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Brussels, 16 October 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC and the European TUC have described the European Union’s new sanctions policy on Burma, announced today, as a step in the right direction, but falling well short of what is needed to put the Burmese military junta under real pressure. The exclusion of oil and gas from
Read moreSpotlight on Sandra Viktor (LO-Sweden) Brussels, 12 October 2007 (ITUC OnLine):Sandra Viktor, 26 years old, heads LO-Sweden’s youth work in the South-East of the country (1). She explains the dynamic campaigns organised by LO to attract young workers and how international solidarity is helping young Swedes get interested in the union movement. Why were
Read moreBrussels, 12 October 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Kamal Abbas, General Coordinator of the Center for Trade Unions and Workers Services (CTUWS) and his lawyer, Mohamed Helmy have been sentenced one year’s imprisonment by an Egyptian court. A law suit for alleged “slander and defamation of character” against Kamal Abbas was filed by Mohamed Ibrahim, chairman of
Read moreBurmese Trade Union Federation Asks Companies to Disinvest Brussels, 11 October 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is currently writing to 430 companies worldwide which have or are suspected to have business links with Burma, calling on them to end their business links. The action is in support of the ITUC associated organisation the Federation of Trade Unions
Read moreBrussels, 9 October 2007 (ITUC OnLine) The ITUC and the European TUC today called on the European Union to take the lead by adopting tough sanctions on Burma following the latest round of violent repression there by the military junta. Europe currently has some sanctions in place, but these fall well short of the kind
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