ITUC Calls on Korean Government to Ensure Constructive and Inclusive G20 Meeting
In a letter to the Korean government today, the ITUC has re-stated its key demands for the G20 meeting to be held in Seoul on 11 – 12 November, and raised civil liberties concerns about the meeting, in particular with the reported new “Special Law on the Safe Escort of the G20 Summit”.
Massive Protest March in Brussels Rejects European Austerity Plans
More than 100,000 trade unionists from throughout Europe took to the streets of Brussels today to oppose austerity measures which, if governments do not change direction, will have disastrous social and economic results.
USA: unresolved problems with the right to organise and other fundamental rights
The ITUC presents today its biannual report on core labour standards in the USA, coinciding with the Trade Policy Review of the USA at the WTO, taking place on 29 September and 1 October. It reveals a poor record on workers’ protection, particularly with regard to trade union rights and child labour, areas in which serious violations continue to take place.
ITUC Meets in Zimbabwe to Demand End to Harassment of Unions, Implementation of ILO Report
The international labour movement sent a resounding message of support to Zimbabwe’s trade unionists at a ground-breaking conference in Harare which heard how workers’ representatives continue to face violence and intimidation despite gradual improvements under the power-sharing government.
Honduras: Trade Union Leader Assassinated
The ITUC has strongly condemned and denounced the murder of trade union leader Juana Bustillo, president of the social security workers’ union SITRAIHSS and a member of the National Resistance Front, FNRP. This murder is yet another tragic episode in the surge of repression and violence suffered by the trade union movement over recent years: since the coup d’état on 28 June 2009, protesting workers have met with persecution, murder and imprisonment.