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Brazil and Chile National Mobilisations
Friday, 12 July 2013, 2:35 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 11 July 2013 (ITUC OnLine): The International Trade Union Confederation has expressed its full support for national actions called today by the Brazilian and Chilean trade union movements. More >>
Egypt: Military Must Stay Out of Politics
Friday, 5 July 2013, 12:10 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC respects the courage of the Egyptian people in demanding inclusive and democratic government. Egypt’s military must now stay out of politics and allow a quick return to democracy under a constitution that ensures the rights of all. More >>
Bangladesh Govt to Review Deficient Labour Law Proposal
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 2:37 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 2 July 2013 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is encouraged that the government of Bangladesh has heeded the demands of the international trade union movement to continue to improve its draft labour legislation. The government is reported to have decided ... More >>
Egypt: Morsi’s Policies to Blame For Deepening Crisis
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 2:09 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 1 July 2013 (ITUC OnLine): Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s deeply partisan social and economic policies are at the root of the huge wave of popular discontent in Egypt, with more than 20 million people taking to the streets in recent ... More >>
ITUC Calls on UN Secretary-General to Respect UN Staff Union
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:19 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 26 June 2013, (ITUC Online): In a letter http://www.ituc-csi.org/letter-to-ban-ki-moon-13415 to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the ITUC has called on the UN to respect international labour standards within its own operations. The UN’s central administration has ... More >>
Turkish Unions Launch Strike as Govt Intensifies Repression
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 3:47 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 17 June 2013 (ITUC OnLine): Turkish national trade union centres DISK and KESK have launched a national strike today as the government of Prime Minister Erdogan steps up violent repression of demonstrations against his autocratic rule. Five ... More >>
World Day Against Child Labour
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 3:43 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 12 June 2013 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is calling on governments to step up commitment to the global fight against child labour, with new evidence from the ILO that progress is slowing. 215 million children are still at work instead of in ... More >>
Bangladesh Labour Law Changes Inadequate
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 3:26 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 11 June 2013 (ITUC OnLine): Changes to Bangladesh's notoriously weak labour laws being discussed in parliament are inadequate and will leave workers still without protection guaranteed under global labour standards, according to the international ... More >>
Gap Hitches Ride on Walmart’s Bangladesh Race to the Bottom
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 2:59 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 5 June 2013 (ITUC OnLine): The decision by US clothing retailer GAP to join Walmart in a non-binding and unenforceable “Bangladesh safety programme” is a sham, according the ITUC. The two retail giants have ignored calls to join ... More >>
Qatar Threatens to Use Powerful Hold Over FIFA to Delay Case
Friday, 31 May 2013, 4:44 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 29 May 2013 (ITUC OnLine ): Abdes Ouaddou, who has played 57 times for Morocco but was treated as slave in Qatar has warned other footballers of the dangers of being lured to play in the gulf state. More >>
Public Support For Action to Invest In Jobs, Unions Warn
Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 3:48 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Public Support For Action to Invest In Jobs Outstrips Ambitions of Leaders, International Unions Warn OECD Ministerial More >>
Qatar Villaggio Nursery Fire: Justice Elusive For Victims
Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 3:18 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 27 May 2013 (ITUC OnLine ): Families of victims of the tragic Villaggio Mall fire, which cost 19 lives, are still waiting for the Qatari justice system to deliver one year on. Thirteen small children, four teachers and two fire-fighters ... More >>
World Cup vote must be rerun unless Qatar improves treatment
Sunday, 26 May 2013, 12:48 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Delegates attending the UEFA Congress in London on 24th May will be lobbied by unions as part of the campaign to secure better treatment for migrant workers employed on the construction of stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. More >>
Fiji Military Government Unnerved By Union Info Campaign
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 1:37 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 8 May 2013 (ITUC OnLine): Fiji's Military rulers have reacted angrily to an international union campaign to raise awareness over the stripping away of workers' rights in the Pacific nation. The launching of the http://destinationfiji.org/ ... More >>
EU Must Push For Rights In Bangladesh Garment Sector
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 12:26 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
EU Must Push For Fundamental Rights In Bangladesh Garment Sector Brussels, 5 May 2013 (ITUC OnLine ): The global union movement has welcomed the European Commission's commitment to press Bangladesh to meet international labour standards. European ... More >>
Sharan Burrow Statement from Istanbul - 1 May 2013
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 12:39 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
I came to Istanbul to take part in the biggest May Day rally in Europe, to join the celebration and to support the determination of Turkish unions to fight for legislative implementation of labour rights. More >>
ITUC Comment on WTO Future of Trade Report
Friday, 26 April 2013, 10:26 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Responding to the release today of a WTO report following deliberations of a 12-person “Panel on Defining the Future of Trade” in Geneva today, ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow who took part in the panel said: “In joining this panel I had four ... More >>
Bangladesh - Murder of Aminul Islam
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 3:30 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Just over one year ago, labour activist Aminul Islam was tortured and murdered in Bangladesh. It appears that Mr Islam was not the victim of random violence but rather targeted for his trade union work. More >>
Colombia: Armed Attack on Trade Union Leaders in Cali
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 11:51 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has firmly denounced the attempt on the lives of Luis Miguel Morantes, the President of its affiliated organisation, the CTC (Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia), and Adolfo Devia, vice president of the Cali municipal workers' union, ... More >>
North African Trade Unionists Arrested and Attacked
Sunday, 24 February 2013, 1:04 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has firmly condemned the attacks on the rights of North African trade unionists visiting Algeria to take part in the first North African Forum to Fight Unemployment and Precarious Work. More >>
