ITUC Challenges G20 Labour Ministers on Jobs
The ITUC has challenged Labour Ministers of the G20 countries, meeting in Paris this week, to push hard for job creation as the world economic and employment crisis worsens.
G20 Labour Ministers Must Not Fail Workers
The international trade union movement called on the G20 Employment and Labour Ministers meeting in Paris on 26-27 September to step up to the plate and ensure that the G20 leaders tackle the jobs crisis as the central priority.
Paraguayan Industrial Refrigeration Firm IPFSA Seriously Violates ILO Core Conventions
The ITUC has joined with its affiliated organisations in Paraguay, the CNT and CUT-A, in strongly condemning Industria Paraguaya Frigorífica S.A (IPFSA) and the industrial refrigeration firm’s president, Alba Pettengil Vacca, for violating the national constitution, the core conventions of the ILO, the national labour law and its accompanying legislation.
G20 failure puts world economy at risk: Finance Ministers Asleep on the Job
The international trade union movement today warned that the G20 have failed to recognise their policy mistakes, and have been complacent in the face of a global jobs crisis with mass unemployment not seen since the 1930s.
Unions Tell UN and Governments to Step Up Action Against Racism
Trade unions are calling on the UN and its member countries to step up action against racism and xenophobia at today’s UN High-Level General Assembly event on racism. The ITUC and Public Services International have submitted a joint statement to the meeting, which takes place ten years after the adoption of the “Durban Declaration”.