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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC Condemns Latest Attack on Greek Workers’ Rights Brussels, 28 January 2013 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has condemned the Greek government’s use of wartime emergency powers to break a week-long strike by metro transit workers in the capital city of Athens. On 25 January, riot police moved in and forced workers
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC Statement on Mali Brussels, 24 January 2013 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has welcomed signs that some elements of the extremist insurgency in Mali are calling for dialogue and are now rejecting violence. People in the north of the country have lived in fear since the terrorists, including foreign militants, took
Read moreInternational Trade Union Confederation New ILO report shows global unemployment on the rise Worst of global economic crisis falls on shoulders of young people Brussels, 22 January 2013 (ITUC OnLine): Labour leaders are at the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to make the case for new policies to make
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION International unions warn Qatar’s work visa system allows employers to use forced labour New case lodged with ILO ahead of Qatar’s World Cup building frenzy Brussels, 18 January 2013 (ITUC OnLine): International unions have today lodged a new case with the International Labour Organisation presenting evidence on the use of forced
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION United States Calls on Bahrain to Make Progress on Labour Rights Brussels, 8 January 2013 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is urging the US government to follow through on a US Department of Labor report which has found that Bahrain violated labour commitments made under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the
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