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ITUC Condemns Israel's Settlement Expansion
Friday, 20 November 2009, 11:40 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has today condemned the decision of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to expand the Gilo settlement south of Jerusalem, on land annexed by Israel in 1967, as illegal and a further threat to prospects for peace. More >>
Climate Change: Realism Must Also Mean Ambition
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 12:54 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 17 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine): ): With governments downplaying prospects for December’s UN climate summit and the chances of a binding agreement receding fast, the international trade union movement has called on governments to go to Copenhagen ... More >>
Guatemala: Women Trade Unionists Held Captive
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 12:53 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has strongly condemned the illegal detention on 6 November of a group of women trade unionists from the Guatemalan labour, indigenous and campesino movement, MSICG. This illegal act of intimidation and mistreatment represents a blatant violation ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Trade Unionists Freed, Charges Withdrawn
Friday, 13 November 2009, 11:43 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Lovemore Matombo, president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, and four other unionists, Michael Kandukutu, Percy Mncijo, Dumisani Ncube and Nhawu Ndlovu, have been released on the order of a Zimbabwean Magistrate and the charges against them ... More >>
Spotlight Interview With Vimbai Zinyama
Friday, 13 November 2009, 11:42 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The recent arrest of the president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) once again bears witness to the constant harassment and insecurity facing trade unionists in the country (1). Vimbai Zinyama, vice president of the ZCTU tells us about the ... More >>
Bangladesh: Workers Killed During Peaceful Protest
Friday, 13 November 2009, 11:41 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has strongly denounced the killing of three workers on 21 October in Tongi near Dhaka airport. According to the information received by the ITUC, workers of the Nippon garments factory have been dismissed without receiving their salary and ... More >>
Fundamental Labour Standards In Niger And Senegal
Friday, 13 November 2009, 11:40 am | International Trade Union Confederation
A new ITUC report on the respect of fundamental labour standards in Niger and Senegal, released yesterday to coincide with the WTO’s review of these countries trade policies, denounces violations of the rights of Nigerian and Senegalese workers and trade unions. More >>
ITUC: Copenhagen Must Not Fail
Monday, 9 November 2009, 10:59 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 6 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine): With governments ending their discussions in Barcelona in the final preparatory negotiation before the December Copenhagen climate change conference, the trade union movement has again stressed the need for ... More >>
Swaziland Worst Offender of Workers Rights
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 9:52 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 4 November 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in the countries of the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU), published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of their trade policies, ... More >>
Trade Unions Call For APEC Summit
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 10:06 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Singapore/ Brussels: 27 October 2009 (ITUC OnLine): In preparation for a meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore today, trade union leaders gathering at the XV Asia Pacific Labour Network Conference have called for a far-reaching reorientation ... More >>
Brazil: Persecution of Rural Leaders
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 12:25 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 1 September 2009: The ITUC, together with its Brazilian affiliates, the CUT, CNPL, Força Sindical and the UGT, is deeply concerned about and strongly condemns the assassination of Elton Brum Da Silva, an activist in the Landless Rural Workers’ ... More >>
Guatemala: A Dysfunctional Labour Justice System
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 12:44 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 18 August 2009 (ITUC Online): The ITUC joins the Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala (CUSG), the Central General de Trabajadores de Guatemala (CGTG) and UNSITRAGUA in expressing its profound concern at the very serious allegations ... More >>
New ITUC Report on Core Labour Standards in Guyana
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 12:49 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 8 July 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Guyana, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found that trade union rights are violated and that the ... More >>
G8: Trade Union Leaders Push on Employment
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 12:48 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 9 July 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Representatives of the ITUC taking part in the G8 summit in Italy met this morning with Brazilian President Luiz Inázio Lula da Silva to discuss employment and economic recovery on the eve of the summit, which ... More >>
Gambia: ITUC and IFJ Warn of HR Breaches
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:11 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 3 July 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A delegation from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today delivered to the Gambian Embassy in Brussels letters to President Professor Alhaji ... More >>
Honduras: Call for Urgent OAS Intervention
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:05 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Honduras: Call for Urgent OAS Intervention for Reinstatement of President and Restoration of Democracy and Human Rights More >>
Spotlight interview with Khulile Nkushubana
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:03 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 03 July 2009 (ITUC OnLine): South Africa, as a member of the G20 group, is playing an increasingly important role in world affairs, but the xenophobic riots of May 2008 offered a reminder of how explosive the social situation can be. Khulile ... More >>
Iran Day of Action Will Be Organized
Friday, 26 June 2009, 1:59 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 25 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC, EI, ITF and IUF today expressed their solidarity with the many Iranian workers who have joined the demonstrations in the streets to call for respect for their fundamental democratic rights. Protests for ... More >>
1/3 Ocean Sharks Threatened With Extinction
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 2:13 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Gland, Switzerland, June 25, 2009 (IUCN) – The first study to determine the global conservation status of 64 species of open ocean (pelagic) sharks and rays reveals that 32 percent are threatened with extinction, primarily due to overfishing, according ... More >>
Global Crisis Needs a Global Coordinated Response
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 2:11 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 24 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): As the United Nations kicks off a major three-day Conference in New York on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, (24-26 June, 2009), the ITUC is drawing the attention of world leaders ... More >>
