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Gambia: Arrest of Union Leaders and Journalists
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 11:11 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 23 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC, together with ITUC–Africa and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), has strongly protested at the arrests and subsequent detention of a number of union leaders and journalists by the Gambian ... More >>
Spotlight interview with Amna Abdel Jabbar Mafarja
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 11:10 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 23 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A member of the PGFTU(*) executive bureau and president of the agriculture and food industry union, Amna Abdel Jabbar Mafarja talks about Palestinian women's twofold struggle: against Israeli colonisation and fundamentalism. ... More >>
Colombia: Two More Trade Unionists Murdered
Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 1:12 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 22 June 2009: The ITUC once again strongly condemns and denounces the murders of two more trade unionists in the Arauca region. Pablo Rodríguez Garavito and Jorge Humberto Echaverri Garro, teachers affiliated to the Arauca teachers' association ... More >>
Turkey: Eight More Trade Unionists Arrested
Monday, 22 June 2009, 1:51 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 19 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC strongly has protested to the Turkish authorities against the arrest of yet another eight leaders and members of its affiliate, the Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK), and KESK-affiliated ... More >>
ILO Jobs Pact: the Way Forward out of the Crisis
Monday, 22 June 2009, 1:50 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 19 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The adoption of a landmark Global Jobs Pact by governments, trade unions and employers at the annual ILO Conference today provides a realistic and workable template for economic recovery and reform, according to ... More >>
Niger: Democracy Under Threat
Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 1:35 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 12 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): According to the seven Nigerien trade union organisations within the Intercentrale CDTN-CGSL-CNT-UGSEIN-UGTN-USPT-USTN inter-union grouping, democratic stability is under serious threat in Niger. President Mamadou ... More >>
Child Labour Worsening Due to Global Crisis
Monday, 15 June 2009, 1:06 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 12 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Millions of children, especially girls, risk falling out of education and into work as the impact of the world economic crisis deepens, the ITUC has warned today, the World Day Against Child Labour. More >>
NZ: Problems Of Discrimination Must Be Tackled
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 9:27 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 10 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in New Zealand, which coincides with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, has found that there are significant steps the government ... More >>
Spotlight interview with Jan Sithole
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 2:09 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
“The law as it stands – its core business is to silence the voices of dissent and all those that criticise this system of governance.” More >>
May Day Turnouts: Gravity of Economic Crisis
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 1:04 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 5 May 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Millions of people took part in May Day rallies and demonstrations around the world, as workers protested at the deepening impact of the global economic crisis on jobs and incomes. More than 1 million participated ... More >>
Australia: New Emissions Target
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 1:03 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 5 May 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The announcement by the government of Australia, the developed world's biggest per capita carbon emitter, of a new target to reduce emissions by 25% of 2000 levels by the year 2020 in the context of a comprehensive ... More >>
Climate Change Deal In Copenhagen
Friday, 17 April 2009, 12:01 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 15 April 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A trade union initiative for integrating social justice within the transition to a low carbon economy has been launched by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in the negotiations under the United Nations Framework ... More >>
Burma: Fears for Safety of Five Union Delegates
Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 12:55 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 9 April 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has condemned the arrest by the Burmese military junta of five delegates to the 1st National Congress of the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) as they returned home from the Congress which ended ... More >>
G20 London: Detailed Evaluation Of Statement
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 2:51 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 7 April 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) have today released a detailed evaluation http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/g20_london_eva_final.pdf > of the Statement issued by last week’s G20 meeting in London, pointing to the ... More >>
A New Respect For The Planet
Monday, 6 April 2009, 10:43 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 3 April 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A call for a ‘Global New Deal’ was launched today in Brussels by a unique coalition of progressive politicians, trade unions and NGOs from over forty countries. ITUC affiliates from every region took part in ... More >>
G20 Summit: Progress on Jobs
Monday, 6 April 2009, 10:42 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 3 April 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The statement adopted at the London G20 meeting gives the chance for a new globalisation, with jobs at the centre and an end to the failed policies of the last three decades, according to the ITUC and the OECD Trade ... More >>
Global Food Crisis Set to Worsen
Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 3:40 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels30 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new report released by the International Trade Union Confederation predicts a worsening of the already serious global food crisis unless urgent action is taken by governments and international agencies. The number ... More >>
Violence In Colombia Continues
Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 3:39 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 27 March 2009: Murders of trade union leaders and members and violence against the trade union movement are continuing, despite the Colombian authorities' assertions to the contrary. Ramiro Cuadros Roballo, Walter Escobar Marín, José ... More >>
Madagascar: Call for a Lasting Democratic Solution
Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 3:37 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 30 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement has launched a strong appeal for a lasting solution to the political and social crisis that is taking a heavy toll on the workers of Madagascar. More >>
Continental Day of Action against the Crisis
Friday, 27 March 2009, 12:07 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 27 March 2009: On 27 March, coinciding with the first anniversary of the founding of the Trade Union Organisation for the Americas (TUCA), the ITUC regional organisation for the Americas, trade union organisations across the Americas are ... More >>
