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Brussels 25 July 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The ICFTU has just published a new report on core labour standards in Nicaragua, to coincide with the WTO’s review of the country’s trade policy this week. The ICFTU report highlights the numerous barriers to the effective application of fundamental workers’ rights in the country. The report points to
Read moreBrussels 25 July 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): Global union the ITF and international union body the ICFTU today made a formal complaint against Iran to the ILO (International Labour Organization) following the continued use of terror tactics against one of the ITF’s member unions there. The union bodies today submitted a dossier detailing continuing repression against
Read moreBrussels, July 24, 2006, (ICFTU Online): The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour today issued a statement expressing their feelings of revulsion at the growing loss of innocent lives due to the escalating violence between Israel and Lebanon. “We deplore the indiscriminate use of lethal force against civilians, and
Read moreSpotlight on Shantha Sinha (India – MV Foundation) Brussels 31 July 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The MV Foundation, an Indian NGO, has taken almost 400,000 children out of work and placed them in schools. Community mobilisation, dialogue with teachers and lobbying are the keys to it’s success. Shantha Sinha, the founder of the NGO, tells us
Read moreBrussels, 31 July 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The ICFTU today condemned the killing on Sunday of 54 civilians, including at least 30 children, in an attack by the Israeli airforce on the Lebanese town of Qana. Once again, innocent civilians are bearing the brunt of the conflict. Most of the 750 Lebanese who have been killed
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