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Brussels, 10 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC strongly protests against the latest wave of repression that has targeted the Haft Tapeh union in Iran, which is a member of the Global Union Federation IUF. Several trade unionists have been subject to heavy-handed arrest, and subsequently released but Ali Nejati, the president of the union,
Read moreNew Report Shows Global Gender Pay Gap Bigger Than Previously Thought Study also covers the impact of the economic crisis on women’s jobs and incomes and reveals costs of violence against women. Brussels, 5 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A new report released by the ITUC for March 8, International Women’s Day, has revealed that the
Read moreBrussels, 4 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): On 27 February, Leocadio Juracán, national leader of the Campesino Committee of the Highlands, CCDA, was once again targeted with threats after having given a press conference and radio interview on 20 February, in which he represented the views of the indigenous and campesino community with regard to the
Read moreBrussels, 2 March 2009 (ITUC OnLine): A 40-strong trade union delegation from the ITUC, Education International (EI) and Public Services International (PSI) will be participating in the two-week meeting which comes at a time when the world is facing the worst economic downturn since the great depression of the 1930s. Impacts on working women and
Read moreBrussels, 27 February 2009 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has strongly condemned the murder of four trade unionists during the first two months of 2009. Leovigildo Mejía, a member of the Santander Agrarian Workers’ Association, ASOGRAS; Luis Alberto Arango Crespo, president of the Fishing and Agricultural Workers’ Association and leader of the Small-Scale Fishing Association
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