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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)October 12, 2011______________________________________________________________________________ Romania’s IMF-Inspired Labour Laws Delivering Hardship for Workers Brussels, 12 October 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Major changes in Romania’s labour laws, introduced at the behest of the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, have stripped away key protections for the country’s workforce and are
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)________________________________________________________________________________ KUWAIT: Trade Unions Call for Dialogue, Not Military Force Against Strikes Brussels, 11 October 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Kuwait’s government needs to step back from confrontation and accept dialogue with the country’s trade unions to resolve public sector strikes, according to the ITUC. “The authorities’ decision to give the military and
Read moreWorkers Mobilise to Demand Decent Jobs – Action in 60 Countries Brussels, 7 October (ITUC OnLine): With unprecedented public demand for decent jobs, and pressure mounting on banks and the finance industry, the 2011 World Day for Decent Work today features over 400 actions across more than 70 countries. “More than 200 million people worldwide
Read moreWorld Day for Decent Work: Youth, Lost in Globalisation? Brussels and Berlin, 6 October 2011 (ITUC OnLine): On the eve of the fourth World Day for Decent Work, during a joint international event organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the German Confederation of Trade Union’s youth organisation (DGB Jugend) in Berlin, more than
Read moreExtortion by Al-Shabaab in Somalia: 3253 Telecommunications Workers Deprived of a Living Brussels, 5 October 2011 (ITUC OnLine): On 2 October, the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab banned the operations of three telecom companies, paralysing the telecommunications system in eight regions of the country. TELCOM Somalia, Nation Link Telecommunication Company and Dahabsihiil had refused to pay
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