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Brussels, 25 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC, EI, ITF and IUF today expressed their solidarity with the many Iranian workers who have joined the demonstrations in the streets to call for respect for their fundamental democratic rights. Protests for democracy in Iran, organized by trade unions, will be held in countries around the world
Read moreThe Global Crisis Needs a Global Coordinated Response Brussels, 24 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): As the United Nations kicks off a major three-day Conference in New York on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, (24-26 June, 2009), the ITUC is drawing the attention of world leaders to the severe
Read moreGambia: Arrest and Detention of Trade Union Leaders and Journalists Brussels, 23 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC, together with ITUC–Africa and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), has strongly protested at the arrests and subsequent detention of a number of union leaders and journalists by the Gambian authorities. According to information that
Read moreSpotlight interview with Amna Abdel Jabbar Mafarja (PGFTU – Palestine) “The participation of women and their effectiveness is now visible thanks to quotas” Brussels, 23 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A member of the PGFTU(*) executive bureau and president of the agriculture and food industry union, Amna Abdel Jabbar Mafarja talks about Palestinian women’s
Read moreColombia: Two More Trade Unionists Murdered Brussels, 22 June 2009: The ITUC once again strongly condemns and denounces the murders of two more trade unionists in the Arauca region. Pablo Rodríguez Garavito and Jorge Humberto Echaverri Garro, teachers affiliated to the Arauca teachers’ association Asociación de Educadores de Arauca (ASEDAR), were brutally murdered by unknown
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