Hong Kong: Union leader Lee Cheuk Yan and four others imprisoned
Lee Cheuk Yan, General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, has been sentenced by a Hong Kong court to 18 months in prison for organising and participating in pro-democracy events in August 2019. Four other democracy defenders also received prison sentences and five more were handed suspended sentences.
New ITUC report on Palestinian workers in Israel and the settlements
A new report released by the International Trade Union Confederation(ITUC) has revealed the scandalous exploitation of Palestinian workers who work inside Israel and in the illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
Trade unions set out demands for UN Financing for Development Forum
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has published its demands for the 2021 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Financing for Development (FfD) Forum to build recovery and resilience in the future economy.
IMF, G20, World Bank: call to focus on jobs
The forthcoming meetings of the IMF and the World Bank must prioritise tackling the world’s employment crisis to put the global economy on a pathway to recovery and resilience.
Belarus: ILO and UN Human Rights Council speak out
The ITUC has welcomed an International Labour Organization (ILO) Committee on Freedom of Association report that calls the Belarus government to account over serious violations of workers’ rights, including freedom of association and the right to strike.
