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23-12-2023

ITUC reports expose regular abuse of migrant workers

To mark this week highlighting the challenges faced by migrant workers, the ITUC is publishing three reports based on the experiences of working people using the international recruitment system.

07-02-2023

Sri Lanka: An urgent need for immediate and decisive debt relief and social dialogue

More than nine months since Sri Lanka defaulted on its international bonds and entered the worst economic crisis in its history, people are suffering from hyperinflation and severe shortages of basic essentials, including food, fuel and medicines.

12-01-2023

JILAF runs social development projects for informal workers in Asia-Pacific

Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF) is implementing a social development project to improve the livelihood and income of workers in the informal economy.

20-05-2022

Road map for Sri Lanka

The ITUC is supporting the call of Sri Lanka’s trade unions for a broad-based interim government to be put in place until the end of this year to adopt a road-map to repair the country’s economy and to exercise full democratic rights.

09-01-2018

ITUC Backs Sri Lankan Affiliate over Asbestos Dispute with Russia

The ITUC has pledged its full backing to Sri Lankan trade union centre NTUF over an asbestos trade dispute with Russia. The NTUF has called on the Sri Lankan government to stick to a decision to ban imports of asbestos, after Russia blocked tea imports from Sri Lanka in an apparent retaliation for Sri Lanka refusing to accept imports of chrysotile asbestos from Russia.

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