ITUC Plan of Action: Getting rid of Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia

The continued presence of subtle, wide-ranging discriminatory practices against
workers from ethnic and cultural minorities at the workplace and even within
trade union organisations shows that much remains to be done.

Trade union intervention to eliminate racism at work and its consequences is both possible and necessary. How? By mobilising all trade union leaders and workers to include this challenge at the heart of the struggle for decent work.

The trade union movement needs to take steps towards creating a world in which
diversity is valued, and considered an asset rather than a problem.

This plan of action is aimed at helping all trade unionists make progress along
those lines. It was drawn up and adopted at the international seminar jointly
organised by the ITUC and the ILO from 4 to 7 December 2007 in Geneva, whose
central theme was “Towards a trade union strategy for combating racial discrimination and xenophobia”.

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ITUC Plan of Action: Getting rid of Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia