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Climate Finance: Closing the ‘Political Will’ Gap Brussels, 8 November 2010 (ITUC OnLine): With climate negotiations reopening in less than four weeks and little hope for achieving a breakthrough, much was expected from the UN-sponsored panel on climate finance, who released its report on Friday. “The creation of a high level group to identify innovative
Read moreBurma: “Elections Are a Sham” Says ITUC Together with ETUC and Human Rights Organisations Brussels, 5 November 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC, together with Belgian union affiliates, the European Trade Union Confederation, the International Federation of Human Rights Organisations (FIDH), Amnesty International and Actions Birmanie, protested in front of the Burmese embassy in Brussels on
Read moreITUC calls on World Bank to complete overhaul of “Doing Business” Brussels, 4 November 2010 (ITUC Online): 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, which it did by granting
Read moreTrade Union Rights Not Respected in Belize 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 violated especially with regard to child labour and
Read moreUnions Step up Pressure for Jobs and Social Justice – One Month to World Day for Decent Work Brussels, 7 September 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions across the world are stepping up pressure for decent jobs and social justice, in the lead up to the World Day for Decent Work, October 7. The ITUC’s affiliates
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