Al Jazeera Journalist Sacked and Deported from Qatar Due to HIV-positive Status
The International Trade Union Confederation has called on Qatar-based Al Jazeera to reinstate a South African journalist who was sacked and deported from Qatar after a health test revealed to the authorities, without his knowledge, that he is HIV-positive.
Saudi Arabia: King Must End Slavery of Domestic Workers
The international union movement is marking the occasion of International Women’s Day by writing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on behalf 1.5 million women domestic workers calling on him to support laws which give domestic workers the same rights as all other workers.
As profits announced, unions pressure DHL to guarantee workforce rights
As DHL makes ready to announce solid profits in Frankfurt tomorrow a coalition of global union organisations is challenging the company to prove its respect for the workforce that helped generate them. As part of that challenge the ITUC, UNI and ITF will be unveiling Respect at DHL, a new campaign website.
Trinidad and Tobago: Excessive Restrictions of the Right to Organise
The ITUC is releasing today a report on core labour standards in Trinidad and Tobago, coinciding with the Trade Policy Review of the country at the WTO. The report finds excessive restrictions to the right to organise, to collectively bargain and to strike; for instance, in order for a union to obtain bargaining rights, the union must satisfy an excessive requirement that it represent 51 per cent of the workers. Domestic workers and some other categories are not covered by the Industrial Relations Act and so cannot join trade unions or benefit from their protection.
Frozen in time: Gender pay gap remains unchanged for 10 years
Asia shows greatest wage difference between men and women
New industry ranking puts domestic workers on largest gender pay gap
Women in unionised sectors are less likely to be discriminated against