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Brussels, 10 April 2007 (ITUC Online): Continuous pressure on the Burmese military regime, support for ILO efforts to end forced labour in the country and renewed trade union action against investments in and trade with Burma are the key decisions of an international trade union Conference on Democracy for Burma, held in Kathmandu (Nepal) on
Read more“We give dignity to domestic workers” Brussels, 2 April 2007 (ITUC Online): The Domestic Workers’ Movement (DWM) has over two million members in India, of which 95% are women. By fighting for the recognition of domestic workers and improved working conditions, it gives dignity to an occupation that is usually confined to the informal economy.
Read moreBrussels, 28 March 2007 (ITUC Online): Whilst Guinea is still waiting to see the formation of a new government following the end of a serious political crisis triggered by the brutal repression of a general strike in January and February, the three main national trade union confederations, backed by the ITUC, decided, at a meeting
Read moreBrussels, 23 March 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund must do far more to support labour rights, according to a new statement issued by the international trade union movement in the lead-up to key meetings of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Washington on 14 and 15 April. The main
Read moreBrussels, 15 March 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Global trade unions are demanding that this week’s high-level session on cotton at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva must embark on a root and branch reform of trade in cotton instead of tinkering at the edges. The aim must be to secure concrete progress to address the needs
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