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Assassinations Continue in Guatemala Brussels, 15 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has strongly condemned the assassination of Evelinda Ramírez Reyes, leader of the resistance front for the defence of people and natural resources, FRENA, affiliated to the national resistance front, FNL, which is part of the Guatemalan labour, indigenous and campesino movement, MSICG. Last
Read moreHaiti: ITUC Humanitarian Appeal Brussels, 13 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has today launched a trade union appeal for earthquake-stricken Haiti, in cooperation with its regional organisation for the Americas, TUCA. Funds raised under the appeal will in the first instance be used to provide humanitarian assistance via the ITUC affiliates in the Dominican
Read moreHaiti Earthquake: Major International Humantarian Mobilisation Urgently Required Brussels, 13 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has called for a major international mobilisation of humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Haiti, in the wake of yesterday’s devastating earthquake. With communications within and from Haiti severely affected by the disaster, no reliable estimates of the death and
Read moreSpotlight interview on Claudine Akakpo (CSTT – Togo) “Confiage” is a modern form of child slavery Brussels, 4 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): According to Claudine Akakpo, assistant general secretary of the CSTT(1), hundreds of thousands of children are forced into domestic slavery in Togo. The trade union movement is mobilising against this exploitation. The world
Read moreIsrael: Trade union Centre Histadrut to Allow Migrant Workers Full Membership Brussels, 6 January 2010 (ITUC OnLine): A decision taken by the ITUC’s Israeli affiliate Histadrut to allow migrant workers membership is a significant step towards ensuring an end to exploitation and helping ensure full respect for their rights at work. The December 28 decision
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