For Democracy

Over the next three months, the ITUC will bring our global trade union campaign For Democracy into the heart of the some of the world’s most consequential institutions: the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), the Summit of the Future (SOTF), negotiations for a binding business and human rights treaty, the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the annual Conference of the Parties (COP 29).

We will advance the demands of working people, calling for greater accountability at global institutions; a crucial step towards countering the global threat to democracy posed by the lobbying power of large corporations. The ITUC report, Corporate Underminers of Democracy, exposes the corporate assault on democracy and demonstrates how reformed global institutions, which are more responsive to the needs of working people, can play a pivotal role in halting these attacks and deliver a New Social Contract.

Here you can watch the webinar, Corporate Underminers and the Fight For Democracy in Global Institutions, which launched the report and includes speakers from unions around the world, global union federations, civil society groups and the ITUC.
Here you can sign the petition demanding a binding treaty on corporate power.

In April, we began our first action round, focused on the fight For Democracy in Societies, where unions are defending fundamental freedoms, mobilising for elections, standing in solidarity with workers under attack, and advancing progressive tax and a new social contract in their countries.

Use our regularly-updated global map to join the campaign #ForDemocracy in your country:

You can also join the fight #ForDemocracy in your country :

Check our map here at ituc-csi.org/fordemocracy for updates on actions to join.
ITUC affiliates and allied organisations: submit your upcoming democracy campaign actions to the ITUC at [email protected].
Download the logos
Put democracy into practice by organising a trade union where you work. Find your sectoral union here.
Support trade union demands in your country. Find your trade union national centre here.
Tell your government to support the demands of the trade union campaign for democracy. Find your government’s UN representatives and ILO delegates.

It’s time that our international organisations, governments and corporations work in our interests, not special interests.

Stand in solidarity with working people and stand up #ForDemocracy!