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Geneva, 2 June 2006: The International Labour Conference (ILC, annual meeting of the ILO) welcomed the tripartite agreement concluded in Geneva, on 1 June, between the three Colombian trade union centres (CUT, CGT, CTC), Colombian employers’ representatives and the country’s government. The six-point agreement reached on the second day of the Conference guarantees a permanent
Read moreBrussels, 9 June, 2006 – The international trade union movement today welcomed the holding of a key debate at the International Labour Organisation’s Annual Conference, as a key moment for the international community to examine progress in eliminating child labour and ensuring that every child goes to school. Governments, employers and trade unions are discussing
Read moreBrussels, 7 June 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): 2005 saw no let up in the unrelenting repression of independent trade unions in China with no progress made towards freedom of association, according to the ICFTU’s annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations, released today. The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) remains the only trade union
Read moreBrussels, 7 June 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The ICFTU’s 2006 survey of trade union rights violations reveals an intensification in the violent repression of workers’ rights in Africa, the world’s poorest continent. Among the most striking manifestations of the rise in repression was the failure of most governments to respect the rights of their own employees
Read moreBrussels, 7 June 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): After being ruthlessly tortured, Hadi Salih, International Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions, IFTU, was assassinated on 4 January 2005. On 18 February, Ali Hassan Abd of the Oil and Gas Union, was murdered in front of his children and six days later, Ahmed Adris Abas, of
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