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Brussels, 8 August 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The ICFTU called on the Korean Government to restrain its police force from using brutal tactics in repressing strikes following the death last week of Ha Joong Keun, a striking worker beaten to death by riot police. Joong Keun, a member of the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Unions
Read moreBrussels, 7 August 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): According to a 2003 ILO study covering 1,500 cocoa producers in Côte d’Ivoire, there are over 5,000 children working in the country’s cocoa plantations. These children may or may not be paid and are not receiving any form of education. Most come from the neighbouring countries and are victims
Read moreSpotlight interview with Gershon Gelman (Israel – Histadrut) Brussels, 02 May 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): Four years ago, the president of Histadrut for the Tel Aviv and Jaffa region, Gershon Gelman, opened the only trade union structure in Israel for the 150,000 migrants employed in the country. Dozens of migrants now come to his Tel Aviv
Read moreAPRIL 28 IS THE DAY TO START ACTING International Metalworkers’ Federation takes fight for asbestos ban to ILO in June. GENEVA, April 25, 2006: Marcello Malentacchi, general secretary of the International Metalworkers’ Federation, issued a statement in honour of April 28, Workers’ Memorial Day, with a call for a global ban on asbestos. “Everyday workers
Read moreBrussels, 27 April 2005 – 28 April is World Day for Health and Safety at Work, a day that sees the commemoration of the workers killed or injured at work over the last twelve months due to unsatisfactory production methods or working conditions. Tens of thousands of people around the world will be taking part
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