Mass unemployment the “spectre at the G20 finance ministers feast”
The international union movement said G20 Finance Ministers will fail their populations if they don’t take action to raise job creation and employment in the global economy.
Belarus: Climate for Workers’ Rights is Worsening
The ITUC has called on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to stop a new round of anti-union harassment against workers at the RUPP “Granite” company in Brest. Some 600 workers from the construction materials enterprise left the official government-controlled union in protest at low wages and the lack of effective representation. They moved to set up their own independent trade union last December, and have since faced a wave of repression from the management and the authorities.
London Olympics Committee to Get Tougher with Supplier Factories on Workers’ Rights
With the organisers of the London 2012 Olympics introducing new measures to protect workers producing merchandise for the Olympic Games this year, the ITUC and its Play Fair alliance partners are calling on the International Olympic Committee to introduce “comprehensive and effective measures” to put an end to violations of workers’ rights in Olympics supply chains.
Turkey: New ITUC Report Highlights Government’s Failure to Protect Workers
A new ITUC report released today strongly criticizes the Turkish government’s failure to protect workers from exploitation and intimidation by private-sector employers and state authorities.
World Day of Social Justice: Unemployment, Poverty Hit One-Third of World’s Workforce
The international trade union movement is using the UN World Day of Social Justice today to highlight growing global unemployment and poverty, with one-third of the world’s workforce living in poverty or without a job.