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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) DURBAN OUTCOME: No Guarantees for the Climate as Governments Again Delay Brussels, 12 December 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement expressed its disappointment as climate negotiators in Durban had agreed a platform to continue negotiations, but without any guarantees that will make the cuts to emissions demanded by
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) Spectre of Delay Haunts Durban’s Corridors Crowd of workers, campaigners, and activists gather for all-night vigil to keep UN climate talks alive. Durban, 9 December 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement is making a final call on Ministers attending the Durban Climate Change talks to make a U-turn
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION HONDURAS: Reporters Assassinated Brussels, 8 December 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has joined with its Honduran affiliates, the CUTH, CTH and CGT, in firmly condemning the murder of the well-known journalist Luz Marina Paz Villalobos and her cameraman Delmer Canales. They were shot to death, riddled with bullets, by assassins travelling
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) IRAN: Ebrahim Madadi Re-arrested Today Brussels, 7 December 2011 (ITUC OnLine): T he ITUC was dismayed and incensed to hear today that Ebrahim Madadi, a courageous trade unionist and Comrade from Vahed Syndicate in Tehran, was re-arrested today after being freed only last Thursday. A move welcomed by the international
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) TUNISIA: Concern Over Attempts to Undermine UGTT Brussels, 5 December 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has expressed concern over attacks on the Tunisian national trade union centre, UGTT, at a key juncture in the country’s transition process. Efforts to undermine the UGTT’s leadership, by political forces within the coalition of
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