Argentina and the crisis: the need to make decent work a priority
Defending the right to decent work was a priority for the government during the 2001 crisis in Argentina said the country’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, speaking to delegates at the second World Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in Vancouver. President Kirchner also called for the regulation of the financial markets.
International trade unions to adopt historic resolution on climate change
Unions from all over the world are to adopt today an ambitious resolution on climate change. In the framework of the 2nd ITUC Congress, unions have debated their role in the fight against climate change, the means to create green and decent jobs and ensure a just transition towards a low carbon economy and the need for achieving a fair, ambitious and binding deal on climate under UN auspicies.
ITUC debates global justice with political and civil society representatives
The ITUC Congress’s third day of deliberation in Vancouver, BC, Canada, included a discussion with three well-known political and civil society leaders about alliances trade unions should develop with other sectors with which the labour movement shares common goals.
In support of Global Social Justice and World Public Services Day: ″Global Justice Now!” say 1500 rally activists
About 1,500 trade union activists called on world leaders to move towards global justice at a rally held outside the Vancouver Convention Centre today. Delegates and guests to the ITUC Congress were joined by many local Canadian trade unionists, who together called for in-depth reform of the global financial system, including the introduction of a financial transaction tax. Rally speakers from all five continents also emphasised the critical role that public services play in our societies, and cheered in support of World Public Services Day, which is celebrated on June 23 every year. As Mody Guiro of the CNTS Senegal said: “Trade unions want strong public services at the service of the people and social security for all.”
ITUC Congress debates global employment crisis and the call for stronger regulations of the financial sector
As the ITUC’s Congress moved into its second day, the state of the world economy and the global employment crisis continued to be heavily debated. Leaders of some important international organizations were invited to take part in this debate. First out was Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark became the first woman to lead the UNDP in April 2009.