The IMF should support the financing of universal social protection, health and education
A new IMF framework on social spending misses an opportunity to align with international standards and end a focus on short-term spending cuts, narrow targeting and wage suppression.
People of Brazil united in resisting government attacks
The ITUC has condemned the attempt to impose neoliberal reforms on the Brazilian social security system, that attacks poorer workers while maintaining the privilege of elites.
ITUC condemns brutal suppression of protests in Hong Kong
The ITUC has expressed outrage at the brutal suppression of protests against the proposed extradition law on 12 June. More than a thousand young people had gathered outside the Legislative Council to echo the demands put forward by more than a million protesters on 9 June to shelve the proposed law. Their peaceful gathering was brutally attacked by police, using rubber bullets, teargas and batons. 72 were injured, two of them severely, and 11 were arrested.
Time to fix the world of work as women take to the streets in Switzerland
Women across Switzerland are taking to the streets today for a national women’s strike. The strike is taking place in the midst of crucial negotiations on international rules to tackle violence and harassment at work, taking place in the context of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
