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Spotlight interview with Eric Manzi (CESTRAR-Rwanda) Brussels, 23 October 2007: What can be done to reach informal economy workers and respond to the rise of the private sector? Eric Manzi, general secretary of CESTRAR (Centrale des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Rwanda ), outlines the trade union priorities in Rwanda. How did CESTRAR emerge?
Read moreParis-Brussels, 23 October 2007: After the September crackdown on peaceful protests in Burma, the International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) decided to send a joint international fact-finding mission on the Thai border with Burma to collect first-hand information on the wave of repression. The objective was also to
Read moreBrussels, 19 October 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Mansour Osanloo, the President of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Sherkat-e Vahed) who has been detained in the notorious Evin prison in Teheran since July this year has lost the sight of one eye after being denied the urgent medical treatment he needed.
Read moreBrussels, 17 October 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Today, the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, GCAP¹ members and supporters, united by wearing white wristbands, are standing up to protest against the massive levels of poverty and inequality still persisting today. Last year, on October 17th, 23 million people took part in the call to
Read moreBrussels, 17 October 2007 (ITUC OnLine): It is urgent that a draft general labour law now be discussed at the Parliament and adopted, according to the ITUC’s new report on core labour standards in Peru. The report is being released today to coincide with Peru’s trade policy review at the WTO on 17 and 19
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