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Joint ITUC, EI, ITF, IUF release: World protests to demand union rights for Iranian workers Brussels, 20 May 2009 (ITUC OnLine) Four global union organisations representing over 170 million workers have called a worldwide action day on June 26 to demand justice for Iranian workers. Demonstrations will take place outside Iranian embassies and consulates to
Read moreBrussels, 18 May 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has strongly condemned and denounced the ever-worsening climate of impunity in Guatemala, highlighted once again by the assassination on 10 May of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, who had left a video accusing President Colom in the event of his murder. The national, regional and international trade union movements
Read moreNew ILO Study emphasizes possible impact of global economic crisis on forced labour Brussels, 12 May 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has welcomed a new ILO Global Report on forced labour worldwide, which will be submitted to the ILO’s annual International Labour Conference in Geneva in June. Entitled “The Cost of Coercion”, it details, among
Read moreSolomon Islands Lags Behind On ILO Core Labour Standards Brussels, 6 May 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Solomon Islands, which coincides with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policy, notes that the government has not ratified seven out of eight ILO core labour
Read moreAustralia: New Emissions Target a Step in the Right Direction Brussels, 5 May 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The announcement by the government of Australia, the developed world’s biggest per capita carbon emitter, of a new target to reduce emissions by 25% of 2000 levels by the year 2020 in the context of a comprehensive global agreement
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