500 days a political prisoner: Free Lula Now!
On Tuesday 20 August, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva will have been a political prisoner for 500 days. The clamour for his release has not stopped, and nearly 100,000 people have signed the recently launched petition calling for the annulment of the corrupt and bogus trials that sent him to prison, despite the lack of evidence.
Solidarity works: jailed union leader freed in Kazakhstan
The ITUC welcomes the release of Erlan Baltabay, leader of the Independent Oil and Energy Workers’ Union by special decree of the new President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Increased repression in Hong Kong: now is the time to act!
After another weekend of escalating police violence in Hong Kong, the ITUC has been asked to mobilise the global trade union movement in solidarity with trade union demands for freedom of assembly and free speech; the release of arrested protestors and an independent inquiry into human rights abuses by police.
Hong Kong: ITUC in Solidarity with HKCTU
The ITUC has expressed full solidarity with its affiliate the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), following the highly effective general strike on 5 August.
Don’t bulldoze workers’ rights in India, says global trade union movement
Trade unions in India are protesting today (Friday 2 August) against the Modi 2.0 government’s plans to worsen workers’ rights. In the name of rationalizing industrial relations laws, the government is levelling down workers’ rights and institutionalizing poverty pay, all in the interests of multinational enterprises. ITUC affiliates INTUC, HMS and SEWA will unite with other unions in India to mobilise millions of workers to oppose low pay, worse rights and privatisation.
