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Turkey: Eight More Trade Unionists Arrested Brussels, 19 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC strongly has protested to the Turkish authorities against the arrest of yet another eight leaders and members of its affiliate, the Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK), and KESK-affiliated teachers’ union Egitim-Sen. This is the third series of arrests
Read moreTurkey: Twenty-two Unionists Remain In Detention Brussels, 17 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): On 29 May the ITUC, together with Education International (EI), wrote to the Turkish authorities to protest against the interventions by the Turkish police against their respective affiliates, the Confederation of Public Employees’ Unions (KESK), as well as teachers’ union Egitim-Sen, which
Read moreChild Labour Worsening Due to Global Crisis New ITUC Video Spot Brussels, 12 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): Millions of children, especially girls, risk falling out of education and into work as the impact of the world economic crisis deepens, the ITUC has warned today, the World Day Against Child Labour. “With rising
Read moreBrussels, 11 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): How is the economic crisis affecting the large migrant population in Malaysia? G. Rajasekaran, general secretary of the MTUC (Malaysian Trades Union Congress), talks about trade union initiatives designed to help them. He also denounces the exploitation suffered by domestic workers, a particularly vulnerable category of migrants. How
Read moreITUC Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations Global Trade Union Rights Situation Worsening – New ITUC Report 76 Trade Unionists Murdered in 2008 Thousands of Dismissals and Arrests Repression of Striking Workers in 40 Countries Brussels, 10 June 2009 (ITUC OnLine): 2008 was another difficult and often dangerous year for trade unionists around the
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