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Brussels, 3 August 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has denounced the expulsion of the two nationally recognized trade union confederations – the KSSH and the BSPSH – from their offices on the first of August. The police were enforcing a court decision involving property seized by the former communist government. The police appeared without notice
Read moreSpotlight interview with José Escolástico Pinzón Salazar (CGTG – Guatemala) Brussels, 03 August 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Guatemala is one of the most dangerous countries for doing union work. Murders, threats and dismissal are the rewards for union activism. The public authorities are complicit in these violations when not actually committing them directly. José Escolástico Pinzón
Read morePlayFair 2008 Response to Beijing Olympics’ Organizing Committee Statement on Labour Rights Violations Brussels, 02 August 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Playfair 2008, the international campaign organized by ITUC*, ITGLWF *, the Clean Clothes Campaign and their affiliates and partners worldwide, appreciates the fact that BOCOG and the Chinese authorities have acted upon its “No Medal for
Read moreBrussels, 26 July 2007 (ITUC OnLine): This week a WTO General Council meeting is set to endorse a draft decision by the WTO Committee on Subsidies to extend the transition period for the phasing out of export subsidies in a number of developing countries. The decision will make it easier for a range of governments
Read moreBrussels, 25 July (ITUC Online): Trade unionists from member countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)* gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia will call on the ASEM governments to step up their cooperation and joint work on employment and labour issues. The unionists are meeting in order to take stock of the ASEM process and provide input to
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