Cambodia: ITUC Expresses Concerns for Trade Union Rights in the Garment Sector
For years, trade unions and the workers they represent in the garment sector have been subject to numerous serious violations of their rights. Excessive hours of work and poor working conditions have led to several episodes of mass fainting. Collective bargaining agreements are being breached, and employers are refusing to negotiate with certain independent unions.
Unions launch global inquiry into attacks on workers’ rights
The ITUC is holding the world’s first global inquiry for workers as wages, pensions, social security rights to union representation and collective bargaining come under new attack.
Guatemala: violations of trade union rights at the General Property Registry
With the arrival of the new Pérez Molina government, Anabella de León has been appointed head of the General Property Registry.
May day : Governments must act for a sustainable and equitable recovery
It is more than five years since the financial crisis hit, followed rapidly by a larger economic crisis. This economic earthquake exposed the dangers of financialisation; of having the real economy subservient to finance; and of two decades of growing inequality. The resulting shock added millions to the already teeming ranks of the jobless and threw millions more into precarious work. Many workers have lost good jobs and far too many have also lost the fundamental rights that went with them.
28 April: Day of Mourning Dead and Injured Workers
Worldwide, hundreds of thousands die in workplace “accidents”. Millions die of occupational diseases. Every year. Union organisation is the remedy. Prevention is the only cure.
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