Brazil: Trade Unionist Killed by Security Guard
The ITUC, together with its affiliated organisations in Brazil, CUT, CNPL, Força Sindical and UGT, has firmly condemned the killing of Augusto Lima da Cruz, a retired Philips employee and a leader of the metalworkers’ union Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos.
ITUC Expresses Support for Democracy in Ecuador
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) deplores and firmly condemns the attempted coup staged in Ecuador on 30 September, when police rose up against President Rafael Correa, holding him hostage for over 12 hours.
East African Network for Human and Trade Union Rights to Meet in Rwanda
As the East African Community (EAC) is a creating a common market, the East African HTUR network, established last July in Nairobi as part of the ITUC HTUR programme, will meet in Kigali on 6 and 7 October to debate about the integration of a clause on human and trade union rights in the Common Market Protocol of the EAC.
Global Unions call on IFIs to reject austerity programmes and focus on job creation
Concerned by the faltering pace of global economic recovery, which has yet to produce a real recovery for millions of workers and unemployed men and women, the ITUC and its Global Unions partners have called upon the 2010 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF to reject austerity programmes and to support job-focused stimulus measures and investments in quality public services to assist in the global economic recovery.
Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali: Persistence of child labour and human trafficking
The ITUC is releasing today a report on core labour standards in the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali, coinciding with the Trade Policy Review of the three countries at the WTO. The report finds poor compliance with international labour standards, especially with regard to child labour and gender equality.