Quick links+
Brussels, 26 June 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The process of building a new international trade union confederation has taken an important step forward, following a series of decisions taken at the 125th meeting of the ICFTU Executive Board in Brussels on 20 – 22 June. The Board endorsed a draft Constitution for the new organisation, and
Read moreBrussels 28 June 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): 300,000 Australian workers took to the streets in a series of nationwide rallies today to protest against the conservative government’s new industrial relations laws. The laws impose heavy restrictions on workers’ rights to union representation and give employers huge power to determine wages and conditions unilaterally. ICFTU President Sharan
Read moreBrussels, 29 June, 2006 – New figures released today by the ICFTU to coincide with the re-launch of WTO talks in Geneva show the potentially devastating effect on employment that developing countries face from the current negotiations. The figures are simulations of how various labour -intensive sectors would fare if the current proposals by the
Read moreBrussels 03 July 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): Following the breakdown of the trade negotiations on Saturday at the WTO, the next steps in the process must shift the focus to an outcome that delivers on development and employment. The talks failed mainly because of the continued insistence of industrialised countries on far-reaching access into developing countries’
Read moreThe ICFTU, with its Global Unions partners and the WCL, has today released a statement to a high-level meeting of the UN’s Economic and Social Council taking place this week in Geneva. Entitled “Decent Work for All at the Heart of Global Governance”, it calls for all the international institutions to make action to achieve decent work
Read more