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New York 4 April 2006 – ICFTU Online: A four-member trade union delegation led by ICFTU President Sharan Burrow will participate in a meeting of the UN’s Economic and Social Council in New York from 4-5 April in the lead up to a High-Level Segment meeting of ECOSOC scheduled for Geneva from 3-5 July. Both
Read moreBRUSSELS, 23 March 2006 (ICFTU Online): Within the framework of the Karachi Polycentric World Social Forum, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and its affiliate the Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) are holding a trade union panel on Sunday 26 March on the themes of privatization, investment, and the impact on national economies and
Read moreBrussels, 22 March 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The ICFTU and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) have today made representations to the European Union, following the arrest of eight trade union officials in recent days by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. The trade unionists were arrested in the lead-up to Sunday’s rigged elections in which Lukashenko
Read moreINTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS New Trade Union World Briefing (12 pages) Brussels, 20 March 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): Despite sustained economic growth over the last five years, unemployment continues to rise in Peru, against a background of endemic poverty, rising job insecurity and dwindling salaried employment, massive cuts in the public sector and relentless
Read moreBRUSSELS, 15 March 2006, ICFTU Online: Serious violations of labour rights in the United States are on the increase, according to a new report issued by the ICFTU today. The report, which coincides with a World Trade Organisation review of US trade policies, details a catalogue of breaches of international standards concerning freedom of association,
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