New Report Puts Spotlight on Corporate Tax Avoidance
A new report released in London today by the Global Union Federation, Education International, documents the massive revenues lost to governments through corporate tax avoidance and the impact of this on education and other vital public services which are at risk from government expenditure cuts.
Workers Increase Pressure for Climate Action As Negotiations Start in Durban
South African mine workers, Japanese energy workers, Argentinian construction workers, and UK teachers will join more than 250 unionists from 100 countries to showcase national actions to tackle climate change and create jobs in the ‘World of Work’ pavilion at the UN Climate Change talks in Durban.
Forced Labour, Child Labour, Discrimination and Violations of Trade Union Rights All Common in Thailand
A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Thailand, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, reveals serious violations of fundamental workers’ rights including a high degree of prevalence of forced labour.
Stop Violence, Impunity and Sexual Harassment at Work
To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the ITUC and its affiliated organisations are mobilising across the globe to say ’stop violence, impunity and sexual harassment at work’.
Bahraini King’s Law-Reform Promise a Positive Sign
The pledge by Bahrain’s King Hamad to "reform our laws so they are compatible with international law" is a positive sign that the anti-union repression there may be coming to an end. The promise follows the release of a highly-critical report by an Independent Commission of Inquiry, released on 23 November, which detailed beatings, torture, arbitrary arrests, dismissals and a range of other serious rights violations aimed at the country’s trade unions in particular.