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Syria: stop the state-organized massive murder
Monday, 8 August 2011, 5:34 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
"For nearly five months, the Assad regime has been massacring its own population and in recent days the massive military assault in several cities is a horrifying confirmation of the total illegitimacy of this regime and its denial of any tiny ... More >>
New Report Reveals Labour Law Shortcomings in Europe
Friday, 8 July 2011, 5:23 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
A new report released by the ITUC today reveals shortcomings in labour laws in EU member states, including insufficient protection from anti-union discrimination and unreasonable restrictions on the right to strike. More >>
Court Must Speed Up Investigations into Sex Crimes in DRC
Friday, 8 July 2011, 3:41 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC is calling on the International Criminal Court to speed up its inquiries and investigations into the crimes committed in eastern DR Congo, particularly sex crimes, and to prosecute those responsible. More >>
Bahrain: Unions Call for Reinstatement of Sacked Workers
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 2:03 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
n an interview published by the ITUC today, senior Bahraini trade union officials have called for the reinstatement of some 2,000 workers sacked for supporting the country's pro-democracy movement, and an end to violent attacks on trade unions. More >>
Bahrain: Interview with Trade Union Heads
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 2:00 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Bahrain's national trade union centre GFBTU (2) , that was at the heart of the 14 February movement for democratic reform and social justice, has been the target of violent attacks. More >>
Europe: Undocumented Domestic Workers Lack Protection
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 1:44 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
A new report by the European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency has exposed serious loopholes in legal protections for undocumented migrants who are domestic workers. More >>
Deutsche Telekom Report Conceals US Union-Busting
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 1:38 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Deutsche Telekom's annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report, released yesterday, hides the truth about the company's aggressive anti-union campaign in its T-Mobile USA operations, undermining its claim to leadership in the field of social responsibility. ... More >>
Workers lose when Governments cut off services to pay banks
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 5:24 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Workers and their families across the globe are at the end of savage cuts to the public sector, as Governments across the globe again use the assets of people to fund mistakes made in the finance and banking sectors. More >>
Nigeria:15 Million Child Labourers and Violent Union-Busting
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 3:23 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation has denounced the alarming level of child labour in Nigeria and anti-trade union violence in a report to the World Trade Organisation. Some 15 million children are at work, many in dangerous jobs. More >>
Political support grows for Financial Transactions Tax
Monday, 27 June 2011, 4:49 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Pressure is growing on global economic decision makers to make the financial markets pay their way in the global economy, as unemployment grows following the Global Financial Crisis and workers across the world reject cutbacks as the next stage of bailing ... More >>
Domestic Workers' Rights Must Be Respected by Governments
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 2:15 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation today welcomed the historical adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation by the International Labour Organisation, but called on the ILO to ensure governments around the world were put ... More >>
UN Environment Talks: Tax Needed to Fund Climate Action
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 2:36 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Trade unions and civil society allies are calling on this week's UN climate meeting in Bonn to endorse a financial transactions tax to help meet the cost of action against climate change. More >>
Unions Worldwide Mobilise for Decent Work
Wednesday, 15 June 2011, 4:27 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
For the fourth year in a row, trade unions and labour rights organisations across the world will mobilise again on 7 October in favour of Decent Work. More >>
Global Survey:Repression of union rights & economic freedoms
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 12:15 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Colombia and the Americas maintain the lead in a grim record of murder and repression of workers involved in trade union activities in the latest world Annual Survey of violation of trade union rights released by the ITUC at the 100th ILO Conference. More >>
Indonesia:Historic Pact Strengthens Sportswear Worker Rights
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 1:29 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Today a historic agreement has been signed regarding trade union rights in factories in Indonesia. The pact was signed by Indonesian textile, clothing and footwear unions, major supplier factories and the major sportswear brands, including Adidas, Nike ... More >>
Deadly Repression in Syria: Strike Movement in Hama
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 3:06 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC has once again denounced the appalling brutality of the increasingly violent repression in Syria and has expressed its solidarity with the general strike launched this weekend in the city of Hama. More >>
Killings of Trade Union Activists Continue in Guatemala
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 3:48 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Yet another trade union leader has been brutally murdered in Guatemala for exercising his union activities. More >>
Guatemala: Violence Against Campesinos Continues
Friday, 27 May 2011, 4:04 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Renewed attacks have been seen against campesinos in Guatemala. The ITUC has joined with its Guatemalan affiliates, the CUSG, CGTG and UNSITRAGUA, in strongly condemning the murder of Oscar Reyes and the serious wounds inflicted on five other campesinos ... More >>
New IMF Head Must Prioritise Jobs and Reducing Inequalities
Friday, 27 May 2011, 4:01 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The incoming head of the IMF must have the capacity and will to tackle the global employment crisis and growing inequality, according to the ITUC. At least two candidates have so far announced interest in replacing Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF Managing ... More >>
Restrictions of Labour Rights in Canada
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 3:29 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Canada, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) review of its trade policies, finds some significant workers' rights restrictions. More >>
