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IMF NewsBriefs No. 04, March 23, 2007 A new cancer prevention guide, reveals that over 600,000 deaths a year – one death every 52 seconds – are caused by occupational cancer, making up almost one-third of all work-related deaths. GLOBAL [March 23, 2007]: A worldwide epidemic of occupational cancer is claiming at least one life
Read moreOn International Women’s Day, the IMF joins with an Indonesian affiliate in celebrating the outcome of a four year women’s organising project. INDONESIA [March 05, 2007] : Increases in the number of women members, shopstewards and leaders of Serikat Pekerja Metal Indonesia (SPMI) are the result of a three-year women’s organising project. The project, launched in
Read moreBrussels, 15 February 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Two trade unionists were murdered on 6 February in Guatemala. Walter Aníbal Ixcaquic Mendoza and Norma Sente de Ixcaquic were members of the Frente Nacional de Vendedores de Guatemala, affiliated to the Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Independientes (FESTRI) and the CGT. The International Trade Union Confederation once again strongly
Read moreBrussels, 13 September 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): In a Joint Statement issued today, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the World Confederation of Labour and the Global Union Federations called on Heads of State and Ministers participating in the General Assembly High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development to adopt a strong rights-based approach to global
Read moreBrussels, 12 September 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): A new ICFTU report, issued to coincide with the trade policy review of Bangladesh at the WTO this week, condemns the abuses of workers’ rights in Bangladesh’s numerous export processing zones, which are subject to a special labour legislation and where the most basic human rights are not respected.
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