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Brussels, 27 March 2009: Murders of trade union leaders and members and violence against the trade union movement are continuing, despite the Colombian authorities’ assertions to the contrary. Ramiro Cuadros Roballo, Walter Escobar Marín, José Alejandro Amado Castillo and Alexander Pinto Gómez were murdered this March, bringing to nine the number of trade unionists killed
Read moreTUCA Organises Continental Day of Action Against the Crisis Brussels, 26 March 2009: On 27 March, coinciding with the first anniversary of the founding of the Trade Union Organisation for the Americas (TUCA), the ITUC regional organisation for the Americas, trade union organisations across the Americas are mobilising to express their position on the global
Read moreBrussels, 25 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new report by the world’s largest trade union body, the ITUC, on core labour standards in Fiji has been issued today to coincide with the Trade Policy Review of that country at the WTO. The report underlines the ratification by Fiji of the eight ILO fundamental conventions but
Read moreBrussels, 24 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): An historic three-day Congress of the Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB) concluded on the Thai-Burma border today, with the adoption of the organisation’s new Constitution, and the re-election of U Hla Oo as President and Maung Maung as General Secretary. The FTUB, which was founded in 1999,
Read moreTrade Unions to G20: Half Measures Will Not Fix Broken Global Economy Brussels, 23 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): In a worldwide push for action by G20 governments to pull the global economy out of recession and chart a new course for job creation, financial regulation and global governance, trade unions across the world are
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