HLPF2020: Unions call on governments to invest in Sustainable Development Goal 8
Trade unions are calling on states meeting on the 7 - 16 July at the United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs SDGs The Sustainable Development Goals were one of the outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference. The members States launched a new set of future international development goals, which will build upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge with the post-2015 development agenda. by giving top priority to Sustainable Development Goal 8. This Goal is a global pledge by governments to deliver decent work, sustainable economic growth and full and productive employment to all by the 2030 deadline for the UN Sustainable Development Agenda.
Council of Global Unions Joint Solidarity Statement - Justice for Lee Cheuk Yan and ensuring fundamental rights in Hong Kong
The Council of Global Unions (CGU) – representing more than 200 million workers from across the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Global Union Federations and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) – wholeheartedly condemns the unlawful arrests of trade union and prodemocracy leaders and activists by the Hong Kong police, attacks on working people in Hong Kong, and proposals for a new National Security Law.
ITUC Global Covid-19 Survey: democratic rights and freedoms under threat
The response to the Covid-19 pandemic is the greatest act of global human solidarity the world has seen, as people give up civic rights and risked livelihoods to save lives. Yet, under the cover of measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, many countries are advancing their anti-workers’-rights agenda.
5th ITUC World Congress to be held in Melbourne, July 2022
The ITUC Executive Bureau, mandated by the General Council, has decided to accept an offer from the ACTU Australia for the 5th ITUC World Congress to take place in Melbourne.
ITUC report sets out framework for legislation to protect workers across supply chains
To ensure a resilient world economy that will sustain a Covid-19 recovery conducive to social progress, governments must now take decisive legislative action, according to a new ITUC report, “Towards mandatory due diligence in global supply chains”.
