Abuses still exist in Olympic supply chains
Workers making Olympic sportswear for London 2012 for top brands and high street names including adidas and Next are being paid poverty wages, forced to work excessive overtime and threatened with instant dismissal if they complain about working conditions, according to a new report from the Play Fair 2012 campaign.
Colombia: General Secretary of the sugar cane workers’ union assassinated
The Colombian and international trade union movement is in mourning once more: Daniel Aguirre, the General Secretary of the National Union of Sugar Cane Cutters (SINALCORTEROS) was assassinated on 27 April. The ITUC joins its Colombian affiliates CUT, CHT and CTC in strongly condemning this most recent assassination, which brings the number of murders committed this year to seven.
Paraguay: Workers Arrested for Forming a Union
Three trade union leaders – Leoncio Britez, Gustavo Jara and Teodoro Enciso – employed by the company Maehara S.A. were arrested for helping to unionise the company’s workforce. These arrests blatantly violate the National Constitution of Paraguay as well as ILO Convention 87. The ITUC has forcefully denounced this unlawful action.
Unions call on Prime Minister to grow decent jobs in Bulgaria
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), CITUB and Podreka are calling on the Bulgarian government to tackle the jobs crisis.
Union warns workers’ rights at risk in Qatar
The International Trade Union Confederation has called for an urgent meeting with Qatari Labour Minister after reports emerged the Qatari authorities plan to establish trade unions in the Gulf kingdom.