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ITUC Global Poll 2020 shows urgent need to repair the Social Contract
11-09-2020
ITUC Covid-19 Job Cuts Tracker
06-10-2020
COVID-19 Pandemic: News from unions
18-03-2020
World Social Forum 2021
19-01-2021
25-01-2021

New Social Contract: Five workers’ demands for recovery and resilience

The ITUC is setting out five key demands from working people to build recovery and resilience, putting people and the environment at the centre of the new social contract.

21-01-2021

International year for the elimination of child labour: New social contract is crucial to end exploitation of children

The United Nations (UN) has declared 2021 the international year for the elimination of child labour. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) believes that decent jobs for adults, full respect for workers’ rights, universal social protection and free, quality education for all children are the keys to achieving the elimination of child labour and meeting UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 by 2025.

20-01-2021

Belarus: Right to strike setback, but world championship withdraws

The right to strike in Belarus has been further undermined by a Supreme Court decision, 19 January, that an August strike at the Belaruskali fertilizer giant was illegal.

13-01-2021

Cambodia: global unions demand immediate unconditional release of Rong Chhun

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called for the immediate, unconditional release of Rong Chhun, ahead of his expected court appearance on Friday.

07-01-2021

Hong Kong: arrest of activists seriously violates fundamental human rights

The ITUC condemns the arrest of 53 of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, including the chair of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) Carol Ng.

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11-12-2020

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