Egypt: ITUC Call to Drop All Charges Against Kamal Abbas
The ITUC is calling on the Egyptian authorities to withdraw all charges and annul the sentence of 26 February against Kamal Abbas, the general coordinator of CTUWS.
Overcoming the Gulf’s Sponsorship Program: Workers and Unions Struggle to Find Solution to Growing Problem
By the time Kamal approached the offices of the Kuwait Trade Union Federation (KTUF), he had exhausted all other options to resolve an ongoing dispute with his employer. Calling Kuwait home for the past six years, the Indian national who has long worked in management for a restaurant chain decided to seek a new job.
Algeria: 40 Contract Teachers Arrested
Forty unionised contract teachers affiliated to the SNAPAP have been arrested in Algeria. The president and general secretary of the National Council of Contract Teachers have also been arrested. The ITUC has firmly condemned this attack on legitimate trade union rights.
Mass unemployment the “spectre at the G20 finance ministers feast”
The international union movement said G20 Finance Ministers will fail their populations if they don’t take action to raise job creation and employment in the global economy.
Belarus: Climate for Workers’ Rights is Worsening
The ITUC has called on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to stop a new round of anti-union harassment against workers at the RUPP “Granite” company in Brest. Some 600 workers from the construction materials enterprise left the official government-controlled union in protest at low wages and the lack of effective representation. They moved to set up their own independent trade union last December, and have since faced a wave of repression from the management and the authorities.