ITUC Calls for UN to Step Up Africa Famine Action
The ITUC has expressed its deep concern about the unprecedented drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, calling on the UN to dramatically scale up action to deal with the on-going human tragedy. More than 12.4 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are currently affected by the famine, which is the most severe food crisis of its type in the world for some two decades.
Libya: International Community Must Support Democratic Transition and Social Justice
With the collapse of the Gaddafi regime, the international trade union movement is gravely disturbed at reports emerging from the country of summary killings and other acts of revenge, and is particularly concerned for the safety of the many migrant workers still the country.
Chile: National Strike a Success Despite Repression
With tens of thousands of Chilean workers joining the two-day national strike called by the ITUC-affiliated CUT trade union centre, pressure is mounting on the government of President Piñera to respond to the widely-supported demands for a major change in direction.
ITUC Leaders in Chile to Support National Strike
ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow has expressed the Confederation’s full support for a two-day national strike called by national trade union centre CUT. Burrow is in the national capital Santiago along with Victor Baez, General Secretary of the ITUC Regional Organisation for the Americas, TUCA