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El Salvador: Appalling Situation in the Export Processing Zones Brussels, 10 February 2010: A new ITUC study on core labour standards in El Salvador reports that many of the 67,000 mostly women workers employed in the country’s 15 export processing zones suffer from appalling treatment ranging from verbal abuse and threats to physical abuse and
Read moreSPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW WITH HASHMEYA MUSSHIN AL-SAADAWI (IRAQ-GFIW) “Iraqi workers need a fair and just labour law” Brussels, 9 February 2010: In Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s unjust anti-union laws continue to be enforced. Hashmeya Musshin al-Saadawi is president of the Electricity Workers and Employees Union in Basra, vice president of the General Federation of Iraqi Workers in
Read moreG7 Finance Meeting Must Resist Bankers’ Backlash Brussels, 4 February 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The meeting of G7 Finance Ministers in Iqaluit, Canada, this week needs to press ahead on financial regulation and restructuring of banks, as powerful global financial interests step up their fight against reform. While the meeting is not expected to adopt formal
Read moreSpotlight interview Loulou Cherry (CTH – Haiti “Rebuilding Haiti’s future is about reconstruction and creating jobs” Brussels, 2 February 2010 (ITUC OnLine): Grief-stricken in the wake of the earthquake that ravaged the country, the trade union movement in Haiti, supported by international trade union solidarity, immediately turned its attention to helping the population (*). Food
Read moreSpotlight Interview with Albert Njeru (KUDHEIHA(1)- KENYA) “Some employers threaten to kill their domestic worker if she talks” Brussels, 29 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): New legislation introduced in 2008 recognises more rights for Kenya’s domestic workers. According to Albert Njeru, general secretary of the KUDHEIHA union, which organises domestic workers, although this is a step
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