News

• Myanmar: Crisis Must be Resolved Peacefully and According to International Law

  15-09-2017

  The ITUC has expressed grave concern over the fate of more than 300,000 stateless “Rohingya” people who have fled Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh in the face of violent clashes between Myanmar security forces and militants. United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein has described the situation as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”.
• North Korea: UN Decision Should Open the Way for Diplomatic Solution

  12-09-2017

  The unanimous decision by the UN Security Council to impose further economic restrictions on North Korea following its nuclear and missile tests shows that a peaceful solution is not out of reach, with the major world powers able to reach compromise on how to push the regime to abandon nuclear weapons. The UN sanctions include restrictions on trade to and from the regime, as well as a ban on new work permits for North Koreans working abroad.
• Georgia: Government Interference in Trade Union Affairs

  06-09-2017

  The ITUC has condemned a politically motivated defamation campaign against the Georgian Trade Union Confederation and its President Irakli Petriashvili, launched by some prominent political figures including members of Parliament aligned with the Georgian government.
• Georgia: Violence and Lack of Respect for Social Dialogue

  31-08-2017

  The ITUC, together with the ETUC and the ITF, has expressed its deep concern about the dispersion of a peaceful protest action of workers of Georgian Railways and trade unions and community activists by the police on 24 August 2017.
• Dialogue, Not Conflict, in the Korean Peninsula Is Needed

  22-08-2017

  The ITUC supports President Moon’s commitment to ensure there will be no war on the Korean Peninsula.