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.
Turkey: Repression Against Women Trade Unionists
The ongoing police harassment of public Turkish trade unions has this time targeted women. On 13 February, 15 women – leaders and activists preparing for International Women’s Day (8 March) – were arrested and taken into custody.
Spate of Trade Union Rights Violations in Cameroon
Reports have been received of a string of trade union rights violations in Cameroon. The ITUC has firmly condemned the reported intimidation, harassment, suspension and unfair dismissal of trade unionists.
SITRABI Target of Deadly Anti-Union Repression in Guatemala
Miguel Angel González Ramírez, a member of the Izabal banana workers’ union SITRABI, was killed on 5 February. He was shot several times whilst carrying his young child in his arms.