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BRUSSELS, 16 January 2006 (ICFTU Online): A new ICFTU report on core labour standards in Malaysia finds serious shortcomings in the application and enforcement of core labour standards, in particular with regard to trade union rights and discrimination against migrant workers. The report has been prepared to coincide with Malaysia’s trade policy review at the
Read moreBrussels, 13 January 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): The termination of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) on 1 January 2005 has had a devastating impact on the fragile, emerging, textile economies of many African countries. In Lesotho, for example, in the period between January and June 2005 at least 10 textile factories shut down, leaving over 13,000 people
Read moreBrussels, 13 January 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): Nairobi is set to host the global Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment, an event organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in conjunction with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Sustainlabour and the United Nations Global Compact Office. The aims of this important conference bringing together
Read moreBrussels 9 January 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): On the eve of a court hearing of charges against 14 people accused of “unlawful public assembly” arising from protests at the December WTO Ministerial meeting, the ICFTU and its Global Unions partners have reiterated their call on the Hong Kong authorities for the charges to be dropped. The
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