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G8 Summit Must Deliver on Jobs
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 3:27 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
This week's G8 Summit of World Leaders must deliver leadership to end the global jobs crisis, according to the world's trade unions. Over 30 million people who lost their jobs due to the crisis are still unemployed. More >>
Farm workers massacred in Guatemala
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 12:17 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has joined with Guatemala's trade union, indigenous and campesino organisations in strongly condemning the massacre that took place between 14 and 15 May at the Finca Los Cocos farm in the municipality ... More >>
Guatemala: Another Trade Unionist Brutally Murdered
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 11:08 am | International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has joined with its Guatemalan affiliates in denouncing the murder of Lorenzo Godoy Asencio, general secretary of the tricycle taxi drivers' union Sindicato de Tricicleros de la Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado ... More >>
Côte d’Ivoire: The ITUC calls for an end to the violence
Friday, 24 December 2010, 9:38 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 23 December 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The political crisis that has gripped Côte d’Ivoire since the second round of the presidential election on 28 November, held under the supervision of ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations, is descending ... More >>
Haiti: Trade Union Brigades Fighting the Cholera Epidemic
Monday, 22 November 2010, 12:38 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 18 November 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Haiti’s cholera epidemic, a tragic consequence of the series of disasters to have struck the country, has killed over 1000 people in seven regions. The trade unions have responded by launching an awareness campaign ... More >>
Violations of Workers' Rights in Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 10:41 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Serious and continued violations of fundamental workers' rights are disclosed in a new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Papua New Guinea, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) review of its trade policies. More >>
Seoul Summit Must Tackle Rocketing Unemployment
Friday, 5 November 2010, 4:08 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The Seoul G20 Summit needs to take decisive action to tackle the continuing global employment crisis and escalating poverty levels, according to the international trade union movement. More >>
ITUC Calls On World Bank To Complete Overhaul
Friday, 5 November 2010, 3:59 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The 2011 edition of the World Bank's "Doing Business" report, released earlier today, includes a welcome first step for revising the report's past practice of encouraging countries to dismantle labour and social regulations. More >>
Trade Union Rights Not Respected in Belize
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 5:36 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 3 November 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is releasing today a report on core labour standards in Belize, coinciding with the Trade Policy Review of the country at the WTO. The report finds that internationally recognised labour standards are ... More >>
World Unions Warn Of Complacent Attitude
Friday, 29 October 2010, 4:41 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
International trade unions have accused G20 governments of being complacent in their claim this week that “global economic recovery continues to advance”. “G20 Finance Ministers have to look beyond the comfort zone of Wall St and the City of ... More >>
Brazil: Trade Unionist Killed by Security Guard
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 11:22 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 5 October 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC, together with its affiliated organisations in Brazil, CUT, CNPL, Força Sindical and UGT, has firmly condemned the killing of Augusto Lima da Cruz, a retired Philips employee and a leader of the metalworkers' ... More >>
Progress On Labour Priorities
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 11:19 am | International Trade Union Confederation
Brussels, 6 October 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions have welcomed the section on "Social Cohesion" in the Chair's statement to conclude the ASEM-8 Summit of 46 Asian and European countries, held in Brussels on 4-5 October. More >>
Non-Violence Starts with Communities, Individuals
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:30 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The work of creating and sustaining a culture of peace and non-violence begins in the hearts of committed men and women, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a message marking the International Day of Non-Violence. More >>
People Fleeing Persecution Due to Sexuality
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:29 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The United Nations refugee agency said today it is revising its policies to protect people fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation or gender identity, after a survey highlighted the dangers and prejudice faced by lesbians, gays, bisexuals, ... More >>
Deadly Nigerian Lead Poisoning Outbreak
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:27 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
A United Nations team has finished collecting dozens of soil and water samples in a region of northern Nigeria where acute lead poisoning due to backyard gold digging has sickened hundreds of children this year, leading to excess deaths. More >>
Africa: Angolan Polio Outbreak
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:26 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
A polio immunization campaign targeting 5.6 million children was launched in Angola today as the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the southern African country was quickly becoming the greatest threat to continent-wide eradication ... More >>
Aid to Flood-Stricken Pakistan
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:24 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it is scaling up its food aid to reach more than 7 million people in Pakistan, which is entering the third month of the worst flooding in its history. More >>
Violence Swells Number of Displaced Somalis
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:23 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
An estimated 410,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Somalia’s violence-wracked capital, Mogadishu, have sought refuge in the Afgooye corridor, a 20-kilometre strip of land north-west of the city, up from 366,000 in September last year, the United ... More >>
US Actress Distributes Life-Saving Mosquito Nets
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:22 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
United States singer-songwriter and actress Mandy Moore helped hand out thousands of long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in the Central African Republic (CAR) today as part of a United Nations-backed effort to curb malaria, a preventable disease ... More >>
Ban Condemns Bomb Blasts in Nigeria
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:20 pm | International Trade Union Confederation
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the car bomb attacks near the venue in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, of celebrations to mark the country’s 50th independence anniversary, and expressed his condolences to the Government and the families of ... More >>
