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Brussels, 20 January 2006 (ICFTU Online): Despite the release on December 27, 2005, of trade unionists from the Tehran bus company union who had been imprisoned since 22 and 25 December, the union’s President, Mansour Osanloo, is still being held. The ICFTU has repeatedly protested against this attack on freedom of association. The latest protest by the
Read moreBrussels, 20 January 2006 (ICFTU Online): The demonstration marking the start of the first World Social Forum in Africa brought some 20,000 to the streets of Bamako, calling for the abolition of poverty in Africa to become the number one priority for national leaders and the international institutions. The trade union delegation consisted of members
Read moreBRUSSELS, 19 January 2006 (ICFTU Online): Within the framework of the Bamako Polycentric World Social Forum, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), the World Confederation of Labour (WCL), the Global Progressive Forum (GPF) and Solidar are to hold a work session on the progress of the agenda for decent work in Africa. As
Read moreBRUSSELS, 17 January 2006 (ICFTU Online): This week’s Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment* in Nairobi concluded today with a series of undertakings from the trade union movement and key United Nations bodies. The Assembly brought together more than 150 trade union representatives from developing and developed countries along with environment and sustainable
Read moreBRUSSELS, 16 January 2006 (ICFTU Online): The World Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment was officially opened on Sunday 15 January in Nairobi, at the head office of UNEP. Trade unions from all over the world are debating the best ways to engage in concrete action in the struggle for a sustainable environment.
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