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Work To Boost Development In Asia-Pacific Region
Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 11:33 am | International Trade Union Federation
Trade union leaders gathering at the XIV Asia Pacific Labour Network Conference, taking place in Lima (Peru) on 27-28 of October, have called for a far-reaching reorientation of the policies of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). More >>
Trade unions fighting against human trafficking
Saturday, 18 October 2008, 1:41 pm | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 22 October 2008 (ITUC OnLine): On October 18, the second EU anti-trafficking day will be held across Europe. On this occasion, the ITUC, its Pan European Regional Council (PERC) and the ETUC emphasise that labour rights are human rights which apply ... More >>
ITUC Condemns Sentencing Of Burmese Labor Activist
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:04 am | International Trade Union Federation
The ITUC strongly condemns the recent sentencing to two years hard labour of U Thet Way, a Burmese labour activist. More >>
YouTube Highlights World Day For Decent Work
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 9:55 am | International Trade Union Federation
In the lead-up to the World Day for Decent Work on 7 October, the ITUC today officially launches its channel on the video sharing website YouTube, with videos about the World Day for Decent Work. More >>
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 10:04 pm | International Trade Union Federation
Nepal: Killings and Mass Arrests of Trade Unionists Brussels, 9 September 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC strongly condemns the killing of two trade union members from Narayani Rolling Mills in the Bara District in Nepal, and the excessive violence subsequently ... More >>
Cambodia: Release Scapegoats for Leader's Murder
Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 9:14 am | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 22 January 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Four years after the murder of Cambodia's most prominent labor union leader, Chea Vichea, six leading international human rights organizations and the world's largest trade union federation called on the Cambodian ... More >>
Ullapool standoff ship is arrested
Sunday, 19 August 2007, 12:37 am | International Trade Union Federation
International labour union body the ITF has announced that the Enxembre - the St Kitts flagged fishing vessel at the centre of a standoff between owners and crew in Ullapool - has been arrested. This means that it is now detained while legal claims ... More >>
Arrangements Not Enough to End Discrimination
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 9:11 am | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 13 August 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Diana Holland is the Chair of the ITUC Women's Committee. She is an experienced trade union leader and in charge of equality issues at the British TGWU (1). After outlining the Women's Committee priorities she goes ... More >>
Union Leader Osanloo was being held in Evin prison
Saturday, 21 July 2007, 2:29 pm | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 13 July 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) have protested to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the brutal beating and abduction of bus workers' trade union leader Mansour Osanloo in ... More >>
Global union in justice call after knife attack
Wednesday, 13 June 2007, 3:47 pm | International Trade Union Federation
The ITF today called on its member unions to back it in its demands for a proper investigation into the knifing of a member of the Dockers’ Union of Russia (DUR) outside the union’s Kaliningrad office. More >>
Abuses in Chinese Olympics Suppliers
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 11:17 am | International Trade Union Federation
New Report from ITUC, ITGLWF and Clean Clothes Campaign Details Severe Workers' Rights Violations in Several Chinese Factories More >>
Interview with Stavri Liko
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 11:01 am | International Trade Union Federation
Spotlight Interview with Stavri Liko, Federal Secretary of the FSASH, the Education and Science Federation of Albania More >>
ITUC report on labour standards in CAR
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 10:35 am | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 11 June 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC released a new report today on core labour standards in the Central African Republic. This report coincides with the country's trade policy review at the WTO and reveals shortcomings in the application ... More >>
International Labour Conference silent on Colombia
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 10:32 am | International Trade Union Federation
PSI deeply regrets that the situation in Colombia will not be discussed within the Committee on the Application of Standards, now taking place during the 96th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva. Given the continuing seriousness ... More >>
Week of action reaches midpoint
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 2:33 pm | International Trade Union Federation
The ITF maritime week of action today reached its midway point, with participants reporting scores of ship visits across northern Europe. More >>
Demands for G8 to make youth unemployment history
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 12:09 am | International Trade Union Federation
In a declaration handed over to Kajo Wasserhoevel, the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs for Germany, young people from throughout the world called on G8 leaders to urgently address the economic and social issues that keep young people ... More >>
Roadmap for Sustainable Development Adopted
Friday, 1 June 2007, 5:55 pm | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 30 May 2007 (ITUC Online): The International Trade Union Conference to Promote Sustainable Development, held from 23 to 24 in Conakry, ended with the adoption of a roadmap reflecting the demands of the trade union movement and civil society, ... More >>
Violence and intimidation against union
Monday, 7 May 2007, 9:40 am | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 2 May 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Once again, annual May Day celebrations in several countries have been met with repression and intimidation by the authorities. Rallies for workers’ rights in Iran, Turkey and Macao were subjected to violent reactions ... More >>
Argentina: teacher killed during demonstration
Friday, 27 April 2007, 1:21 pm | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 25 April 2007 (ITUC Online): Police repression continues to dominate certain provinces of Argentina. Teacher Carlos Fuentalba was a fatal victim of police brutality on taking part in a teacher's demonstration in Neuquen on 4 April. He died from a ... More >>
Spotlight interview with Rabiatou Diallo
Thursday, 26 April 2007, 10:55 am | International Trade Union Federation
Brussels, 25 April 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Guinea is gradually recovering from the strikes and demonstrations brutally repressed three months ago. The protests led by Guinea's trade unions have led to the appointment of a new government and progress in the ... More >>
