead
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 10:08 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has joined its regional organisation TUCA and Salvadorian affiliates CTD (Central de Trabajadores Democráticos de El Salvador) and CATS (Central Autónoma de Trabajadores Salvadoreños) in strongly condemning the assassination of Victoriano ... More >>
Assassinations Continue In Guatemala
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 9:52 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has strongly condemned the assassination of Evelinda Ramírez Reyes, leader of the resistance front for the defence of people and natural resources, FRENA, affiliated to the national resistance front, FNL, which is part of the Guatemalan labour, indigenous ... More >>
Malaysia: Improvements Needed For Labour Standards
Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 9:37 am | International Trade Union Confederation
A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Malaysia, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of their trade policies, has found many workers barred from exercising their right to organise, to collectively bargain ... More >>
Olympic Skiers Aren’t Alone, Racing Downhill
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 11:44 am | International Trade Union Confederation
In the run-up to the February Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, an international coalition of worker rights organisations is releasing its rating of commitments made by major sportswear brands to eliminate sweatshop abuses in their global supply chains. More >>
Haiti Earthquake: Humanitarian Mobilisation Needed
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 10:39 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has called for a major international mobilisation of humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Haiti, in the wake of yesterday’s devastating earthquake. More >>
“Make Or Break” For Copenhagen Climate Talks
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 10:36 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 16 December (ITUC OnLine): Governments must finally step up to their responsibilities and reach a serious agreement at the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen before it is too late, the International Trade Union Confederation has stated. More >>
Passing of Global Trade Union Leader Neil Kearney
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:43 am | International Trade Union Confederation
It is with profound sadness that the ITUC has learned of the passing of global trade union leader Neil Kearney in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 18 November. More >>
Spotlight interview with Rosane Sasse (UGT-Brazil)
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:42 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 19 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Gender equality is at the heart of the fight for decent work. Rosane Sasse, assistant secretary of the UGT (1) Women's Committee and vice president of the garment, textile and leather sector union STIV (2), reviews ... More >>
