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Zimbabwe: Trade Union Leader Arrested Brussels, 26 February 2010: The ITUC, together with its regional organisation the ITUC-Africa, has condemned and strongly protested against the arrests of Assistant General Secretary Gift Muti and President Manjemanje Munyanyi of the General Agricultural and Plantation Workers’ Union (GAPWUZ). They were clearly arrested because of their trade union activities.
Read moreSpotlight Interview with Emmanuel Agbénou (CSTT-Togo) Trade Union Breakthrough in Export Processing Zone Brussels, 23 February 2010: Set up 20 years ago, Togo’s export processing zone (1) employs 9,000 workers, of which 60% are women, in around 60 companies. Trade union rights, although guaranteed under the Togolese Labour Code, are not enforced. Emmanuel Agbénou, confederal secretary
Read moreITUC Calls on APEC to Provide Effective Response to Global Economy and Climate Crises Brussels, 22 February 2010: The International Trade Union Confederation / Asia Pacific Labour Network (ITUC/APLN), in its statement to the 32nd APEC Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG) taking place from 24th to 28th of February in Hiroshima, Japan, has called
Read more2nd World Day of Social Justice Brussels, 19 February 2010: In marking the 2nd World Day of Social Justice (on 20 February), the ITUC is calling for an end to the prevailing neo-liberal model of economic globalization, which has brought about the worst economic downturn since the great depression. It has denied social justice to
Read moreGuatemala: Attacks and Violence Against Altiplano Campesino Committee (CCDA) Brussels, 16 February 2010: The ITUC, along with its regional organisation for the Americas, TUCA and its Guatemalan affiliates, the CGTG, CUSG and UNSITRAGUA, has strongly condemned the raid on the “Café Justicia” processing centre in Santiago Atitlán, from which 182 quintals of coffee, the fruit
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