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The following article was produced by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Brussels, 20 January 2015 The global economic system isn’t working for six billion people, warned labour leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Photo: World Economic Forum – flicker.com/worldeconomicforum Working people and their families need a new business model to stop the
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)The following article was prepared by the ITUC Press Department._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The main Indian trade union centres are holding nationwide strike action today, to protest at the BJP government’s plans to weaken labour laws. Photo: Sreejithk2000 Brussels, 05 December 2014 (ITUC OnLine): The main Indian trade union centres are holding nationwide strike
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)The following article was prepared by the ITUC Press Department. ———————————————————————————————————————————- November 27, 2014 The ITUC has expressed serious concerns over intimidation of striking workers at the Maloma mine in Swaziland. Some 250 workers went on strike on 24 November, after the mine management refused to negotiate over a US$ 72
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)The following article was prepared by the ITUC Press Department.———————————————————————————————————————————- The ITUC has condemned Qatar’s arrest and planned deportation of around 100 striking migrant workers today as a gross violation of the most fundamental workers’ rights. Brussels, 26 November 2014 (ITUC OnLine): According to local news website Doha News, “The men,
Read moreINTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)The following article was prepared by the ITUC Press Department.———————————————————————————————————————————————- Brussels, 23 November 2014 (ITUC OnLine) – Labor ministers from Gulf and Asian countries meeting on November 26 and 27, 2014, should improve labor law protection, reform abusive immigration policies, and increase dialogue with trade unions and nongovernmental groups, 90 human
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