DR Congo: women trade unionists present en masse at World March of Women
The streets of Bukavu (DR Congo) resounded on Sunday with the voices of thousands of women from all around the world, marching with colourful banners to express solidarity with the women victims of the sexual violence plaguing this eastern part of DR Congo. Among them, Congolese women trade unionists and their sisters from eleven African countries, accompanied by representatives from the ITUC and its regional organisation ITUC-Africa, asserted a strong trade union presence at this event calling for an end to impunity, reparation for the women victims in DR Congo, and the establishment of a lasting peace in the region.
Trade Unions Call for Action on Biodiversity
Maintaining biodiversity is a central issue for working people and their communities around the planet, including through the creation of decent jobs, protection of livelihoods and ensuring resilience to climate change, according to the ITUC in its submission to biodiversity talks currently underway in Nagoya, Japan.
Decent Work Central to Joint EU - Africa Strategy. An Objective to Be Reconfirmed
A large group of trade union leaders from Africa and the European Union met in Yaoundé (Cameroun) on 4 and 5 October to remind the heads of state from these two regions that decent work must be placed at the heart of the Joint European Union - Africa Strategy. This second trade union summit was convened at the initiative of the ITUC, ITUC-Africa and the ETUC. The final statement will be transmitted to the two regions’ heads of state and government, which are set to meet in Libya at the end of November.
"Positive Workers Write!"
The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (ITUC TUCA) are proud to announce their sponsorship of a writing contest entitled "Positive Workers Write!"
Investing in quality public services – the best alternative to austerity cuts
In the face of widespread cuts to public services, leaders of private and public sector trade unions, municipal governments and civil society groups have made the unprecedented joint commitment to work together to promote investment in quality public services backed by fair taxation policies as the key solution to the economic crisis, and the best way to build peaceful, equitable, democratic and ecologically-sustainable societies.