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New World Bank Report on Global Economic Prospects Brussels/Washington 13 January 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement has criticised today’s World Bank report on Global Economic Prospects (GEP) for advocating fiscal austerity in the face of high unemployment. However, the report’s call for “the re-regulation of the financial sector” is welcome. In projecting
Read moreTunisia: ITUC Calls on Affiliates to Mobilise against Repression of Demonstrations Brussels, 12 January 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The International Trade Union Confederation has called on its affiliated organisations around the globe to mobilise against the violent repression of demonstrators by the Tunisian security forces. According to trade union sources, over fifty people are thought to
Read moreGuatemala: 2011 Starts with Killing of another Health Sector Trade Unionist Brussels, 11 January 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC, together with its affiliated organisations in Guatemala and the national health workers’ union SNTSG, has firmly condemned the killing of a member of the health sector trade union at the opening of 2011. According to the
Read moreBurma – After sham elections – imminent Release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi The ITUC welcomes the reports of the imminent release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Her house arrest term expires tomorrow, and it would appear that the military regime has now signed papers authorising her release. The Nobel Peace prize winner
Read moreGlobal Unions Decry Continued Labour Rights Violations in Korea Brussels, 10 November 2010 (ITUC OnLine): On the occasion of the G20 meeting in Seoul, the global union movement is calling for the Korean government to honour its international commitments and respect workers’ rights. Korea is one of the very worst countries in the industrialised world
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